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Paperback. Artificial persons, as conceived by Hobbes, speak and act in the name of others. In modern institutions examples include: politicians, brokers, bureaucrats, and military personnel. This text focuses on the moral issue of how we can locate responsibility for the actions of artificial persons. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721035
- ISBN
- 9780804721035
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€ 29.99€ 29.11
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hardcover. Artificial persons, as conceived by Hobbes, speak and act in the name of others. In modern institutions examples include: politicians, brokers, bureaucrats, and military personnel. This text focuses on the moral issue of how we can locate responsibility for the actions of artificial persons. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720342
- ISBN
- 9780804720342
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€ 123.96
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Paperback. Comprised of twenty-nine newly commissioned essays, A Companion to Hume examines the depth of the philosophies and influence of the legacies attributed to one of history s most remarkable thinkers. Editor(s): Radcliffe, Elizabeth S. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1018.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337860
- ISBN
- 9781444337860
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€ 43.99€ 43.95
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Paperback. This book is an exploration of the notion of "drive" as it passes from Kant's need of reason, to Freud's concept of hallucinatory wish fulfillment, to the relentless force of indifferentiation in Flaubert's Bouvard and Pecuchet. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751148
- ISBN
- 9780804751148
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€ 26.99€ 26.27
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Comprised of twenty-nine newly commissioned essays, A Companion to Hume examines the depth of the philosophies and influence of the legacies attributed to one of history's most remarkable thinkers. Editor(s): Radcliffe, Elizabeth S. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 183 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405114554
- ISBN
- 9781405114554
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€ 256.22
€ 256.22
Paperback. Integrating intellectual biography, philosophical interpretation, and a critical examination of the history of academic disciplines, this book restores philosopher Georg Simmel to his rightful place as a major figure and challenges the frameworks through which his contributions to modern thought have been at once remembered and forgotten Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HPCD1; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 253 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
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- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503600737
- ISBN
- 9781503600737
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€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
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Hardcover. Integrating intellectual biography, philosophical interpretation, and a critical examination of the history of academic disciplines, this book restores philosopher Georg Simmel to his rightful place as a major figure and challenges the frameworks through which his contributions to modern thought have been at once remembered and forgotten Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HPCD1; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780804798365
- ISBN
- 9780804798365
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€ 147.96
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Paperback. This anthology offers a collection of the best classic and modern essays on central topics of Plato's psychological theory, including essays on the nature of the soul, studies of the tripartite soul for which Plato argues in the Republic, and analyses of his varied arguments for immortality. Editor(s): Wagner, Ellen. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102589
- ISBN
- 9780739102589
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€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Paperback. Forges an alliance between deconstruction and feminist theology and theory by demonstrating deconstruction's usefulness in addressing feminism's trouble with race. The book shows how the writings of Jacques Derrida and Luce Irigaray can be used to uncover feminism's white presumptions. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM; JFC; JFFJ; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226026909
- ISBN
- 9780226026909
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€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474411851
- ISBN
- 9781474411851
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€ 32.99€ 29.39
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Paperback. This book is a rehabilitation sensibility. It defines what we call sensibility or sensible life by defining the ontological status of images. It shows that images have an intermediate ontological status and exist in an autonomous sphere. It also explores our interactions with images in dream, fashion and language. Translator(s): Stuart, Scott. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPM; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267422
- ISBN
- 9780823267422
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€ 27.99€ 26.97
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Hardback. This book is a rehabilitation sensibility. It defines what we call sensibility or sensible life by defining the ontological status of images. It shows that images have an intermediate ontological status and exist in an autonomous sphere. It also explores our interactions with images in dream, fashion and language. Translator(s): Stuart, Scott; Attell, Kevin. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPM; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267415
- ISBN
- 9780823267415
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€ 97.19
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Paperback. Though most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Chatelet (1706-49) was an accomplished writer in her own right, who published multiple editions of her scientific writings during her lifetime. This book features a selection of key sections from Du Chatelet's works. Editor(s): Zinsser, Judith P. Translator(s): Bour, Isabelle; Zinsser, Judith P. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 440 pages, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCD; PD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226168074
- ISBN
- 9780226168074
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€ 52.99€ 40.25
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Paperback. Deemed by Heinrich Heine a city of merchants where poets go to die, Hamburg was an improbable setting for a major intellectual movement. This book considers not just the men but also the historical significance of the time and place where their ideas took form. Num Pages: 464 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226272467
- ISBN
- 9780226272467
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€ 32.99€ 25.41
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Hardcover. Called by Heinrich Heine a city of dull and culturally limited merchants where poets only go to die, Hamburg would seem an improbable setting for a major new intellectual movement. This title clarifies the social, political, and economic pressures faced by German-Jewish scholars on the periphery of Germany's intellectual world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 766.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226061689
- ISBN
- 9780226061689
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€ 94.08€ 77.43
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Paperback. Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This biography reveals a life lived perilously in the gap between ideals and reality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBTB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 298 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718193508
- ISBN
- 9780718193508
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€ 12.99€ 9.57
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€ 9.57
Paperback. Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Editor(s): Saunders, Trevor J. Translator(s): Saunders, Trevor J. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455038
- ISBN
- 9780140455038
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€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Fresh, original interpretations of the modern philosophers that challenge standard thinking. Scholarly yet accessible, it is ideal for student and non--specialist audiences, but also engaging enough for advanced readers. Editor(s): Emmanuel, Steven M. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 440 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 758.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210177
- ISBN
- 9780631210177
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€ 50.53
€ 50.53
Paperback. This volume features a broad range of selections from important but seldom anthologized works in the philosophy of psychology, natural science, morality, politics and religion. Editor(s): Emmanuel, Steven M.; Goold, Patrick (Virginia Wesleyan College USA). Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 912.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214212
- ISBN
- 9780631214212
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Condition: New
€ 56.32
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Paperback. A philosophical argument that rationality is based on, or produced from, difference, and is not only worth retaining but necessary in a culturally diverse world. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341956
- ISBN
- 9780822341956
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45