Dennis E Sweet

God is dead,” Friedrich Nietzsche unflinchingly declared in this famous work of philosophy. It is one of the boldest statements ever made, and garnered far-reaching, strong reactions. In addition to being the book containing the words that shook the world, The Gay Science includes Nietzsche’s argume...

In the myths of nearly every society there are tales of a future conflict, wherein the fate of the world will be determined. In Norse mythology, it is Ragnarök--the great battle between the gods and their adversaries, followed by the destruction of the world. In Christian societies, it is the battle...

In the concluding installment of The Changeling Trilogy, the Great Battle between the Danaans, the forces of order, and the Fomors, the agents of chaos, is joined. In Tir na Si, the Danaan stronghold under Benbulben, Paul is initiated into the mysteries of Druidism in an effort to understand the nat...

The Antichrist is the most powerful criticism ever offered against modern values and beliefs. In earlier books Nietzsche had announced, God is dead,” and in The Antichrist he seethes with contempt for Christianity’s imposition, upon humanity, of its perverse and unnatural vision.Nietzsche contends t...

Introduction to Logic might just as well be entitled An Introduction to Kant's Thought, for it serves as an excellent introduction to Immanuel Kant's entire philosophy, a philosophy that is generally overwhelming when approached from any of his other books. To the student and scholar of Kant's thoug...

A sídh ('shee'), or "fairy mound," has been discovered in western Ireland: the oldest artificial structure in the world. When opened, a rash of bizarre and inexplicable events occur throughout the region. A young American anthropologist and his friends try to understand the significance of these eve...

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New in Paperback!This English translation of Heraclitus' fragments combines all those generally accepted in modern scholarship. Dennis Sweet maintains the "flavor" of the Greek syntax as much as meaningful English will allow, and uses more archaic meanings over the later meanings. In the footnotes h...