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Paperback. Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. The picture we have of it is that a noble man was put to death in a fit of folly by the ancient Athenian democracy. This title presents an account of this defining period of Western civilization. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235513
ISBN
9780571235513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. A unique rethinking of Buddhist and socialist values, and how together they might bring about a better world. Num Pages: 272 pages, index, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRE; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783606443
ISBN
9781783606443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Explores the inner reality of objects, the nature of consciousness and the power of the imagination. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD1; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
SteinerBooks, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584201212
ISBN
9781584201212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Hardcover. This new book of popular philosophy is a major bestseller in Germany, where it sold over 40,000 copies in the first few weeks after publication Gabriel argues that the world does not exist because what is, in fact, includes not simply so-called facts, but also views of those facts, dreams, projects, works of art and perspectives. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745687568
ISBN
9780745687568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 55.38

Paperback. This new book of popular philosophy is a major bestseller in Germany, where it sold over 40,000 copies in the first few weeks after publication Gabriel argues that the world does not exist because what is, in fact, includes not simply so-called facts, but also views of those facts, dreams, projects, works of art and perspectives. Translator(s): Moss, Gregory. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745687575
ISBN
9780745687575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sentient Publications United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591811800
ISBN
9781591811800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. Andrew Sayer suggests how social science can better understand people's concerns and values, especially their ethical sentiments and dispositions. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521171649
ISBN
9780521171649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.74

Hardback. Addresses the enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory - why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why is a Sikh boy permitted to wear his ceremonial dagger to school while any other boy could be expelled for packing a knife? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153612
ISBN
9780691153612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163543
ISBN
9780691163543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.81

Hardback. Truth has always been a central preoccupation of philosophy in all its forms and traditions. An inspiring argument for restoring truth to its rightful place, this book takes a look at how and why modern thought and culture lost sight of the importance of truth. It is useful for those enraged by the worst excesses of the fashionable intelligentsia. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412. 8vo.Good copy a little dusty.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0297337
ISBN
9780826476081
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. The essays in this collection question the viability of Nietzsche's thought in the modern world, critiquing his philosophy of history as obsessed with hierarchy, his views on religion and art as myopic and irrational, and his stance on science as hopelessly reactionary. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244815
ISBN
9780226244815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171052
ISBN
9780231171052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Why do we make things? Why do we choose the emotionally and physically demanding work of bringing new objects into the world with creativity and skill? What is the nature of work? And what is the nature of a good life? Part memoir, this is a book about the process of creation and what it means to be a craftsman in a mass-produced world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; WDH; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784705060
ISBN
9781784705060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Argues for the solution provided by ordinary language philosophy - a philosophy that trusts and utilizes the everyday use of language and the clarity of meaning it provides - and in doing so offers a major contribution to the philosophy of language and twentieth- and twenty-first-century philosophy as a whole. Translator(s): Ginsburg, Daniela. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470542
ISBN
9780226470542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.59

Paperback. One man's obsession with running Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HPX; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848541771
ISBN
9781848541771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture, yet here Mary Midgley does so with her customary brilliance and clarity - to read Wickedness is to understand her reputation as one of the great moral philosophers. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415253987
ISBN
9780415253987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.95

Hardback. The work of the American philosopher Wilfrid Sellars continues to have a significant impact on the contemporary philosophical scene. Providing a lively examination of Sellars work through the central problem of what it means to be a human being in a scientific world, this book will be a valuable resource for all students of philosophy. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745630021
ISBN
9780745630021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. The work of the American philosopher Wilfrid Sellars continues to have a significant impact on the contemporary philosophical scene. Providing a lively examination of Sellars work through the central problem of what it means to be a human being in a scientific world, this book will be a valuable resource for all students of philosophy. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745630038
ISBN
9780745630038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.15

hardcover. A translation of one the major writings of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher and historian of culture who continues to have a significant influence on Continental philosophy and a broad range of scholarly disciplines. It presents Dilthey's main theoretical works from the 1890s. Editor(s): Makkreel, Rudolf A.; Rodi, Frithjof. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691147499
ISBN
9780691147499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.99
€ 61.76

Paperback. Presents Wilhelm Dilthey's principal writings on aesthetics and the philosophical understanding of poetry, as well as representative essays of literary criticism. This book includes the essay, "The Imagination of the Poet" which is his attempt to examine the philosophical bearings of literature in relation to psychological and historical theory. Editor(s): Makkreel, Rudolf A.; Rodi, Frithjof. Series: Selected Works. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029283
ISBN
9780691029283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 63.94

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