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hardcover. It is argued that David Hume wrote carelessly and contradicted himself, and that no sound philosophy emerges from his writings. This work argues that such criticism of Hume is without basis. Offering solutions to problems in Hume studies, it shows the continuing relevance of Hume's philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
OUP USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033050
ISBN
9780195097214
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Why was Melchizedek a minor figure, selected to represent the priesthood of Christ in the Epistle to the Hebrews? Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033070
ISBN
9780521210140
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. John Cassian is a study of the fifth-century monk who was one of the founders of western monasticism. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX. Dimension: 200 x 100. Weight in Grams: 361. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Second edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033093
ISBN
9780521046077
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. William Newman and Lawrence Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory experiments of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX2; PDN; PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033112
ISBN
9780226577111
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Theories, Technologies, Instrumentalities of Color is the outcome of a workshop, held in Leuven, Belgium, in May 2000. Editor(s): Saunders, Barbara; Brakel, Jaap van. Num Pages: 418 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JMM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of America
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033128
ISBN
9780761822653
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety Series: Studies in Religion. Num Pages: 389 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033133
ISBN
9780807841280
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. This is a collection of prayers and devotional writings in contemporary worship in the Muslim world. Drawing on a range of sources representing the spiritual influence, this book traces and analyzes the evolution of Islamic theological thought from the early saints and mystics to the present day. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLB; HRLD; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033135
ISBN
9781851681150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. A biography of Bonaparte from his birth in Corsica to his death in exile on St Helena. It examines various aspects of Bonaparte's spectacular rise to power and his dizzying fall. Num Pages: 944 pages, 75 b&w photographs, 15 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1315. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033146
ISBN
9780060929589
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Drawing on a wealth of examples including the Holocaust and attempts to deny it, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the taking of children of mixed blood from Aboriginal parents in Australia, and the works of Primo Levi and Simone Weil, Raimond Gaita sets out a new picture of our common humanity. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMA; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033151
ISBN
9780415241144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. This volume is devoted to Kant's "Opus Postumum" and its place in the Kantian oeuvre. It provides insights into the continuity and inner dynamics of Kant's transcendental philosophy as it progresses toward its final synthesis. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033157
ISBN
9780674009813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. This text disputes the claims made by Bernal in "Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization", that ancient Greek culture derived from Egypt and Phoenicia and that European scholars have been biased against the notion of Egyptian and Phoenician influence on Western civilization. Editor(s): Lefkowitz, Mary R.; Rogers, Guy Maclean. Num Pages: 544 pages, 10 illustrations, 6 tables, 4 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033158
ISBN
9780807845554
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Featuring a foreword by the eminent historian Anthony Grafton, this fascinating book draws upon a diverse range of sources-ancient histories, medieval theology, Renaissance art, literature, legal thought, and early modern mathematics and social science-to uncover the meaning of the past and its relationship to the present. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033165
ISBN
9781421402789
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. It is widely held that Hume's Treatise has little or nothing to do with problems of religion. Contrary to this view, however, this book argues that it is irreligious aims and objectives that are fundamental to the Treatise and account for its underlying unity and coherence. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 792. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033185
ISBN
9780195110333
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. The Symposia Aristotelica, devoted to Aristotle's psychological treatises, the De anima and the Parva uaturalia. Editor(s): Lloyd, G. E. R.; Owen, G. E. L. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 575. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033190
ISBN
9780521216692
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. A 2002 study of the development of systematic inquiry in ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and China. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 198 pages, 31 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HP; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033192
ISBN
9780521815420
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Braybrooke challenges received scholarly opinion by arguing that canonical theorists Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Rousseau took St Thomas Aquinas as their point of reference, reinforcing rather than departing from his natural law theory. Series: Toronto Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 351 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 694. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033206
ISBN
9780802035431
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Presents scientific theories about the female body in Greece of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It demonstrates the influence of cultural preconceptions on such theories and the reciprocal influence of scientific theories on cultural attitudes. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX; MFKC; MJT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033209
ISBN
9780198147671
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Contending that Plato's "Crito" does not show an allegiance between Socrates and the state that condemned him, Weiss argues that he considers the laws of the state to be more concerned with creating deference than justice - that, by submitting to his judgement, Socrates acts from a personal sense of justice rather than a set of imposed rules. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033212
ISBN
9780195116847
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Dr Brandwood's book analyses Plato's diction and prose style in the dialogues. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 505. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033224
ISBN
9780521390002
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. This book is for anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy, even if they have no specialized knowledge of Greek philosophy. Series: The Greek Cosmologists. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510. Volume 1 only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033225
ISBN
9780521333283
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

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