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History of Western philosophy

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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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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