Open Road is pleased to announce the addition of 32 new ebooks to our publishing partnership with Philosophical Library. These works from some of the 20th century’s most prominent intellectuals are now available in elegant ebooks editions.
Ten of the new titles are highlighted below. Browse our full collection here.
{buybutton id=16906/}Containing more than 1000 selections from over 100 of Russell’s books and articles, this dictionary serves as an introduction to Russell’s brilliance in analysis, argument, and exposition.
{buybutton id=16911/}Collected here in a single volume are the most important philosophical writings of Albert Schweitzer, one of the greatest thinkers and humanitarians of our time. Carefully chosen from among his many written works, the selections in this anthology illuminate and amplify Dr. Schweitzer’s cardinal principle of belief—a reverence for life.
{buybutton id=16927/}One of the most controversial texts available today. Heidegger, a German Nationalist and proud Nazi, thoroughly examines the history, the philosophy, and the rise to power of the Nazi movement in Germany.
{buybutton id=16929/}In this examination of one of the most recognized writers in history René Marill-Albérès and Pierre de Boisdeffre explore the historical significance, literary currents, and the personal details affecting the development of Kafka’s genius.
{buybutton id=16914/}The seventeenth century Dutch philosopher views the ability to experience rational love of God as the key to mastering the contradictory and violent human emotions.
{buybutton id=16924/}Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Szent-Györgyi, questions the stability of man in The Crazy Ape. Dr. Szent-György explains the social and psychological deterioration of humans as technology progresses and poses the idea that the youth are the key to changing this trajectory.
{buybutton id=16925/}Here Charles Darwin traces animal origins of human characteristics and outlines what he believes is the genetically determined aspects of behavior. Together with The Descent of Man (1871), it sketches out Darwin’s main thesis of human origins.
{buybutton id=16917/}This stunningly ambitious collection presents the premier anthology of Buddhist texts and scriptures, tracing the development of Buddhism through the ages. This edition also includes a glossary of English and foreign terms.
{buybutton id=16919/}The meaning of poetry and the sociological and political significance of art are dealt with in these letters.
{buybutton id=16922/}This fascinating autobiography from one of the foremost geniuses of twentieth-century physics makes accessible Planck’s scientific theories as well as his philosophical ideals, and his thoughts on ethics and morals.