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The Infinite City: Utopian Dreams on the Streets of London
'Glorious' Guardian 'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable' SPECTATOR In his soaring new book, Niall Kishtainy draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More, the Diggers, William Morris and Extinction...
Hobbes's System Of Ideas
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Author: J. W. N. WatkinsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hutchinson University Library, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded spine. Light foxing on...
Lying: Moral Choice In Public And Private Life
$40.00 AUD
Author: Sissela BokBinding: HardbackPublished: Pantheon, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsSissela Bok's "Lying: Moral Choice In Public And Private Life" presents a profound ethical examination of deception. This...
In A Valley Of This Restless Mind
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Author: Malcolm MuggeridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn A Valley Of This Restless Mind presents a compelling collection of essays and reflections from the incisive...
Selected Correspondence
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Author: Karl Marx And Frederick Engels; trans. by I. Lasker; ed by S. RyazanskayaBinding: HardbackPublished: Progress Publishers • Moscow, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No...
The Present As History: Essays And Reviews On Capitalism And Socialism (SIGNED)
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Author: Paul M. SweezyBinding: HardbackPublished: Monthly Review Press, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: SIGNED with inscription by author, dust jacket damaged with wear, creases and...
The Sociology Of Secularisation: A Critique Of A Concept
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Author: Peter E. GlasnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner name insideThis academic work presents a rigorous examination of the...
Ideas to Save Your Life: Philosophy for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure
This book is about the quest for order in a perplexing world. Ideas to Save Your Life follows Michael McGirr's much-admired Books that Saved My Life (2018). This time, instead...
Chamfort : Reflections on Life, Love and Society
A gripping portrait of the colourful characters of late 18th-century France, and a treasure chest of poignant, satirical humour to put a smile on every cynic's face. Chamfort was a...
Hyperproof: For Macintosh
Hyperproof is a system for learning the principles of analytical reasoning and proof construction, consisting of a text and a Macintosh software program. Unlike traditional treatments of first-order logic, Hyperproof...
Introducing Heidegger
Introducing Heidegger is the essential guide to the controversial Martin Heidegger, acclaimed as the most powerfully original philosopher of the twentieth century. Martin Heidegger - philosophy's 'hidden king', or leading...
Notes to John
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Utterly fascinating' NEW YORK TIMES 'A profound, rich document' NEW STATESMAN 'An act of intimate storytelling' VOGUE A recently discovered journal from one of America's...
Justice and Hope: Essays, Lectures and Other Writings
'From where will we draw the moral energy to stay true to justice?' For more than three decades the incomparable voice of Raimond Gaita has been summoning us to new...
Who Owns the Moon?: In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise...
Whip Your Career into Submission
Offers thirty practical lessons designed to help readers attain career goals.
Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success
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Psychologist Madeline Levine, author of the New York Times bestseller The Price of Privilege , brings together cutting-edge research and thirty years of clinical experience to explode once and for...
Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.
The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby 'There's no one funnier than Joel Golby' GREG JAMES 'I love this book' DOLLY ALDERTON How much of your life...
Much Like Us: What Science Reveals about the Thoughts, Feelings, and
What really differentiates us from our relatives in the animal world? And what can they teach us about ourselves? Taking these questions as his starting point, Norbert Sachser presents fascinating...
The President of Good and Evil: Taking George W. Bush Seriously
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Peter Singer's examination of Bush's ethics asks whether they are anything more than self-serving - an important question, since the actions which follow the rhetoric affect the lives of everyone...
The Two Cultures
The notion that our society, its education system and its intellectual life, is characterised by a split between two cultures - the arts or humanities on one hand, and the...
Can Socialists be Happy?
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one Unfailingly wise and...
Why I am a Stoic
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Plagued by ill-health, violently sick at sea, irritated by renovation costs- Seneca is never less than sympathetically human. In these letters...
Bibliotherapy: Books to Guide You Through Every Chapter of Life
A beautiful, thoughtful guide to finding your perfect next read, no matter what life's throwing at you, from the founder of Aphra a.k.a. 'your inclusive AF feminist book club' Through...
Zeno and the Tortoise
Zeno and the Tortoise explains not just who each philosopher was and what he thought, but exactly how he came to think in the way that he did. Nicholas Fearn...
