History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
Paperback. English-speaking philosophers are generally attuned to the German and French philosophical traditions but not to the Spanish. This anthology intends to introduce the Spanish philosophical tradition to English-speaking readers. Editor(s): Welch, John R. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044190
- ISBN
- 9780268044190
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€ 40.99€ 36.55
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Hardcover. Contains three works by Thomas More. The first is a rebuttal of the main points of Lutheran teaching, whilst the second refutes "A Supplication of Beggars", an anticlerical pamphlet by Simon Fish. The third answers John Frith's arguments against the physical presence of Christ in the eucharist. Editor(s): Miller, Clarence H.; Marius, Richard C. Series: The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More. Num Pages: 722 pages, commentaries, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 58 x 43 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1173.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 722
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300038095
- ISBN
- 9780300038095
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€ 129.21€ 99.45
€ 129.21
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Paperback. Provides a translation of the dialogues of Plato. This book argues that the particular formulation by Plato had a direct and profound influence on the Founding Fathers and the development of American constitutional law. Translator(s): Allen, R. E. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300136371
- ISBN
- 9780300136371
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€ 26.01
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Paperback. St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics contains translations of carefully chosen and central selections from The Summa Against the Gentiles, On Kingship or The Governance of Rulers, and The Summa of Theology. Editor(s): Sigmund, Paul E. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393952438
- ISBN
- 9780393952438
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€ 18.99€ 17.62
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Paperback. In the wake of the Cold War, as the international community struggles to accommodate change, the author of this study directs our attention to the classic theorists, Thucydides, Rousseau, Locke and others. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA; JPF; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 778.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393969474
- ISBN
- 9780393969474
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€ 44.99€ 41.01
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Hardcover. These essays by the contemporary German philosopher and sociologist, Jurgen Habermas, were written between 1958 and 1979. In them, he sketches his impressions - as if he were conducting a living dialog - of the giants of recent German thought, several of whom were his teachers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435820152
- ISBN
- 9780435820152
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€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. It offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics, interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657669
- ISBN
- 9780470657669
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€ 126.53
€ 126.53
Hardcover. Rethinking Pragmatism explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched views of their positions on truth, meaning, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 255 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674697
- ISBN
- 9780470674697
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Condition: New
€ 117.95
€ 117.95
Paperback. Argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary conception of language, and hence a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520023291
- ISBN
- 9780520023291
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.34
€ 41.99
€ 30.34
Hardcover. How is it possible to will the eternal recurrence of each moment of one's life, if both this decision and the states of affairs governed by it appear to be predestined? Suitable for Nietzsche studies, this title is of interest to those concerned with understanding the philosopher's work. Translator(s): Lomax, J. Harvey. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST US HARDCOVER
- Number of pages
- 304282251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520065192
- ISBN
- 9780520065192
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€ 68.13€ 53.91
€ 68.13
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Paperback. Examining the ecological teachings embedded in both Western and non-Western world views, this work asks how the world's many and diverse environmental philosophies can be brought together in a complimentary and consistent whole. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD; HPQ; HRA; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085602
- ISBN
- 9780520085602
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€ 35.99€ 26.84
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Hardback. Tackling one of philosophy's key themes, this book develops the controversial thesis that the world is a flux. It applies this doctrine to Western theories of history and the interpretation of cultural phenomena, offering analysis of the logic, methodology and metaphysics of interpretation. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520087699
- ISBN
- 9780520087699
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€ 62.26€ 49.55
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Hardback. This work critically but sympathetically examines Schopenhauer's main work "The World as Will and Representation", demonstrating that the philosophical system it puts forth does constitute a consistent whole. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2tabs. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520087705
- ISBN
- 9780520087705
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Condition: New
€ 62.26€ 49.63
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Paperback. Analyzes the links between Breton's surrealist fusion of psychoanalysis and Marxism and Walter Benjamin's post-Enlightenment challenge to Marxist theory. This title argues that Breton's surrealist Marxism played a formative role in shaping postwar French intellectual life. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201507
- ISBN
- 9780520201507
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.84
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Paperback. Presents the factual and conceptual history of Martin Heidegger's "Being and Time" (1927), a key twentieth-century text. Through investigation of European archives and private correspondence, this title provides an account of the philosopher's early development and progress toward his masterwork. Num Pages: 608 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 38. Weight in Grams: 858. 608 pages, 3 figures. Presents the factual and conceptual history of Martin Heidegger's "Being and Time" (1927), a key twentieth-century text. Through investigation of European archives and private correspondence, this title provides an account of the philosopher's early development and progress toward his masterwork. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; HPCF; HPJ. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 38. Weight: 862.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201590
- ISBN
- 9780520201590
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.90
€ 44.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Radical ecology typically brings to mind media images of ecological activists standing before loggers' saws, staging anti-nuclear marches, and confronting polluters on the high seas. This book offers a balanced appraisal of radical ecology's principles, goals, and limitations. Num Pages: 447 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPWD; JPWF; RNB; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520209077
- ISBN
- 9780520209077
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€ 41.99€ 30.30
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Hardback. This collection of essays presents an ongoing exploration of the moral character and enlightenment-potential of vision. It examines texts by Descartes, Husserl, Wittgensein, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; HPC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 513.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217805
- ISBN
- 9780520217805
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Condition: New
€ 62.26€ 49.67
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Hardback. Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the 4th century A D. This work focuses on the culture of Constantinople and the eastern Roman empire during the fourth century. It provides a resource on the late antique period, as well as on Greek intellectual history and oratory. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; CFG; HBG; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218215
- ISBN
- 9780520218215
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Condition: New
€ 68.13€ 53.91
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Paperback. A comprehensive account of Hegel's conception of recognition as the general pattern of ethical life. The author explores Hegel's intersubjective concept of spirit and shows how the idea of recognition illuminates his understanding of crime, morality, the family and war. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224926
- ISBN
- 9780520224926
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 32.02
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Paperback. This study of Benjamin's "The Origin of German Tragic Drama" views it as a critique of anthropocentric historical thinking, which introduces an ethico-theological dimension. It reconstructs this dimension by analyzing the stones, animals and angels that are scattered throughout his writings. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226845
- ISBN
- 9780520226845
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.76
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