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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

From the pre-Socratics to Ovid and Plotinus, and from Shakespeare to Hegel, Schelling, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida, this title traces the secret tradition of the idea of eternal recurrence and situates it as the grounding thought of Western philosophy and literature. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; HPJ; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322733
ISBN
9780822322733
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.79

This study presents a substantial revision to received ideas about the relationship between biblical and ancient Greek conceptions of human nature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 40. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645059
ISBN
9781442645059
Condition: New

€ 86.92

Layers in Husserl's Phenomenology situates Husserl firmly within the trajectory of later Continental thought and contributes to the recent reconsideration of Husserl as a legitimate precursor to the thought of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jacques Derrida. Series: New Studies in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644625
ISBN
9781442644625
Condition: New

€ 69.15

This study looks at how the philosophies of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) employ the figures of "exemplarity" and "chosenness" in order to address the tension between the universality of philosophical thinking and the particularity of nations, languages, and individual human experience. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755214
ISBN
9780804755214
Condition: New

€ 81.84

'There is something absolute about the letters between you .. The letter is a form of communion of the soul-spirit - .. one that is faded & yet unimpeded, complete', wrote Martin Heidegger to his fiancee Elfride Petri shortly before their wedding. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745641355
ISBN
9780745641355
Condition: New

€ 72.96

One of the important philosophers, Morton White has spent a career building bridges among the fragmented worlds of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. This is a selection of White's best essays, which represent the belief that philosophers should reflect on mathematics and science, and also on other aspects of culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119595
ISBN
9780691119595
Condition: New

€ 96.32
€ 74.71

"Originally published in Chinese as Xin weishi lun by Zhejiang Provincial Library. This translation is based on the 2001 edition published by Hubei Education Press." Translator(s): Makeham, John. Series: World Thought in Translation. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPCF; HPDF; HPJ; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191578
ISBN
9780300191578
Condition: New

€ 76.35
€ 59.86

Vicki A. Spencer reveals Herder as one of the first Western philosophers to grapple seriously with cultural diversity without abandoning a commitment to universal values and the first to make language and culture an issue of justice. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643024
ISBN
9781442643024
Condition: New

€ 74.23

Philosophers, analytic as well as continental, tend to feel uneasy about Ernst Tugendhat, who, though he positions himself in the analytic field, poses questions in the Heideggerian style. This book aims to present Tugendhat as an example of merged horizons, and to prove that any such labels impoverish philosophical research. Translator(s): Haskell, Michael. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143882
ISBN
9780231143882
Condition: New

€ 64.61
€ 51.14

Translator(s): Dahlstrom, Daniel O. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624661273
ISBN
9781624661273
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 78.18

Kore, also called Persephone and referred to poetically by the Greeks as "the unspeakable girl," was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus who was abducted by Hades and made queen of the netherworld. This title presents three richly detailed treatments of the myth of Kore. Translator(s): De la Durantaye, Leland. Series: Italian List. Num Pages: 104 pages, 40 colour plates. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420831
ISBN
9780857420831
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.24

Paperback. The rise and spectacular fall of the friendship between the two great philosophers of the eighteenth century, barely six months after they first met, reverberated on both sides of the Channel. This title explores the unfolding rift between two of the greatest of Enlightenment thinkers, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164282
ISBN
9780300164282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.64

Translator(s): Chun, Maureen; Attanucci, Timothy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166706
ISBN
9780231166706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.23
€ 64.23

Paperback. Terence Irwin presents a historical and critical study of the development of moral philosophy over two thousand years, from ancient Greece to the Renaissance. This is the first volume of a three-part survey of the entire history of Western ethics. Irwin begins here with Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and guides the reader through the centuries. Num Pages: 840 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
842
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199693856
ISBN
9780199693856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.12

This is the first volume of original commissioned papers on the subject of Newton and empiricism. The chapters, contributed by a leading team of both established and younger international scholars, explore the nature and extent of Newton's relationship to a variety of empiricisms and empiricists. Editor(s): Biener, Zvi; Schliesser, Eric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPCD1; JFCX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199337095
ISBN
9780199337095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 153.06

Hardback. Twenty-six new essays by experts on seventeenth-century thought provide a critical survey of this key period in British intellectual history. These far-reaching essays discuss not only central debates and canonical authors from Francis Bacon to Isaac Newton, but also explore less well-known figures and topics from the period. Editor(s): Anstey, Peter R. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549993
ISBN
9780199549993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.58

paperback. This text examines Aristotle's "Rhetoric" as a classic treatise on the arts of public speaking and persuasion which played a role in the civic life of Greece. These arts, which evolved a highly formalized tradition of technique, were connected with the study of political and moral theory. Editor(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Translator(s): Lawson-Tancred, Hugh. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140445107
ISBN
9780140445107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.56

paperback. In this much needed critical introduction, Geoghegan critically appraises Bloch's ideas and presents them in a clear and accessible manner. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415049047
ISBN
9780415049047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.34

paperback. Did post-Enlightenment philosophers reject the idea of original sin and hence the view that life is a quest for redemption from it? This work identifies and evaluates a surprising ethical-religious dimension in the work of three highly influential philosophers - Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691133928
ISBN
9780691133928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.87

Hardback. Editor(s): McClelland, Richard T (Gonzaga University); Clayton, Brian B (Gonzaga University). Series: Philosophy of Popular Culture. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813142630
ISBN
9780813142630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.12

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