World History In The Light Of Anthroposophy; And As A Foundation For Knowledge Of The Human Spirit
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Author: Rudolf SteinerBinding: HardbackPublished: Anthroposophical Publishing Company, 1950Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Yellow cloth with minor marks and specks. A few ex-library markings on FEP. Otherwise...
Science In Sport Made Philosophy In Earnest
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Author: Robert Routledge (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Routledge, 1893Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Back cover inside paper has split but back board still attached, previous owner bookplate and...
Philosopher's Note Book
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Author: Monty BlandfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Hallcraft Publishing, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has tanning along spine and front, pages yellowedPhilosopher's Note Book"...
Concerning The Inner Life
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Author: Evelyn UnderhillBinding: HardbackPublished: The Religious Book Club, 1948Condition:Book: PoorJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner mark inside first page. Dust jacket damage, missing parts in places...
The Artificial Intelligence Debate; False Starts, Real Foundations
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Author: Stephen R. GraubardBinding: PaperbackPublished: The MIT Press., 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful work of intellectual history chronicles the complex...
Letters Of Four Seasons
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Author: Daisaku Ikeda And Yasushi InoueBinding: HardbackPublished: Kodansha USA Inc, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection of correspondence presents a unique dialogue between two prominent Japanese intellectuals,...
Individual Morality
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Author: James HemmingBinding: HardbackPublished: Thomas Nelson And Sons, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Lightly bumped spineTitle: Individual Morality,...
Naturalism And Agnosticism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before The University Of Aberdeen In The Years 1896-1898 (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: James WardBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam and Charles Black, 1899Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Green cloths...
The Reasons Of The Heart: A Journey Into Solitude And Back Again Into The Human Circle.
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Author: John S. DunneBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsIn this profound work of spiritual philosophy, "The Reasons of the Heart: A Journey...
Gray Matters
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Author: William HjortsbergBinding: HardbackPublished: Science Fiction Book Club., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWilliam Hjortsberg's "Gray Matters" is a satirical science fiction novel that transports readers to a future...
Understanding The Representational Mind
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Author: Josef PernerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bradford Books/The MIT Press, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn this foundational academic text, "Understanding The Representational Mind,"...
The Way Of The Warrior: The Paradox Of The Martial Arts
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Author: Howard Reid And Michael CroucherBinding: HardbackPublished: Century Publishing., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis insightful non-fiction work, "The Way Of The Warrior: The...
The Ascent Of Man
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Author: J. BronowskiBinding: PaperbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation., 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight bumps on cover, minor sun fading...
Young's Night Thoughts; With Life, Critical Dissertation, And Explanatory Notes
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Author: Edward Young, Rev. George GilfillanBinding: HardbackPublished: James Nichol ; James Nisbet and Co. ; W. Robertson , Edinburgh ; London ; Dublin, 1853Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some...
Mind, Machines, And Human Consciousness: Are There Limits To Artificial Intelligence?
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Author: Robert L. NadeauBinding: HardbackPublished: Contemporary Books., 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun damage to dust jacket and tanning and foxing.This...
The Ascent Of Man
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Author: J. BronowskiBinding: PaperbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight dent in spine and yellowed cover.In this seminal work of non-fiction, "The Ascent...
The Story of Time
Multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural, The Story of Time is published to mark the millennium and examine the very quality that gives the millennium its meaning.'
Notes to John
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Utterly fascinating' NEW YORK TIMES 'A profound, rich document' NEW STATESMAN 'An act of intimate storytelling' VOGUE A recently discovered journal from one of America's...
A Summer with Montaigne: Notes on a Man Without Prejudice
In his writing and his person, Michel de Montaigne embodied the Humanist ideal. He stands at the start of the French Renaissance in philosophy and literature. But what does Montaigne...
Conspiracy Theory: The Story of an Idea (An Origin Story Book)
These concise guides are an antidote to confusion, tracing major political ideas from their origins to today's headlines. The world has always had conspiracy theories. From the Illuminati to the...
Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction
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This text is designed for instructors who want a complete set of rules for first order predicate (Quantifier) logic, with identity, and a good range of other material. The authors...