Aristotle (Man Through The Ages Series) by Alexei Losev; Aza Takho-Godi

Posted on October 7, 2024 by The Mitr
In Ancient Greece there was no philosopher with a more encyclopedic scope than Aristotle (384-322 BC). He was a man who always looked first and foremost for the meaning of reality and formulated the truths he discovered as broadly and deeply as possible.
In studying Aristotle’s biography in detail, one cannot fail to be amazed at how consistently and naturally his philosophy coincided with his life.
The book deals with the basic facts or Aristotle’s biography and main points of his philosophical system.
Translated from the Russian by Angelia Graf
Designed by Vadim Novikov
Many thanks to Daniel Baker for the original scans.
Note: Page text size is inconsistent
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The World Of Man In The World Of Nature by I. Laptev

Posted on October 6, 2024 by The Mitr

A book addressing various philosophical, political, social and economic aspects of nature, ecology,  and human world and their interaction.

Translated from the Russian by Peter Tempest

Designed by Vyacheslav Chemetsov

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Unaddressed Letters, Art And Social Life by G. Plekhanov

Posted on October 5, 2024 by The Mitr

A collection of works of the Russian revolutionary, philosopher and Marxist theoretician G. Plekhanov.

 

Translated from the Russian by G. Fineberg.

Many thanks to Daniel Baker for the original scans.

Note: There is some warping of the text, but it is very readable and clean.

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The Nature Of Science by V. Ilyin; A. Kalinkin

Posted on October 5, 2024 by The Mitr

The nature of science, its conditioning factors, and its boundaries with everyday experience, mythology, art, morality, and religion are explored in this volume. The authors, Viktor Ilyin and Anatoli Kalinkin, investigate the criteria that define scientificity, tracing the origin of science from pre-scientific knowledge to modern scientific rationality. They categorise different types of knowledge and offer a unique perspective on the evolution of science as an independent, dynamic system governed by its own laws. This comprehensive analysis marks a pioneering effort in understanding science as a distinct form of conceptualising reality. Both Ilyin and Kalinkin, noted philosophers from Moscow University, contribute significant research in epistemology and logic.

Many thanks to Daniel Baker for the original scans.

Note: Scan quality is poor. Pages are warped and have parts which are not readable. A better scan is on the way.

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Lomonosov’s Philosophy by G. Vasetsky

Posted on October 4, 2024 by The Mitr

 

Lomonosov has greatly contributed to the development of advanced philosophical conceptions. Advocates of idealism and theology still attempt to distort the materialist essence of his worldview, trying to present it as entirely religious.

Soviet philosophers have demonstrated that Lomonosov was one of the most outstanding proponents of materialism in the 18th century. They regard him as the founder of a trend in Russian materialist philosophy that was closely tied to natural science. His brilliant attempt to create a unified materialist system concerning the nature of things was the first of its kind in Russia. Soviet scholars have written extensively about his philosophical concepts and principles, yet not all aspects of his philosophy have been explored with the depth they deserve.

For instance, his sociology remains understudied. A more thorough investigation is needed on philosophical issues such as his concept of matter and its properties, the process of cognition, and the elements of dialectics in his works. Unfortunately, his ethical views have also not been adequately examined or scientifically appraised. These views, in particular, were often distorted by the proponents of idealism and religion.

The primary aim of this book is to address these gaps in understanding and to deepen our knowledge of the philosophy of this great Russian scientist.

Translated from the Russian by David Fidlon
Edited by Robert Daglish
Designed by Davidov

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Studies In Psychology – The Collective And The Individual by A. V. Petrovsky

Posted on October 3, 2024 by The Mitr

Marx points out that true research is detailed truth. It is research—both theoretical and experimental—which reproduces the process being studied under deliberately changed conditions, that makes it possible to discover the truth.

This book is devoted to solving this task in relation to the social psychology of interpersonal relations and of the individual as the subject of these relations. The reader will find out the views of one Soviet psychologist, the author of the book, but the latter hopes that through this visual prism of psychological facts, the reader will get a clearer view of the fundamentals of the theory of Soviet psychology as a coherent system of scientific knowledge. This is yet another of the tasks of these studies. Taking into account that the foreign reader, interested in the state of Soviet social psychology, may very probably not be acquainted with the general course of development of psychology in the USSR, the author has preceded the main part of the book with a brief historical introduction (Chapter I), thus including the problems of social psychology worked out by Soviet psychologists in the context of the development of world psychology, and elucidating the links between these problems and the main trends of the development of psychology in the USSR.

Prof. Petrovsky has written and edited two hundred scientific works, Including the books Psychology, The History of Soviet Psychology, General Psychology, Age-Group and Pedagogical Psychology, The Social Psychology of the Collective, The Psychological Theory of the Collective, and The Individual Activity and the Collective. His books have been translated and published in Bulgaria, the GDR, China, Cuba, Romania, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Finland and Japan. In 1971- 1972 Prof. Petrovsky was a member of the UNESCO International Commission on the Development of Education he published a Joint monograph Learning To Be in 1972). Since 1972, he has been a member of the General Assembly of the International Association of Scientific Psychology.

