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Hardback. When Peter J. Vernezze took a leave of absence from his position as a philosophy professor to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in China, he supplemented his main task-teaching English-with leading a weekly philosophical discussion group with Chinese undergraduate and graduate students at Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976725
- ISBN
- 9781597976725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.23
€ 29.99
€ 27.23
Paperback. "[Phillips takes] philosophy out of the ivory tower and into the street."-Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780393330670
- ISBN
- 9780393330670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.62
€ 26.99
€ 23.62
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780205948079
- ISBN
- 9780205948079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.25
€ 162.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585103621
- ISBN
- 9781585103621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.51
€ 25.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" Posed by the early Christian Tertullian, the question was vigorously debated in the nineteenth century. Taking on the question of how the glories of the classical world could be reconciled with the Bible, this book explains how Judaism played a vital role in defining modern philhellenism. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226213347
- ISBN
- 9780226213347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Hardback. Traditionally, Socrates has been linked to the view of reason as the most important element in human behavior, the means through which our irrational capacities are tamed. This work argues that when Socrates speaks for himself, he reveals a far more complex portrait of the nature of human existence than the Platonic conception of him has conveyed. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925530
- ISBN
- 9780813925530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.40
€ 48.40
Paperback. What kind of literature is the Talmud? This title suggests that both the Platonic and the Talmudic dialogues are not dialogic at all. It singles out Menippean satire as the most important genre through which to understand both the Talmud and Plato, emphasizing their seriocomic peculiarity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069173
- ISBN
- 9780226069173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Using Michael Bakhtin's notion of represented dialogue and real dialogism, this title demonstrates, through multiple close readings, that the give-and-take in these texts is actually monologic in spirit as well as shows that there are other elements that manifest genuine dialogicality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069166
- ISBN
- 9780226069166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.36€ 79.61
€ 93.36
€ 79.61
Hardcover. Few women's voices have survived from the antiquity period, but evidence shows that, especially in the area of religion, women were influential in Greek culture. Drawing on Socrates' Symposium, Nye advances this notion by not only exploring the original religious meaning of Diotima's teaching but also how that meaning has been lost throughout time. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP3; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516015
- ISBN
- 9781137516015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.75
€ 139.75
paperback. In one of his last books, Leo Strauss examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at 11 plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777191
- ISBN
- 9780226777191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.23
€ 40.99
€ 31.23
Paperback. Series: Focus Philosophical Library. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Focus
- Edition
- 212c-223a
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100699
- ISBN
- 9781585100699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.99
€ 20.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. The ancient world of fifth century Greece, an astonishing period of cultural development that helps situate the originality of Socrates, and to the city-state of Athens in particular. The social, political and cultural currents flowing through Athens are inseparable from an understanding of the events and attitudes that Socrates examined. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791101
- ISBN
- 9781905791101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. George Rudebusch's Socrates presents a compelling case for taking Socrates' arguments and wild conclusions seriously, not merely as abstract exercises in cross examining ideas of human excellence, but as a heavenly way for human beings to live. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 240 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405150866
- ISBN
- 9781405150866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.79
€ 30.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Schaberg, Christopher (Loyola University New Orleans USA); Bogost, Professor Ian (Loyola University New Orleans USA). Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 bw illus. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFCK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501315060
- ISBN
- 9781501315060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560721086
- ISBN
- 9781560721086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.48€ 98.70
€ 129.48
€ 98.70
Hardback. Translator(s): Cleary, Heather. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFCA; JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175265
- ISBN
- 9780231175265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.69€ 64.47
€ 81.69
€ 64.47
Paperback. Translator(s): Cleary, Heather. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFCA; JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175272
- ISBN
- 9780231175272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.43
€ 29.99
€ 22.43
hardcover. Num Pages: 335 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- SKU
- V9781349951598
- ISBN
- 9781349951598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.82
€ 139.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSR; JHBS; KJS; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487714
- ISBN
- 9781349487714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. This third edition introduces students to key principles in the sociology of religion-from history and theory to contemporary debates. This edition features new material on the relationships of religion to race and ethnicity, and to gender and sexuality, the perceived rise of both fundamentalism and secularism, global religion, and more. Num Pages: 410 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442216921
- ISBN
- 9781442216921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.60
€ 110.60