History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
Hardback. Through a study of Plato's Gorgias, this title shows that contemporary conceptions of shame are far too narrow. It develops an account of a different kind of shame, which the author calls 'respectful shame' and argues that this type of shame is just as important to contemporary democracy as it was to its ancient form. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691128566
- ISBN
- 9780691128566
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€ 15.00
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Paperback. Offers a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island (Utopia) where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfillment is open to all. Translator(s): Baker-Smith, Dominic. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442327
- ISBN
- 9780141442327
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€ 11.99€ 10.22
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Paperback. In search of the origins of some of the most fundamental philosophical problems that have beset philosophers in English-speaking countries in the 20th-century, Claire Ortiz Hill hypothesizes that philosophers are treating symptoms of philosophical ills whose cause lie buried in history. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 407. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821414125
- ISBN
- 9780821414125
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
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€ 33.91
Paperback. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Publisher
- Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929524160
- ISBN
- 9780929524160
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.42
€ 17.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802552
- ISBN
- 9780192802552
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
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Paperback. Verbum: Word and Idea in Aquinas is a product of Lonergan's eleven years of study of the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Here he interprets aspects in the writing of Aquinas relevant to trinitarian theory and one of the principal aims is to assist the reader in the search to understand the workings of the human mind. Editor(s): Crowe, Frederick E.; Doran, Robert M. Series: Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802079886
- ISBN
- 9780802079886
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.41
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Paperback. From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the Cynic philosophers sought to cure humanity of greed and vice with their proposal of living simply. This title examines the public image of the Cynics through the ages, as well as the philosophy's contradictions and how their views on women were centuries ahead of their time. Translator(s): Dobbin, Robert F. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192222
- ISBN
- 9780141192222
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262540568
- ISBN
- 9780262540568
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€ 57.04€ 54.39
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Hardback. Hegel's Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars that analyze and explore Hegel's key contributions in the areas of ethics, politics, and the law. Editor(s): Brooks, Dr. Thom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188135
- ISBN
- 9781405188135
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Condition: New
€ 37.13
€ 37.13
Hardcover. The general view of scholars is that the Kabbalah had no appreciable influence on the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. This book argues that this conclusion is mistaken. It is suitable for readers with a general interest in intellectual history to specialists in philosophy, the history of science, theology, and Jewish studies. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 239 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331148
- ISBN
- 9780792331148
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Condition: New
€ 203.99
€ 203.99
Hardback. The figure of contamination as developed in this book offers a new perspective of negativity which questions the current influence of Hegelian dialectics in contemporary theory and philosophy. The book also offers a critical introduction to the critique of dialectics to which it at the same time contributes as an original piece of research. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474411363
- ISBN
- 9781474411363
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Condition: New
€ 138.69
€ 138.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253833
- ISBN
- 9780415253833
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
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Hardback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174848
- ISBN
- 9780231174848
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€ 73.68€ 56.82
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Hardcover. Translator(s): Irwin, Terence H.; Fine, Gail. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 650
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915145683
- ISBN
- 9780915145683
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€ 84.36€ 64.67
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Paperback. On 25 October 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for the first and only time. The encounter lasted only ten minutes, and did not go well. This book winds together philosophy, history and biography into a piece of detective work. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations,ports. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571227358
- ISBN
- 9780571227358
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€ 17.99€ 13.07
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Paperback. This anthology offers the key works of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume in their entirety or in substantial selections, along with a rich selection of associated texts by other leading thinkers of the period. Editor(s): Ariew, Roger; Watkins, Eric. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205321
- ISBN
- 9780872205321
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
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Paperback. Editor(s): Betts, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538966
- ISBN
- 9780199538966
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.70
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Paperback. In "The Open", contemporary Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben considers the ways in which the "human" has been thought of as either a distinct and superior type of animal, or a kind of being that is essentially different from animal altogether. Translator(s): Attell, Kevin. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747387
- ISBN
- 9780804747387
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
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€ 24.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 115 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 115
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763538985
- ISBN
- 9788763538985
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.11
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Paperback. Three major findings of cognitive science cast doubt on the past 2,500 years of Western philosophy. Lakoff and Johnson propose to rebuild philosophy from the ground up, starting from clearly known facts about the mind. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 187 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1108. The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought. 640 pages. Lakoff and Johnson propose to rebuild philosophy from the ground up, starting from clearly known facts about the mind. They take on two major issues in 20th-century philosophy: how we conceive rationality and how we conceive language. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPC. Dimension: 234 x 187 x 41. Weight: 1112.
- Publisher
- Basic Books New York
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465056743
- ISBN
- 9780465056743
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.71
€ 30.99
€ 30.71