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The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, [...]
How Christian leaders adapted the governmental practices and political thought of their Muslim rulers in the Abbasid caliphate.The Imam of the Christians examines how Christian leaders adopted and adapted the...
Strategies of Argument: Essays in Ancient Ethics, Epistemology, [...]
This volume features fifteen new papers by an international group of scholars in ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on new work in ancient Greek and Roman ethics, epistemology, logic,...
Context and the Attitudes: Meaning in Context, Volume 1
Context and the Attitudes collects thirteen seminal essays by Mark Richard on semantics and propositional attitudes. These essays develop a nuanced account of the semantics and pragmatics of our talk...
Spectres of False Divinity: Hume's Moral Atheism
Spectres of False Divinity presents a historical and critical interpretation of Hume's rejection of the existence of a deity with moral attributes. In Hume's view, no first cause or designer...
Mortal Gods: Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of [...]
According to the commonly accepted view, Thomas Hobbes began his intellectual career as a humanist, but his discovery, in midlife, of the wonders of geometry initiated a critical transition from...
Heidegger in Russia and Eastern Europe
Heidegger's influence in the twentieth century probably outstrips that of any other philosopher, at least in the so-called Continental tradition. The 'revolution' Heidegger brought about with his compelling readings of...
Hegel's Conscience
This book provides a new interpretation of the ethical theory of G.W.F. Hegel. The aim is not only to give a new interpretation for specialists in German Idealism, but also...
Dispatches from the Vanguard: The Global International African [...]
A collection of writers, poets, artists, social entrepreneurs and political activists in the Global International African Arts Movement speak about their work in the context of Trump, giving a voice...
The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam Sanghera'By...
Moses Mendelssohn's Hebrew Writings
German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. Until now, attention was focused on Mendelssohn's German works-such as his groundbreaking Jerusalem-which have...
The Prince (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care...
Symbolic Representation in Kant's Practical Philosophy
This book is the first to explore in detail the role that symbolic representation plays in the architecture of Kant's philosophy. Symbolic representation fulfills a crucial function in Kant's practical...
Symbolic Representation in Kant's Practical Philosophy
This book is the first to explore in detail the role that symbolic representation plays in the architecture of Kant's philosophy. Symbolic representation fulfills a crucial function in Kant's practical...
Nietzsche's Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism
For more than a century, Nietzsche's views about Jews and Judaism have been subject to countless polemics. The Nazis infamously fashioned the philosopher as their anti-Semitic precursor, while in the...
Radical Skepticism and the Shadow of Doubt: A Philosophical Dialogue
Radical Skepticism and the Shadow of Doubt brings something new to epistemology both in content and style. At the outset we are asked to imagine a person named Vatol who...
Primitive Man As Philosopher
Primitive Man as Philosopher is influential anthropologist and ethnologist Paul Radin's enduringly relevant survey of an array of aboriginal cultures and belief systems, including those of the Winnebago, Oglala Sioux,...
Summulae de Dialectica
This volume is the first annotated translation in any language of the entire text of the Summulae de dialectica, by the Parisian master of arts John Buridan (1300-1358). One of...
Pleasures and Pains: A Theory of Qualitative Hedonism
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Author: Rem Blanchard EdwardsBinding: HardbackPublished: Cornell University Press, 1979Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'Pleasures and Pains: A Theory of Qualitative Hedonism', Rem Blanchard Edwards explores...
Wisdom of Confucius
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Author: Confucius; Lin YutangBinding: HardbackPublished: Modern Library, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsExplore the fascinating world of Confucius with this rare and collectible edition of 'The Wisdom...
The Tower and the Abyss or the Transformation of Man
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Author: Erich KahlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1958, UK First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThe Tower and the Abyss is a profound exploration into the...
A Text-book of Jurisprudence
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Author: George Whitecross PatonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1964, Third EditionCondition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA comprehensive examination of the principles of jurisprudence, this book...
The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths
A brilliant distillation of the key ideas behind successful self-improvement practices throughout history, showing us how they remain relevant today Self-help today is a multi-billion-dollar global industry, one often seen...
Smoke and Mirrors: From the Soviet Union to Russia, the Pipedream Meets Reality
Smoke and Mirrors is about a world which is no more. There is already no such country on the map - the Soviet Union. On the site where the famous...
Kantian Conceptual Geography
Author: Nathaniel Jason Goldberg (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Washington and Lee University)Format: Hardback, 236mm x 165mm, 513g, 288 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press Inc, United States, 2015This...
Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy
Author: Ewa AtanassowFormat: Paperback, 152mm x 227mm, 510g, 388 pagesPublished: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, 2013Alexis de Tocqueville is widely cited as an authority on civil society, religion and American...
Sceptres and Sciences in the Spains: Four Humanists and the New Philosophy, c 1680-1740
Author: Ruth Hill (Dept. of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, University of Virginia (United States))Format: Hardback, 163mm x 239mm, 304 pagesPublished: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom, 2000This study centres on science,...
The Philosophical Thought of Tasan Chong: Translation from the German by Tobias J. Koertner- In cooperation with Jordan Nyenyembe
Author: Shin-Ja KimFormat: Paperback, 148mm x 210mm, 540g, 386 pagesPublished: Peter Lang AG, Switzerland, 2010Practical Learning, Catholicism and classical Confucianism form the origin of Tasan Chong's philosophy in a uniform...
Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life
Author: Daniel Russell (Wichita State University, Kansas)Format: Hardback, 163mm x 242mm, 585g, 284 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 2005Daniel Russell examines Plato's subtle and insightful analysis of pleasure and...
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
Author: Sebastian JungerFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 180g, 176 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024'Mind blowingly brilliant' PHILIPPA PERRY'Few other writers have such passion for granular detail, intellectual heft and...
The Philosophy of Money
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Author: Georg Simmel; Tom Bottomore (trans.); David Frisby (trans.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsGeorg Simmel's The Philosophy of Money examines...
In the Blood: God, Genes and Destiny
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Author: Steve JonesBinding: SoftbackPublished: HarperCollins, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn the Blood explores the intricate relationship between genetics and destiny, examining how our genetic makeup...
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
Author: Sebastian JungerFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 180g, 176 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024'Mind blowingly brilliant' PHILIPPA PERRY'Few other writers have such passion for granular detail, intellectual heft and...
The Fragility of Freedom: Why Subsidiarity Matters
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Duty With Illustrations of Courage, Patience, & Endurance
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Author: Samuel SmilesBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1880, First Edition, First ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the themes of duty, courage, patience, and...
Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984, Volume 1: Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth & Volume 2: Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology
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Author: Michel Foucault, Paul Rabinow, James D. FaubionBinding: HardbackPublished: Penguin Books Ltd, 1997; 1998Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents essential works of Michel...
Andre Gide: The Theism of an Atheist
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Author: Hagop J. Nersoyanbinding: HardbackPublished: Syracuse University Press, 1969Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book explores the philosophical conflict between theism and atheism...
Socrates: The Original and Its Image
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Author: Alan F. Blumbinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge and Kegan Paul Books, 1978Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book presents a radical approach to the...
The Will: A Dual Aspect Theory (Volume 2)
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Author: Brian O'Shaughnessybinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1980Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsIn Volume 2 of 'The Will: A Dual Aspect Theory', Brian O'Shaughnessy explores...
The Mimetic Tradition of Reform in the West (Princeton Legacy Library)
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Author: Karl F. Morrisonbinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1982Condition: book: Good, jacket: Damaged, page: Good, markings: No markingsIn this study, Karl F. Morrison explores the far-reaching consequences of the distinction...
Stilte: The Dutch Art of Quietude
Author: Mirjam van der Vegt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 We long for moments we can slow down and be still. Our days are often filled with too much...
How To Be A Liberal: The Story of Freedom and the Fight for its Survival
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Re-Figuring Hayden White
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The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell
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The Hedgehog Diaries: 'The most poignant and heartwarming memoir of the year'
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Author: Sarah Sands Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 "If you buy one book this year make sure it's this one... Enchanting." Daily Mail "This charming book weaves hedgehogs into...
Free For All: Why The NHS Is Worth Saving
Britain's health service is dying. Gavin Francis shows us why we should fight for it. Since its birth in 1948, the powers that be have chipped away at the NHS....
The Hedgehog Diaries: 'The most poignant and heartwarming memoir of the year'
Author: Sarah Sands Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 "If you buy one book this year make sure it's this one... Enchanting." Daily Mail "This charming book weaves hedgehogs into...
What Makes Us Human?: 130 answers to the big question
Author: Jeremy Vine Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species. What makes us human? From...
What Makes Us Human?: 130 answers to the big question
Author: Jeremy Vine Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species. What makes us human? From...