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Paperback. Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words 'Phusis kruptesthai philei.' Drawing on the work of ancients and later thinkers such as Goethe, Rilke, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, this book traces successive interpretations of Heraclitus' words. Translator(s): Chase, Michael. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030497
ISBN
9780674030497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.74

Hardback. Published in 1918, this title is the author's final work. Composed in the years before his death, it was, according to Simmel, his 'testament', a capstone work of profound metaphysical inquiry intended to formulate his conception of life in its entirety. Translator(s): Andrews, John A. Y.; Levine, Donald N. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226757834
ISBN
9780226757834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 78.49

Paperback. Georg Simmel addressed diverse topics across his essayistic writings, which influenced scholars in aesthetics, epistemology, and sociology. This title features Presented alongside these seminal essays are aphoristic fragments from Simmel's last journal, providing a beguiling look into the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers. Translator(s): Andrews, John A. Y.; Levine, Donald N. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226273303
ISBN
9780226273303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.08

Paperback. This is a new volume of original essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics. The essays address questions such as: What fundamental metaphysics is best motivated by quantum mechanics? What is the ontological status of the wave function? What is the nature of the fundamental space (or space-time manifold) of quantum mechanics? Editor(s): Albert, David; Ney, Alyssa. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199790548
ISBN
9780199790548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.20

Paperback. Series: Thomistic Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020354
ISBN
9780268020354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 52.60

Hardback. This text is an examination of what it means to say "No". Eva Brann considers the different forms "No" takes, such as a resistance of will or as a preventative measure or warning, and argues that to understand something of imagination, memory and time an inquiry should be made into what "No" means. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFD; CFG; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742512283
ISBN
9780742512283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226070773
ISBN
9780226070773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Hardcover. Each time a second crosses the world, millions of big things and little things happen -- here, there, and everywhere! Illustrator(s): Carvalho, Bernardo. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 281 x 279 x 15. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592701575
ISBN
9781592701575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.76

Hardcover. Brings together essays by leading theologians and philosophers on the fundamental importance of human reason and philosophy for Catholic theology and human cultures generally. This edited collection studies the contributions of reason, with its acquired wisdom, science, and scholarship, in five sections. Editor(s): Lamb, Fr. Matthew L. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPJ; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813228396
ISBN
9780813228396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.97

Hardback. Translator(s): Edlebi, Alyosha. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPJ; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168946
ISBN
9780231168946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. A Theory of the Absolute develops a worldview that is opposed to the dominant paradigm of physicalism and atheism. It provides powerful arguments for the existence of the soul and the existence of the Absolute. It shows that faith is not in contradiction to reason. Editor(s): Nagasawa, Yujin; Wielenberg, Erik J. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349489732
ISBN
9781349489732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.06

Hardcover. Argues that meaning, truth, impossibility, natural necessity, and our intelligent perception of nature fit together into a distinctly realist account of thought and world. This title intends to offer an analytically and historically respectable alternative to the prevailing positions of various British-American philosophers. Num Pages: 280 pages, music. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040567
ISBN
9780268040567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.31

Paperback. Argues that meaning, truth, impossibility, natural necessity, and our intelligent perception of nature fit together into a distinctly realist account of thought and world. This title intends to offer an analytically and historically respectable alternative to the prevailing positions of various British-American philosophers. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040574
ISBN
9780268040574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Jacquette, Dale. Series: Broadview Edition. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119885
ISBN
9781551119885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. The Socratic, or dialog, form is central to the history of philosophy and has been the disciplinea s canonical genre ever since. Paul Feyerabenda s Three Dialogues on Knowledge resurrects the form to provide an astonishingly flexible and invigorating analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems. Num Pages: 170 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631179184
ISBN
9780631179184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback. Translator(s): Kalkavage, Peter. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585107926
ISBN
9781585107926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is the origin of the story of Atlantis, the lost empire defeated by ancient Athenians. This is the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, c. 20 black and white diagrams. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPJ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192807359
ISBN
9780192807359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. A Socratic dialogue in two parts. It begins with a theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very beginning to the coming of man. It also comprises an account of the rise and fall of Atlantis, an empire ruled by the descendants of Poseidon, which ultimately sank into the sea. Translator(s): Lee, Desmond. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DB; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455045
ISBN
9780140455045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Time has always been the great Given, a fact of existence which cannot be denied or wished away; but the character of lived time is changing dramatically. This book offers a look at life's ineffable element, spanning fields from biology and culture to psychoanalysis and neuroscience. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846680434
ISBN
9781846680434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. This fully revised edition of this standard work on the philosophy of time and space includes two new chapters on Zeno's paradoxes, new material on dynamic time, speculative contemporary developments in physics, and time and consciousness, making the second edition, once again, unrivalled in its breadth of coverage. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844651917
ISBN
9781844651917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.14

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