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paperback. Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033848
- ISBN
- 9780415284653
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paperback. In this radical reinterpretation of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Walter E. Wehrle demonstrates that developmental theories of Aristotle are based on a faulty assumption: that the fifth chapter of Categories ('substance') is an early theory of metaphysics that Aristotle later abandoned. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033852
- ISBN
- 9780847681617
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paperback. This book is a detailed and accessible look at one of the most exciting and contested works of Western philosophy. Editor(s): Koistinen, Olli. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033857
- ISBN
- 9780521618601
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paperback. Political theorist Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and the result is a book about one of the world's most complex thinkers. Series: Frank M.Covey, Jr., Loyola Lectures in Political Analysis S. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033861
- ISBN
- 9780268020019
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paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033868
- ISBN
- 9781556437724
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€ 5.91
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Perfect Fools: Folly for Christ's Sake in Catholic and Orthodox Spirit...
Theology Faculty John Saward
hardcover. Oxford Scholarly Classics is a new series that makes available again great academic works from the archives of Oxford University Press. Reissued in uniform series design, the reissues will enable libraries, scholars, and students to gain fresh access to some of the finest scholarship of the last century. Num Pages: 260 pages, index. BIC Classification: HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033889
- ISBN
- 9780192132307
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hardcover. From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the early modern world and became a central feature of Jewish life. This book describes the debate between kabbalists and their critics on the nature of Judaism and the meaning of religious tradition. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033908
- ISBN
- 9780691145082
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hardcover. A major reassessment of Leibniz's metaphysics. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 811. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Pr.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033913
- ISBN
- 9780521403016
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hardcover. Maintaining that Joyce is the greatest modern "interpreter" of Vico, Verene demonstrates how images from Joyce's work offer keys to Vico's philosophy. Verene presents Vico's philosophical thought as it develops in his major works, with Joyce's words and insights serving as a guide. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 625. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033924
- ISBN
- 9780300099584
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€ 5.91
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hardcover. A cultural and intellectual history of sincerity, from its emergence during the Protestant Reformation to its present incarnations and adversaries. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Norton & Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033927
- ISBN
- 9780393080988
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€ 5.91
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The Propensity of Things: Toward a History of Efficacy in China (Zone ...
François; Translated By Janet Lloyd Jullien
hardcover. In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologistFrancois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi--meaningdisposition or circumstance, power or potential--as a touchstone toexplore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate structureunderlying Chinese modes of thinking. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- ZONE BOOKS
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033928
- ISBN
- 9780942299946
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€ 5.91
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hardcover. How can the Body and Blood of Christ, without ever leaving heaven, come to be really present on eucharistic altars where the bread and wine still seem to be? Marilyn McCord Adams examines how this question and its answer ("transubstantiation") engaged thirteenth and fourteenth century philosophical theologians. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HPCB; HRCM; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656. 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
- KSG0033929
- ISBN
- 9780199591053
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hardcover. A study of the psychological ideas of Galen (AD 129-c.210, the most important medical writer in antiquity) and Stoicism (a major philosophical theory in the Hellenistic and Roman periods), which Galen discussed extensively. Christopher Gill argues that the two theories are complementary, and still of value to the modern reader. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JMA; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 646. 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
- KSG0033930
- ISBN
- 9780199556793
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hardcover. In this text Stacey traces the formative impact of Seneca's political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government. Series Editor(s): Skinner, Quentin; Daston, Lorraine; Ross, Dorothy; Tully, James. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 714. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033933
- ISBN
- 9780521869898
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hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages, 21 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HRE. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 842. 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
- KSG0033935
- ISBN
- 9780195333572
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hardcover. Offers a systematic presentation of Plato's late cosmology, showing connections to his ethics and arguments about the organic structure of the universe. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 578. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033936
- ISBN
- 9780521845601
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hardcover. Examines the interplay of the two main schools of thought, Platonism and Aristotelianism, from the first century BC to the third century AD. This book argues that the Platonists turned to Aristotle only in order to elucidate Plato's doctrines and to reconstruct Plato's philosophy. Series: Oxford Philosophical Monographs. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 702. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PRESS
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033937
- ISBN
- 9780199264568
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hardcover. Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. This work presents a reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas. Num Pages: 262 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 533. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033942
- ISBN
- 9780199257584
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 591. 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
- KSG0033943
- ISBN
- 9780195327328
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paperback. How and why did the images of the crucified Christ and his grieving mother achieve such prominence, inspiring unparalleled religious creativity as well such imitative extremes as celibacy and self-flagellation? To answer this question, Fulton ranges over developments in liturgical performance, private prayer, doctrine, and art. Num Pages: 752 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 982. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033989
- ISBN
- 9780231125512
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