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History of Western philosophy
Paperback. A compact, accessible introduction to the basic writings of the great modern spiritual teacher who has been an immense influence on contemporary education, literature, art, science and philosophy. Editor(s): McDermott, Robert. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584200567
- ISBN
- 9781584200567
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
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Paperback. Offers a framework upon which the whole of modern philosophy is based. This book presents an investigation into the nature of human reason, its knowledge and illusions. It brings together the two opposing schools of philosophy: rationalism, which grounds our knowledge in reason, and empiricism, which traces our knowledge to experience. Translator(s): Weigelt, Marcus. Num Pages: 784 pages, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447477
- ISBN
- 9780140447477
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€ 25.99€ 19.49
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Paperback. You were reading a somewhat retro loveletter, the last in history. But you have not yet received it. Yes, its lack or excess of address prepares it to fall into all hands: a post card, an open letter in which the secret appears, but indecipherably. You can take it or pass it off, for examplle, as a message from Socrates to Freud. Translator(s): Bass, A. Num Pages: 552 pages, 1 colour plate, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638. From Socrates to Freud and Beyond. 552 pages, 1 colour plate, 5 halftones. You were reading a somewhat retro loveletter, the last in history. But you have not yet received it. Yes, its lack or excess of address prepares it to fall into all hands: a post card, an open letter in which the secret appears, but indecipherably. You can take it or pass it off, for examplle, as a message from Socrates to Freud. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPC. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 31. Weight: 630. Translator(s): Bass, A.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143224
- ISBN
- 9780226143224
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.52
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Paperback. Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. This book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their most compelling ideas about the world and how best to live in it. It takes us on a chronological tour of the major ideas in the history of philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 42 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 212 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187793
- ISBN
- 9780300187793
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.76
€ 15.99
€ 12.76
Paperback. Michel Foucault's work was described at his death as 'the most important event of thought in our century'. This book places his work in its turbulent philosophical and political context, and explores his mission to expose the links between knowledge and power in the human sciences, their discourses and institutions. Illustrator(s): Jevtic, Zoran. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 175 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 119 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Fourth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848310605
- ISBN
- 9781848310605
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€ 11.99€ 9.90
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Paperback. A major new work by the philosopher and feminist thinker Adriana Cavarero, this is a fascinating and challenging account of the relationship between the structure of the self and the structure of narrative. Translator(s): Kottman, Paul. Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF5; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415200585
- ISBN
- 9780415200585
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Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Paperback. Translator(s): Andrews-Rusiecka, Hilda; Rusiecka, Hilda Andrews-. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804711326
- ISBN
- 9780804711326
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.30
€ 43.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World profiles fifty landmark philosophers, scientists, political, social theorists and spiritual leaders whose ideas have defined the age we live in. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782390923
- ISBN
- 9781782390923
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
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Paperback. Addresses the question of how to live well, and originates the concept of cultivating a virtuous character as the basis of his ethical system. In this title, the author sets out to examine the nature of happiness. It discusses the nature of practical reasoning, the value and the objects of pleasure, and the different forms of friendship. Translator(s): Thomson, J.A.K. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449495
- ISBN
- 9780140449495
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227914
- ISBN
- 9780823227914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.25
€ 33.25
Paperback. Roger Ariew masterfully renders the oddities of seventeenth-century French vocabulary and syntax in this eloquent and philosophically astute translation -- the first complete English translation based on the Sellier edition of Pascal's manuscript, widely accepted as the version closest to what Pascal intended. Translator(s): Ariew, Roger. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872207172
- ISBN
- 9780872207172
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583944554
- ISBN
- 9781583944554
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
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Paperback. Editor(s): Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. Translator(s): Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. Num Pages: 206 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: HPCB; MBX; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556433160
- ISBN
- 9781556433160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.98
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Paperback. "Symposium" gives an account of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire. The other dialogues collected here under the title "The Death of Socrates" tell the tale of how Socrates was put on trial for impiety, found guilty and sentenced to death. Translator(s): Griffith, Tom. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264795
- ISBN
- 9781853264795
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Condition: New
€ 7.12
€ 7.12
Hardback. Ruth Kinna reassesses Kropotkin's political thought and suggests that the 'classical' tradition which has provided a lens for the discussion of his work has had a distorting effect on the interpretation of his ideas. Kinna corrects some popular myths about Kropotkin's thought and sheds new light on the nature of anarchist ideology. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPFB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642298
- ISBN
- 9780748642298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.84€ 120.22
€ 124.84
€ 120.22
Paperback. Written in limpid prose, these autobiographical essays provide an insight into the mind and personality of Roger Scruton. This is a quiet, witty but also serious and moving account of the ways in which life brought him to think what he thinks, and to be what he is. His moving vignettes of his childhood and later influences illuminate this book. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826480330
- ISBN
- 9780826480330
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Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Paperback. Dealing with the decomposition of cultural myths, these essays move from the local to the global, from history to sport, from body parts to stage productions, and from race relations to global politics. Editor(s): Case, Sue-Ellen; Brett, Philip; Foster, Susan. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213747
- ISBN
- 9780253213747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.39
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€ 24.39
Paperback. A study of Rawls' work, "A Theory of Justice", the book gives a concise account of Rawls' central ideas, situates them within contemporary debates and subjects them to critical scrutiny. Among the subjects covered are utilitarianism, majoritarianism and the contractarian synthesis. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745602820
- ISBN
- 9780745602820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.72
€ 22.72
Hardcover. "Public reason" is one of the central concepts in modern liberal political theory. Identifying this conception as a key point of conflict, this book presents a debate among contemporary natural law and liberal political theorists on the definition and validity of the idea of public reason. Editor(s): George, Robert P.; Wolfe, Christopher. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407651
- ISBN
- 9780878407651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.01
€ 215.01
Paperback. Presenting an interpretation of the famous appendix to Husserl's "The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology", this title relates writing to such key concepts as differing, consciousness, presence, and historicity. Translator(s): Leavey, John P. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PBB; PBM; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803265806
- ISBN
- 9780803265806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98