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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Paperback. Points to the late work of Jacques Derrida, the writing by and about him in the period roughly from 1994 to 2004. This volume also deconstructs the whole question of lateness and the usefulness of periodization. It calls into question the "fact" of Derrida's turn to politics, law, and ethics and highlights continuities throughout his oeuvre. Editor(s): Mitchell, W. J. T.; Davidson, Arnold I. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 99 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532578
ISBN
9780226532578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

hardcover. The author is known for his development of a Thomistic personalism. To be a person, according to Saint Thomas, is to take conscious self-possession of one's own being, to be master of oneself. But our incarnate mode of being human involves living in a body whose life unfolds across time, and is inevitably dispersed across time. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
3rd Edition
SKU
V9780823229284
ISBN
9780823229284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.61

Hardcover. Rudolf Carnap and WV Quine, two of the twentieth century's important philosophers, corresponded at length - and over a long period of time - on matters personal, professional, and philosophical. Their friendship encompassed issues and disagreements that go to the heart of contemporary philosophic discussions. This title presents their letters. Editor(s): Creath, Richard. Num Pages: 499 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
499
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520068476
ISBN
9780520068476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.17
€ 53.97

Hardcover. Following in the footsteps of Thoemmes Press's "Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers (1999) and "Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers (2000), this work is a research source in this history of ideas. Editor(s): Mander, W. J.; Sell, Alan P. F. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BG; GBC; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 126. Weight in Grams: 2780.
Publisher
Thoemmes Continuum
Number of pages
525
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855069558
ISBN
9781855069558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 822.76
€ 746.75

hardcover. This is a study of tyranny, statesmanship, and civic virtue in three major linked Platonic dialogues, the "Georgias", "Symposium" and "Republic". It explores eros as the key to Plato's understanding of both the depths of human vice and the heights of human aspirations for virtue and happiness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847697267
ISBN
9780847697267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.26

Hardback. An edition of the recently discovered notebook used in the seventeenth-century by John Wallis to teach language to the 'deaf mute' Alexander Popham, who could not inherit unless he could speak - one of the most famous cases in the history of deaf education. David Cram and Jaap Maat place the work in its personal, social, and scientific contexts. Editor(s): Cram, Dr. David; Maat, Jaap. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; CFA; CFZ; HBTB; HPC; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199677085
ISBN
9780199677085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 28. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Updated edition with a New foreword by Stanley Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165486
ISBN
9780691165486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. This text centres on the assumption that there are aspects of thinking common to all traditions. The author offers a comparative introduction to important East/West philosophical questions and positions, and explores "philosophizing" as expressed, for example, in presuppositions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333678329
ISBN
9780333678329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

paperback. This text is more than an introduction to comparative philosophy in the East and West. It is also a guide to 'philosophizing' as a thinking process, and in addition to outlining the presuppositions of different traditions, it discusses their methods and techniques for reasoning. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Edition
1997th Edition
SKU
V9780333930687
ISBN
9780333930687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.76

Paperback. Radical critic of a European civilisation plunging into darkness, yet commemorator of the humane traditions of the old bourgeoisie - such was Walter Benjamin in the later 1930s. Part of a four-volume set, this work offers 27 pieces. Editor(s): Eiland, Howard; Jennings, Michael W. Num Pages: 480 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019812
ISBN
9780674019812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings now in paperback in two parts: part 2 ISBN 0674017463. Series Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W.; Eiland, Howard; Smith, Gary. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674015883
ISBN
9780674015883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.23

Paperback. Features 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, and Proust. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923868
ISBN
9781847923868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings now in paperback in two parts: part 1 ISBN 0674015886. Series Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W.; Smith, Gary; Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017467
ISBN
9780674017467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. Even as a young man Benjamin possessed astonishing intellectual range and depth. His topics here include poetry and fiction, drama, philosophy, history, religion, love, violence, morality, mythology, painting and much more. Editor(s): Bullock, Marcus Paul; Jennings, Michael W. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013551
ISBN
9780674013551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.07

paperback. Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism. Editor(s): Scholen, Gershom; Adorno, Theodor W. Translator(s): Jacobson, Manfred R.; Jacobson, Evelyn M. Num Pages: 674 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226042381
ISBN
9780226042381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.67

Paperback. Examines Hume's ideas about human reason and intends to clarify Hume's notion of sympathy. This title explains how certain trivial tendencies of imagination are responsible for the unreasonable judgment of fact and the partial judgment of merit. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402002618
ISBN
9781402002618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. In this radical reinterpretation of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Walter E. Wehrle demonstrates that developmental theories of Aristotle are based on a faulty assumption: that the fifth chapter of Categories ('substance') is an early theory of metaphysics that Aristotle later abandoned. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681617
ISBN
9780847681617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.23

paperback. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013671
ISBN
9780691013671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Paperback. Kierkegaard translator Walter Lowrie presents a charming and warmly appreciative introduction to the life and work of the great Danish writer. Lowrie tells the story of Kierkegaard's emotionally turbulent life with a keen sense of drama and an acute understanding of how his life shaped his thought. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
With a New introduction by Alastair Hannay
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157771
ISBN
9780691157771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Proceedings of a conference held in late 2006 at the University of Notre Dame. Editor(s): Nicgorski, Walter. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268036652
ISBN
9780268036652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.95

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