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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

hardcover. Examines John Locke's claims about the nature and workings of language. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034054
ISBN
9780521831192
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Analyzing Kant's argument for a dynamical plenum in the Third Analogy of Experience, this text goes on to examine the broader context of Kant's views about matter, substance, causal influence, and physical aether in connection with the developmental history of his theory of transcendental idealism. Num Pages: 291 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034052
ISBN
9780520218475
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. A volume of essays that reconsider the significance of Thomas Hobbes's masterpiece after three and a half centuries. They develop themes on Leviathan such as: the place of the last of Hobbes's treatises in the scheme of Hobbes's political writings; and the connections between biblical and political authorities. Editor(s): Sorell, Professor Tom; Foisneau, Luc. Series: Mind Association Occasional. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034041
ISBN
9780199264612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 591. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033943
ISBN
9780195327328
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. This work presents a reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas. Num Pages: 262 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 533. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033942
ISBN
9780199257584
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€ 5.91

hardcover. Examines the interplay of the two main schools of thought, Platonism and Aristotelianism, from the first century BC to the third century AD. This book argues that the Platonists turned to Aristotle only in order to elucidate Plato's doctrines and to reconstruct Plato's philosophy. Series: Oxford Philosophical Monographs. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 702. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033937
ISBN
9780199264568
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Offers a systematic presentation of Plato's late cosmology, showing connections to his ethics and arguments about the organic structure of the universe. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 578. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033936
ISBN
9780521845601
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. A study of the psychological ideas of Galen (AD 129-c.210, the most important medical writer in antiquity) and Stoicism (a major philosophical theory in the Hellenistic and Roman periods), which Galen discussed extensively. Christopher Gill argues that the two theories are complementary, and still of value to the modern reader. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JMA; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 646. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033930
ISBN
9780199556793
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€ 5.91

hardcover. How can the Body and Blood of Christ, without ever leaving heaven, come to be really present on eucharistic altars where the bread and wine still seem to be? Marilyn McCord Adams examines how this question and its answer ("transubstantiation") engaged thirteenth and fourteenth century philosophical theologians. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HPCB; HRCM; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033929
ISBN
9780199591053
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Maintaining that Joyce is the greatest modern "interpreter" of Vico, Verene demonstrates how images from Joyce's work offer keys to Vico's philosophy. Verene presents Vico's philosophical thought as it develops in his major works, with Joyce's words and insights serving as a guide. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 625. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033924
ISBN
9780300099584
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. A major reassessment of Leibniz's metaphysics. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 811. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Pr.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033913
ISBN
9780521403016
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Political theorist Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and the result is a book about one of the world's most complex thinkers. Series: Frank M.Covey, Jr., Loyola Lectures in Political Analysis S. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033861
ISBN
9780268020019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. This book is a detailed and accessible look at one of the most exciting and contested works of Western philosophy. Editor(s): Koistinen, Olli. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033857
ISBN
9780521618601
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

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. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033852
ISBN
9780847681617
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. For teaching Leibniz - a philosopher as difficult as he is important - this is as good a work as we are ever likely to get. It gives good guidance throughout.' - Robert E. Butts, University of Western Ontario Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033840
ISBN
9780415072847
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. The book discusses influential figures like Abelard, Peter Lombard and Hugh of St Victor; the use made by Aquinas of Aristotle; the mystical theology of Bonaventure; Robert Grosseteste's and Roger Bacon's interest in optics; the complex metaphysics of Duns Scotus; and the political thought of Marsilius of Padua and William of Ockham. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRAB; HRAX; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033838
ISBN
9781848855434
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Hilary Putnam has at last paused from philosophizing to collect his papers for publication--his first volume in almost two decades. Contributing to a broad range of philosophical inquiry, Putnam has been said to represent a "history of recent philosophy in outline." In this volume he suggests philosophy's possible future, as well. Editor(s): De Caro, Mario; Macarthur, David. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1138. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033813
ISBN
9780674050136
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. In the past 50 years ancient Greek philosophy has flourished, but the sophists remain neglected. Robert Mayhew redresses the balance in a new translation and commentary on Prodicus of Ceos. He presents the definitive resource for the study of this intriguing philosopher, and reassesses Prodicus' life and thought on language, religion, and ethics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPC; HPCA; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033811
ISBN
9780199607877
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. The Enlightenment of the 18th century was a crucial time in human history - a vast moral, scientific and political movement, the work of intellectuals across Europe and the New World, who began to free themselves from despotism, bigotry and superstition and tried to change the world. This title offers a guide to the giants of the Enlightenment. Illustrator(s): Krauze, Andrzej. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 119 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848311794
ISBN
9781848311794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

paperback. Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution'. Illustrator(s): Boreham, Judy. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSB; HPCD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848311787
ISBN
9781848311787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

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