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History of Western philosophy
In Divine Illumination, Schumacher offers an original approach to Augustine's theory of divine illumination, the precondition of all human knowledge. Written with great originality and clarity, she traces the idea through medieval thinkers, into early modernity, and reveals its importance in modern theories of knowledge. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPK; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657423
- ISBN
- 9780470657423
Condition: New
€ 134.33
€ 134.33
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€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
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
€ 102.30€ 78.33
€ 102.30
€ 78.33
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
€ 64.65€ 51.23
€ 64.65
€ 51.23
Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), better known as Paracelsus, was a physician, natural magician and commentator on the social and religious issues of his day. This work considers Paracelsus' life and works, and explores his advocacy for total reform of the clerical, legal, and medical professions. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPCB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300139112
- ISBN
- 9780300139112
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
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
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
"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
€ 76.40€ 60.10
€ 76.40
€ 60.10
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
€ 96.38€ 74.84
€ 96.38
€ 74.84
'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
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
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
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
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
€ 69.42
€ 69.42
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
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
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€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. This 'Oxford Reader' seeks to introduce some of the main philosophical questions first raised by the Greek philosophers of classical antiquity. Selections from the writings of ancient philosophers are interspersed with Terence Irwin's commentary, and occasionally with contributions from modern philosophers, all arranged thematically., Editor(s): Irwin, Terence H. Num Pages: 442 pages, index, further reading. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192892539
- ISBN
- 9780192892539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Microfilm. The scholarly tradition of the Presocratics is the beginning of the Greek Editor(s): McCoy, Joe. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813221212
- ISBN
- 9780813221212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.01
€ 86.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSK; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271020440
- ISBN
- 9780271020440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.56
€ 43.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. Taking a thematic approach, the author introduces and assesses continental philosophy's relation to fundamental questions in philosophy, such as ethics, humanism, phenomenology, politics and metaphysics. He also introduces various thinkers of the continental tradition: from Kant, Nietzsche and Husserl to Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415242097
- ISBN
- 9780415242097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Larson Publications
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780943914121
- ISBN
- 9780943914121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.22
€ 32.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Explains why Descartes is usually called the father of modern philosophy. This book provides answers to the puzzling questions that Descartes asked about human beings and their place in the world. It gives a lucid account of Descartes' contributions to modern science, mathematics, and the Philosophy of Mind. Illustrator(s): Garratt, Chris. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 120 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848311725
- ISBN
- 9781848311725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.87
€ 11.99
€ 9.87
Paperback. At head of title: "Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury LEVIATHAN 1651." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HPCD; HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624665202
- ISBN
- 9781624665202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29