History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
Paperback. The story of a successful professional woman and a reflection on the meaning of existentialism, this autobiography is an account of a woman's psychological liberation and the development of a personal philosophy. A translator of Sartre, Barnes recounts her battles with publishers and critics. Num Pages: 350 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037332
- ISBN
- 9780226037332
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Applying Hegelian dialectical method, Krombach attempts to demonstate how Hegelian thinking provides a method to traverse the gulf between the history of philosophy and the idea of nuclear war, as well as showing its direct implications for conceptualizing environmental issues. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349116140
- ISBN
- 9781349116140
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€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349258109
- ISBN
- 9781349258109
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Condition: New
€ 193.03
€ 193.03
Hardcover. From Plato to the present, Western philosophers have debated the meaning of "happiness". Arranged chronologically, this study explores the development of Rabbinic thought and Jewish philiosophy, and the connections between the various perspectives. Series: Monographs of the Hebrew Union College. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM; HRJ; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878204533
- ISBN
- 9780878204533
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Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647791
- ISBN
- 9780691647791
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Condition: New
€ 152.80€ 117.04
€ 152.80
€ 117.04
Paperback. A sardonic portrait of the cult of the specialist interpreter, from I.A. Richards and the Cambridge School to Jacques Derrida and his disciples. This study aims to demonstrate that "modernism" and "postmodernism" are academic inventions. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 333.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641804
- ISBN
- 9780333641804
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Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. This work proposes a new view of modernity, arguing that although it may variously be associated wtih the Renaissance, the discovery of the New World and other significant ruptures with primitive or premodern society, modernity fails as an idea if it only defines itself against what it replaces. Series: Richard Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919669
- ISBN
- 9780813919669
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Condition: New
€ 35.60
€ 35.60
Paperback. This book discusses how civilized oppression (the oppression that involves neither violence nor the law) can be overcome by re-examining our participation in it. Moral community, solidarity and education are offered as vibrant strategies to overcome the hurt and marginalization that stem from civilized oppression. Editor(s): Calcagno, Antonio. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPS; JFFK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349506002
- ISBN
- 9781349506002
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Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Paperback. Charles Sanders Peirce complained that William James allowed pragmatism to become "infected" with "seeds of death" like the idea that truth is mutable. This volume aims to defend James's pragmatic theory from a range of critics including Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692736
- ISBN
- 9780847692736
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Condition: New
€ 60.51
€ 60.51
Hardback. Charles Sanders Peirce complained that William James allowed pragmatism to become "infected" with "seeds of death" like the idea that truth is mutable. This volume aims to defend James's pragmatic theory from a range of critics including Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692729
- ISBN
- 9780847692729
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Condition: New
€ 174.66
€ 174.66
Paperback. This interpretive study of Machiavelli's controversial and ambiguous work "Discourses on Livy". These discourses are thoroughly explained in a chapter-by-chapter commentary by Harvey C. Mansfield. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226503707
- ISBN
- 9780226503707
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Uniting 30 years of scholarship, this book is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. It reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli's politics, his advice on how to rule indirectly and the ultimately partisan character of his project. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226503691
- ISBN
- 9780226503691
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Hardback. Thomas Hobbes remains one of the most controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. This book argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139807
- ISBN
- 9780691139807
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€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
This work provides an accessible introduction to Hegel's logic. The text is suitable for students about to embark on the study of this most challenging subject, as well as readers at any level of sophistication. Editor(s): Westphal, Kenneth R. Translator(s): Aagaard-Mogenson, Lars. Num Pages: 152 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204256
- ISBN
- 9780872204256
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 37.31
€ 50.99
€ 37.31
Paperback. Translator(s): Trejo-Mathys, Jonathan. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 illus.; 3 Tables. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148351
- ISBN
- 9780231148351
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.48
€ 36.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. Translator(s): Trejo-Mathys, Jonathan. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 illus.; 3 Tables. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148344
- ISBN
- 9780231148344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 89.80
€ 94.03
€ 89.80
Paperback. The contributors of these essays assess and employ philosophy as an activity taking place within experience and culture. The essays reveal a variety of approaches to the transition in which American philosophy is currently engaged, reinvesting its importance from a new angle of vision. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216314
- ISBN
- 9780823216314
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349257096
- ISBN
- 9781349257096
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Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Paperback. The father of modern philosophy, Descartes is one of the most widely discussed philosophers. Putting rationalism above all, he sought to base all knowledge of the world on a single idea: 'I think, therefore I am'. This title summarises his thoughts on the dualism of mind and body, his proofs, for God's existence, and his responses to scepticism. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 184 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851687589
- ISBN
- 9781851687589
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes' "Meditations", but also constitutes the preoccupation of philosophy. This book offers an account of Descartes' defense of reason against the skeptical doubts that one might be a madman, dreaming, or, worse yet, deceived by an evil demon into believing falsely. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134161
- ISBN
- 9780691134161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81