History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
Hardback. This book, first published in 2001, is a study of ancient views about 'moral luck'. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1018.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521791267
- ISBN
- 9780521791267
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€ 172.62
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Paperback. This influential book was the first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest work, The Birth of Tragedy (1872). Series: Cambridge Philosophy Classics. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316507933
- ISBN
- 9781316507933
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€ 31.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. Plato's dialogues show Socrates at different ages, beginning when he was about nineteen and already deeply immersed in philosophy and ending with his execution five decades later. Offering an analysis of Plato's "Protagoras, Charmides, and Republic", this book charts Socrates' discovery of a proper politics to shelter and advance philosophy. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226006284
- ISBN
- 9780226006284
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€ 47.99€ 37.57
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Paperback. Faced with the difficult task of discerning Plato's true ideas from the contradictory voices he used to express them, scholars have never fully made sense of the many incompatibilities within and between the dialogues. In this book, the author explains how these prose dramas cohere to reveal a comprehensive Platonic understanding of philosophy. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1200.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 896
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007748
- ISBN
- 9780226007748
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€ 40.99€ 31.82
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Hardcover. With the Politics, the author argues, Aristotle seeks to lead his students down a deliberately difficult path of critical thinking about civic republican life. He adopts a Socratic approach, encouraging his students - and readers - to become active participants in a dialogue. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226016030
- ISBN
- 9780226016030
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
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Paperback. Comprehensively engaging with Murdoch's work this volume gathers contributions from philosophers, theologians, and a literary critic to explore the significance of her ideas for contemporary thought. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021133
- ISBN
- 9780226021133
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€ 44.99€ 34.69
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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€ 31.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226033433
- ISBN
- 9780226033433
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.79
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Hardcover. Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato's famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato's challenge was resolved long ago. In this title, the author argues that Plato has in fact never been satisfactorily answered. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226040028
- ISBN
- 9780226040028
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.85
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Paperback. In this critique Kant weaves his thoughts on practical reason into a unified argument. Lewis White Beck offers an examination of this argument and places it in the context of Kant's philosophy, and of the moral philosophy of the 18th century. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226040752
- ISBN
- 9780226040752
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. Interprets and pairs two important Platonic dialogs, the Gorgias and the Phaedrus, illuminating Socrates' notion of rhetoric and Plato's conception of morality and eros in the human soul. This book features a novel interpretation that addresses numerous issues in Plato studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 31 figures. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042411
- ISBN
- 9780226042411
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Paperback. In this section-by-section commentary, Benardete argues that Plato's Republic is a holistic analysis of the beautiful, the good, and the just. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practised by Plato and Socrates. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 figures. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042442
- ISBN
- 9780226042442
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Paperback. Geoffrey Bennington sets out here to write an account of the thought of Jacques Derrida. Responding to Bennington's text at every turn is Derrida's own, excerpts from his life and thought that resist circumscription. These texts, as a dialogue and a contest, are a critical introduction to Derrida. Translator(s): Bennington, Geoffrey. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 428 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; CFA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042626
- ISBN
- 9780226042626
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Focuses on the idea of the good in what is widely regarded as one of Plato's most challenging and complex dialogs, the Philebus. This title is suitable for classicists, philosophers, and political theorists. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042763
- ISBN
- 9780226042763
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.40
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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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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
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Paperback. A collection of the essays of Norberto Bobbio on Hobbes's thought and his place in the theory of modern politics. Tracing Hobbes's work through De Cive and Leviathan, Bobbio identifies the philosopher's relation to the tradition of natural law. Translator(s): Gobetti, Daniela. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062488
- ISBN
- 9780226062488
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
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Paperback. Explores the identity of the American philosopher. Through informal conversations, leading philosophers discuss the rise of post-analytic philosophy in America and its relations to European thought and to the American pragmatist tradition. Translator(s): Crocitto, Rosanna. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066486
- ISBN
- 9780226066486
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. What kind of literature is the Talmud? This title suggests that both the Platonic and the Talmudic dialogues are not dialogic at all. It singles out Menippean satire as the most important genre through which to understand both the Talmud and Plato, emphasizing their seriocomic peculiarity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069173
- ISBN
- 9780226069173
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Condition: New
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Hardcover. Through an interview and sixteen essays, this title explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. It focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HPCB; HRAB; HRAF; HRC; HRH; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226070803
- ISBN
- 9780226070803
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Condition: New
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Hardcover. In his Berlin lectures on fine art, Hegel argued that art involves a unique form of aesthetic intelligibility - the expression of a distinct collective self-understanding that develops through historical time. This title offers a sophisticated exploration of Hegel's position. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 colour plates, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226079493
- ISBN
- 9780226079493
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
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