La masonería II

Nuestra parte aventurera ha buscado siempre otros mundos, otros horizontes, otras realidades; ha perseguido dorados; ha buscado toisons de oro;... siempre buscando, nunca llegando del todo, siempre nos quedan cosas por ver, por tocar, por encontrar, por vivir, aventuras pendientes, innovaciones pendientes. Nuestras necesidades son ilimitadas, mas que nuestras capacidades para indignarnos, o mas que los esfuerzos que invertimos en llegar a algun sitio."

This is the Spanish edition of "Growing Better Cities". The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world's total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition are commonplace. In the big city, most of any cash income the poor might bring home goes to feeding themselves and staying alive; any food that does not have to be bought is a bonus. As a result, more and more people are attempting to...

Este libro indaga la faz dañina de la sociedad humana: evalúa y sopesa el universo social en el que surge el daño intencional, la del mal infligido y padecido, y algunas de las fuerzas que lo producen, también aquellas que lo aminoran y subyugan. Explora, ante todo, cómo se concibe y vive en la sociedad contemporánea. El mal ha sufrido un total descrédito en nuestro tiempo. Es su mayor y perversa victoria. Solemos atribuir nuestros males hoy a causas impersonales: la pobreza como resultado del capitalismo; las guerras como consecuencia del imperialismo; la extinción de la naturaleza a ...

Though the relationship between philosophers and women has historically been a conflicted one, the appearance of talented women in the arts and in philosophy during the last few years has, to a large extent, debunked the prejudice of philosophy as an exclusively masculine domain. Nevertheless, Arthur Schopenhauer vehemently opposed the shift towards gender equality within philosophical writing and thought, and the result of his resistance is presented in this poignant treatise on the passion and vision he finds within philosophy alongside descriptions of his tumultuous relationships with...