Translated from the Russian by Frances Longman
Designed by Vyacheslav Chernetsov

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Classical Islamic Philosophy by Taufic Ibrahim; Arthur Sagadeev

Posted on October 2, 2024 by The Mitr

This is a wide-ranging survey of the classical Moslem philosophy,
covering such of its schools as kalam, Eastern peripateticism and speculative Sufism. This is one of the world’s first attempts to examine these schools as an integral area of thought.

Many aspects in the works of the Moslem philosophers are approached
from a new angle free of prevailing stereotypes.

Translated from the Russian by H. Campbell Creighton, M. A. (Oxon)

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Some recent acquisitions part 8

Posted on October 1, 2024 by The Mitr

Many, many thanks to Takshila Education Society for sponsoring the purchase of these books.

100+ more to come

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Art And Society

Posted on October 1, 2024 by The Mitr

A collection of articles on art, art theory, aesthetics, and its implications for society from a Soviet perspective.

Many thanks to Daniel Baker for the original scans.

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Contents

  • The Humanism of Soviet Art. By A. Dymshits 5
  • The Essence of Socialist Realism. By V. Kudin 22
  • Socialist Realism and Social Reality. By I. Kulikova 35
  • Soviet Society and the Aesthetic Ideal. By O. Larmin 44
  • Object and Subject, Objective and Subjective in Art. By K. Dolgov 55
  • The Heroic in Reality and in the Art of Socialist Realism. By N. Kiyashchenko 65
  • The Tragic in Soviet Art. By D. Sredni 74
  • The Comic. By Y. Borev 84
  • Aecsthetics and Morality. By A. Klwrchev 92
  • Music and Reality. By A. Ryzhkin 98
  • Creative Freedom and Moral Responsibility. By M. Ovsyannikov 114
  • World Outlook and Artistic Originality. By Y. Gromov 121
  • Art and the National Artistic Tradition. By A. Kuznetsov 132
  • The Nature of Imagery in Art. By N. Leizerov
  • Art and Myth Making. By Y. Yakovlev 155
  • Problem of Alienation. By A. Vistin 161
  • Artistic Imagery. By G. Pospelov. 171
  • Art and the Development of Science and Technology. By S. Mozlmyagun 181
  • Nature, Society and Art. By P. Trofimov 194
  • On the Social Need of Aesthetic Education. By V. Razumny 205
  • Classical Art Today. By N. Goncharenko 217
  • Social Functions of Aesthetic Education. By 22G
  • Some Social Aspects and Traditions of Soviet Theatrical Art. By T. Knyazevskaya 237
  • The Non-Interchangeability of the Arts. By A. Zis 248
  • On the Problem of “Mass Art”. By A. Kukarkin 261
  • The Aesthetic Principles of the Avant-Garde. By P. Paliyevsky 273
  • Progressive Developments in the Arts. By A. Yegorov 288
  • Aesthetic Culture of the Individual and Society. By A. Bazhenova 342
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Fundamentos De La Teoria De Los Numeros por I. M. Vinográdov

Posted on September 30, 2024 by The Mitr

El libro que proponemos, «Fundamentos de la teoría de los números», a diferencia de otras obras de J. M. Vinográdov, es un manual de texto destinado a los estudiantes de las facultades de matemáticas de las universidades. Es difícil encontrar otro libro tan conciso sobre teoría de números, donde el material esté expuesto con tanta claridad y rigor.

Principalmente, está dedicado al estudio de la teoría de las congruencias. Sin embargo, las preguntas al final de cada capítulo abarcan material relacionado con los problemas fundamentales de la teoría analítica de los números.

Durante la preparación de la traducción al castellano, el autor compartió su opinión con el traductor sobre el uso del libro por parte del lector. El autor recomienda que, al preparar las respuestas a las preguntas, primero se intente resolver los problemas de forma individual. Solo cuando se hayan agotado todos los recursos para su resolución, el lector debería consultar las respuestas e indicaciones al final del libro.

El presente libro, «Fundamentos de la teoría de los números», fue escrito sobre la base de los cursos impartidos por el autor en los años 1918-1920 en la Universidad de Perm y en los años 1920-1934 en la Universidad de Leningrado. La primera edición del libro se publicó en 1936. Desde entonces, el libro ha sido mejorado y completado, y esta traducción se ha realizado a partir de la séptima edición rusa.

Traducido del ruso por Candidato a doctor en cienciasfísico-matemáticas, catedrático de matemáticas superiores E. Aparicio Bernardo

Créditos al cargador original.

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