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WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL?That is the question at the heart of existentialism and it informs this book's exploration of the existentialist tradition in 19th...

A new biography of Karl Marx, tracing the life of this titanic figure and the legacy of his work Karl Marx remains the most influential and controversial political thinker in...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our...

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...

During years of close friendship, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and Paul Ree (1849-1901) shared ideas and developed a new and original approach to philosophy and ethics. The course of their partnership,...

Everyone thinks they want to be free - or do they? John Gray's thought-stirring new book on freedom draws together insights from Gnosticism, science fiction, ancient sacrifice and the occult...

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...

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...

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...

We all have the power to transform our lives from the inside out by simply slowing down. Resting is one of the most impactful practices we can adopt for self-compassion,...

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...

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...

"Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here," Plato warned would-be philosophers. Mathematician Karl Sigmund agrees.In The Waltz of Reason, he shows how mathematics and philosophy together have shaped our...

To imagine - to see that which is not there - is the startling ability that has fuelled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand...

In this biographical study of the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte from his birth in 1762 to the crisis in his university career in 1799, Professor La Vopa uses Fichte's...

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 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 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,...

Rene Descartes is best remembered today for writing 'I think, therefore I am', but his main contribution to the history of ideas was his effort to construct a philosophy that...

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...

Author: Chuang TzuBinding: HardbackPublished: Foreign Languages Pr, 1997, Fifth PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Taoist Classic: Chuang-Tzu is a revered text in the Chinese spiritual tradition,...

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...

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...

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...

Author: David MitchellBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1964, Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides concise expositions of traditional, Aristotelian logic and modern systems of propositional and...

Author: Loren C. EiseleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hart-Davis, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIn 'The Invisible Pyramid', Loren Eiseley explores profound themes of time and space through a collection...

Author: Bertrand RussellBinding: HardbackPublished: Crescent Books, Inc., 1977, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsWisdom of the West is a historical survey of Western philosophy in...

Author: Gwyneth MatthewsBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1972Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the philosophical study of knowledge, delving into the nature, origin, and...

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...

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...

A sweeping reconstruction of human consciousness and its breakdown, from the Stone Age through modern technology Why has humankind developed so differently from other animals? How and why did language,...

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...

Daniel Russell examines Plato's subtle and insightful analysis of pleasure and explores its intimate connections with his discussions of value and human psychology. Russell offers a fresh perspective on how...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Author: W. G. RuncimanBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 2010Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn this lively and provocative work, W. G. Runciman examines the shortcomings of three foundational...

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...

Author: Russ TysonBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1966, reprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the trajectory of post-Kantian philosophy and theology, suggesting new alternatives...

Author: Henry SturtBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1915Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book presents an examination of philosophy from the perspective of personal idealism,...

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...