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hardcover. The Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism is one of the strongest Buddhist sects in Japan, with three and a half million followers. In this book, the author provides a detailed, objective account in English of the life and thought of its founder, Honenbo Genku (1133-1212), known as Honen. Editor(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Translator(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLC; HPD; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033506
ISBN
9780520211797
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Columbus is the first star in a constellation of European adventurers whose right to claim and conquer each land mass they encountered was unquestioned by their countrymen. How a system of religious beliefs made the taking of the New World possible and laudable is the focus of this review. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033482
ISBN
9780520074422
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. This book demonstrates the centrality of theological concerns in the emergence of modern, secular historical consciousness. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033481
ISBN
9780521650229
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Finding in the world's myths-its sacred stories-a way to talk about experiences shared across time and space, Doniger champions the cause of comparative mythology as she expertly taps a wealth of traditions-from the Hebrew Bible to the Bhagavad Gita. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033464
ISBN
9780231111706
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. This volume brings together Professor Cranz's published studies on Nicholas of Cusa with a set of seven papers left unpublished at the time of his death. Their subjects are the speculative thought of Cusanus and his relationship with the broader themes of Renaisssance. Series: Variorum Collected Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; BGH; HPCB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150. Weight in Grams: 492. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Variorum
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033442
ISBN
9780860788010
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. This text studies the invention of the Friars' natural philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFCX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scolar Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033438
ISBN
9781859282878
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033428
ISBN
9780195383539
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Based on extensive research in Italian archives this study explores the papal bureaucracy at a time when the Pope was among the most powerful European rulers. The men who ran the Papacy then were an important and talented group who included luminaries of humanist literature and scholarship, distinguished church leaders, and influential statesmen. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DSV; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033422
ISBN
9780198219958
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Polydore Vergil's main point in "On Discovery" was to show that many Greek and Roman claims for discovery were false and that ancient Jews or other Asian peoples had priority. This is an English translation of a critical edition based on the Latin texts published in Polydore Vergil's lifetime. Editor(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Translator(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 836. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033416
ISBN
9780674007895
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Over sixty specially commissioned essays by experts in the field, accessible to non-specialists who have little previous familiarity with philosophy. Editor(s): Baldwin, Thomas. Num Pages: 974 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1654. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033394
ISBN
9780521591041
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. An interesting interpretation of Plato's dialogue the Sophist. Series Editor(s): Hunter, R. L.; Osborne, R. G.; Reeve, M. D.; Garnsey, Peter; Millett, M.; Sedley, D. N.; Horrocks, G. C. (University of Cambridge, UK). Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 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
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033392
ISBN
9780521632591
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033378
ISBN
9780271007229
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. A presentation of the author's essays on Plato and Aristotle from the past 40 years. In this work, he brings philosophical acuity to a range of texts and topics in ancient thought including ethics, logic, epistemology and metaphysics. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ; HPK; HPL; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 437. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Clarendon Press Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033371
ISBN
9780198236412
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. This book is a philosophical analysis of Plato's dialogue, the Statesman. Series Editor(s): Hunter, R. L.; Osborne, R. G.; Reeve, M. D.; Garnsey, Peter; Millett, Martin; Sedley, D. N.; Horrocks, G. C. (University of Cambridge, UK). Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033368
ISBN
9780521582292
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. De Universalibus Volume II: On Universals Translator(s): Kenny, Sir Anthony. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435. Volume II only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Clarendon Press Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033365
ISBN
9780198246817
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Editor(s): Capaldi, Nicholas; Livingston, Donald W. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Springer
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033356
ISBN
9780792306504
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. The only work devoted almost exclusively to an interpretation of Vico's The New Science. Num Pages: 268 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Second edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033347
ISBN
9780521388719
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Num Pages: 417 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1330. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Springer
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033345
ISBN
9789024750450
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Springer
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033344
ISBN
9789024717330
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Num Pages: 111 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 156. Weight in Grams: 198. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Springer
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033342
ISBN
9789024712953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

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