History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 178.20
€ 178.20
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
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
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
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Condition: New
€ 127.20
€ 127.20
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
€ 37.99€ 33.07
€ 37.99
€ 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
€ 37.99€ 33.23
€ 37.99
€ 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
€ 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
€ 37.99€ 33.05
€ 37.99
€ 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
€ 37.99€ 33.07
€ 37.99
€ 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
€ 29.99
€ 26.67
hardcover. Series: Phaenomenologica S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- 1972nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024713363
- ISBN
- 9789024713363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.91
€ 71.91
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
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Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
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
€ 68.23
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013671
- ISBN
- 9780691013671
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.83
€ 54.99
€ 39.83
paperback. When the author wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. This title offers an account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 146 x 38. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Alexander Nehamas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160269
- ISBN
- 9780691160269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.53
€ 29.99
€ 26.53
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
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
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€ 39.32
€ 43.99
€ 39.32
Hardcover. Of all the writings on theory and aesthetics - ancient, medieval, or modern - the most important is indisputably Aristotle's "Poetics", the first philosophical treatise to propound a theory of literature. The author offers a fresh interpretation of the lost second book of Aristotle's "Poetics". Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226875088
- ISBN
- 9780226875088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.50€ 78.69
€ 93.50
€ 78.69
Paperback. This volume brings together, for the first time, a variety of texts from Certeau's book and journal publications which have proved important in the various disciplines where Certeau has had an influence. Editor(s): Ward, Graham. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GBC; GT; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212799
- ISBN
- 9780631212799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Hardback. Offers a research on race theory by examining its historical roots in the works of Western philosophers. The essays included in this book span a range of topics, including the opposition between Greek and 'barbarian' in the works of Plato and Aristotle, and the notion of racial difference employed in medieval Islamic thought. Editor(s): Ward, Julie K.; Lott, Tommy L. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222262
- ISBN
- 9780631222262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.33
€ 145.33