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History of Western philosophy

Hardcover. Num Pages: 832 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1302.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674265523
ISBN
9780674265523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.24
€ 153.65

Paperback. Ficino's commentary on Plato's "Symposium" introduced 'a Platonic love' into common speech. The dialogue's view of love as 'desire for eternal possession of the good' is of enormous philosophical. Nevertheless, questions remain concerning the meaning of specific features and the character of its influence. This volume addresses such questions. Editor(s): Lesher, James H.; Nalls, Deborah; Sheffield, Frisbee. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 356 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674023758
ISBN
9780674023758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Robert Nozick presents bold philosophical theories that take account of scientific advances in physics, evolutionary biology, economics and cognitive neuroscience, and casts contemporary cultural controversies in a new light. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674012455
ISBN
9780674012455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.17

Hardback. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, this book provides a lens through which we can better understand the meaning and creation of the counterculture community. It examines the wider significance and impact of its politics of improvisation. Editor(s): Meriwether, Nicholas. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; AVC; AVGP; AVH; HBLX; HPCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286641
ISBN
9780520286641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 72.77

Hardback. At some time around 200 AD, the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was "The Heavens" (Caelestia). This book contains an English translation of "The Heavens", along with an introduction, notes, and technical diagrams. Translator(s): Todd, Robert B.; Bowen, Alan C. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 238 pages, 25 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233256
ISBN
9780520233256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.18
€ 64.67

Hardback. This text offers a resolution of one of the most vexing problems in Nietzsche scholarship: how can an antifoundationalist philosophy avoid vicious relativism and legitimate its claim to provide a platform for the critique of arguments, practices, and institutions? Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520215535
ISBN
9780520215535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.10
€ 45.45

Paperback. This anthology presents Aristotle's "Rhetoric" in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose success Aristotle explains and analyzes. It assesses the role and the techniques of rhetorical persuasion in philosophic discourse and the public sphere. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 466 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202283
ISBN
9780520202283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.11

Paperback. An introduction to the life and work of Walter Benjamin, the German-Jewish philosopher and literary and cultural critic. The text offers insight into Benjamin's complex relationships with Adorno, Brecht, Jewish Messianism and Western Marxism. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520084001
ISBN
9780520084001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Hardcover. Rudolf Carnap and WV Quine, two of the twentieth century's important philosophers, corresponded at length - and over a long period of time - on matters personal, professional, and philosophical. Their friendship encompassed issues and disagreements that go to the heart of contemporary philosophic discussions. This title presents their letters. Editor(s): Creath, Richard. Num Pages: 499 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
499
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520068476
ISBN
9780520068476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.77
€ 53.41

paperback. Treats human communication in terms of ideal cooperation. In this book, the author establishes that form permeates society just as it does poetry and the arts. It states that forms of art are not exclusively aesthetic: the cycles of a storm, the gradations of a sunrise, the undoing of Prince Hamlet are all instances of progressive form. Num Pages: 396 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Third Edition, With new Afterword
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520041462
ISBN
9780520041462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.26

Hardcover. The author presents a general theory of justice which makes full use of the Jewish sources, bringing them into a philosophical dialogue with the leading ethical and political texts of the Western tradition. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFSR1; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780300049435
ISBN
9780300049435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.66
€ 48.16

Paperback. Imagination is unruly. It creates the mind's world, linking the sensory realm to the realm of the intellect by oscillating between mind and body, self and world, ideal and real. This title demonstrates that this ambivalence in conceptions of imagination informs fundamental philosophical and aesthetic projects of European modernity. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 344 pages, n/a bw photos, n/a color photos, n/a line drawings, n/a maps, n/a tables. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988931
ISBN
9780295988931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.25

hardcover. Examines the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. Based on readings of canonical literary and philosophical texts, the author explores how this confluence led to a rich cross-fertilization between economic and literary thought in Germany between 1770-1850. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988368
ISBN
9780295988368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. Part of series which presents various speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. This volume contains three speeches, by the orator of classical antiquity, that illuminate Athenian law and culture in the fourth century BC. Translator(s): Harris, Edward M. Series Editor(s): Gagarin, Michael. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 245 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNS; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717848
ISBN
9780292717848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.03

Paperback. Translator(s): Edwards, Michael. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 263 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716469
ISBN
9780292716469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. This work builds a case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. It offers an estimate of this much-maligned historian. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712775
ISBN
9780292712775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Hardcover. Includes fifteen essays presented in honor of one of the premier historians of medieval philosophy, Armand Maurer of the Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies and the University of Toronto. This book demonstrates the importance of Arabic philosophical thought for the Latin West during the scholastic era, which began in the thirteenth century. Editor(s): Houser, R.E. Series: Thomistic Studies. Num Pages: 536 pages, ports. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268031039
ISBN
9780268031039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268018283
ISBN
9780268018283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardcover. The gendered experience of time Editor(s): Schues, Christina; Olkowski, Dorothea E.; Fielding, Helen A. Num Pages: 204 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356307
ISBN
9780253356307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Hardback. Continental philosophy of religion applied to everyday living and thinking Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253355928
ISBN
9780253355928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.25

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