Philosophy

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of Victorian orthodoxy and radical dissent, Heretics: The London Heretics 1870–1914 chronicles the vibrant intellectual...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of philosophy, theology, and jurisprudence stands a work that remains one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of sacred scripture and centuries of rabbinic wisdom stands The ArtScroll English Tanach, a landmark...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of all life on Earth flows an unbroken river of genetic information — a digital...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of quantum mechanics, cosmology, and the philosophy of mind stands one of the most provocative...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previousowner inscription to FEP and annotation throughout.In an era defined by clashing visions of human society, Karl Dietrich Bracher's The...

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Edition: First Edition Thus.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsWhat moral obligations do human beings owe to the animals with whom we share this world? In Fellow...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat does it mean to be a woman in a world that simultaneously elevates and diminishes her? Josie Arnold's Mother Superior Woman Inferior confronts...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Pages can have notes/highlighting. At the heart of Western legal tradition stands a foundational text —...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the heart of Western civilization lies a deceptively simple question: was Athens a democracy, or was it a republic governed...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: price clipped dj. At the heart of Western political and moral philosophy stands Jeremy Bentham, the...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of mythology, religion, and the history of science stands The Forge and the Crucible,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does it truly mean for a society to be just? Justice, edited by Eugene Kamenka and Alice Erh-Soon Tay, presents a rigorous and...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of law, philosophy, and moral reasoning stands Oxford Essays in...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the tradition of rigorous academic...

Edition: First Edition Thus.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedAt the crossroads of medicine, morality, and the law stands a discipline few fully understand — and this authoritative volume by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor centuries, the ancient masters of the Orient have guarded the secrets of Ch'i — the...

The unsettling narrative of The Trial presents Josef K., a man inexplicably arrested and subjected to a labyrinthine legal process without ever being informed of his crime. This seminal work...

We've often been told that anything worthwhile can only be achieved through sustained effort, hard work or 10,000 hours of practice. But what if the opposite were true? The French...

Key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks Pay attention. As politics slides toward impulsivity, and...

'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate...

'The question of what it is to be a human person is the biggest intellectual question of our day.' Keith Ward has taught philosophy and theology in British universities for...

In The Soul of the World, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends the experience of the sacred against today's fashionable forms of atheism. He argues that our personal relationships, moral intuitions,...

Nigel Warburton brings philosophy to life with an imaginative selection of philosophical writings on key topics. Philosophy: Basic Readings is structured around the same key themes as its companion volume,...

Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of...

Highly acclaimed writer and philosopher Alain de Botton turns his attention to interior design and architecture In The Architecture of Happiness, bestselling author Alain de Botton explores one of our...

'Happiness, then, is the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world.' In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle's guiding question is: what is the best thing for a human being?...

This revised translation of Aristotle's classic treatise contains ten books based on the famous doctrine of the golden mean which advocates taking the middle course between excess and deficiency. Topics...

The Sunday Times bestseller that exploded the God debate All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. And in this wise and life-affirming book, non-believer Alain...

'A great and singular book ... for lovers of self-knowledge, of wisdom - if there be such - it seems to be the right book' Carl Jung At least 5000...

In The Keys to Kindness Claudia Hammond takes us on an eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it's not what you think), effective strategies to build more of it...

From the bestselling author of Jews Don't Count ' A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, human and clever book ' ALAIN DE BOTTON ' Magnificent. Breathtaking. And shockingly rare ......

Meditations is the title of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in...

Our knowledge comes primarily from experience. But is experience really what it seems? Is it reliable? Empiricist philosophers accept a 'common-sense' view of the phenomena we observe and yet conclude...

Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy for ever. He co-authored the infamous Principia Mathematica, the most difficult book ever written on the logic of mathematics. A pioneer in logical analysis, he...

Why must we believe that God is dead? Can we accept that traditional morality is just a useful mistake? Did the principle of the will to power lead to the...

There are many ways to try to improve our lives -we can turn to the wisdom of philosophers, the teachings of religions or the latest experiments of psychologists. But we...

Brad Fox takes us on a mind-bending exploration of meaning, matter, and plants, stemming from a year in the high jungles of northeastern Peru. In Another Bone-Swapping Event, Brad Fox...

A critical examination of the complex and revealing questions we must ask ourselves about our work and the value it brings to ourselves and others. According to recent studies, barely...

'The poet of physics' returns with a dazzling exploration of our place in the universe What can we really know about the world around us? Or is there beauty in...

A pioneering treatise on cooperation and reciprocity, from the major anarchist thinker 'Don't compete! - competition is always injurious to the species, and you have plenty of resources to avoid...

The book titled Why I am Not a Christian by the author Bertrand Russell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This comprehensive and well-documented guide to the arcane Jewish tradition of mysticism was written by one of Britain's foremost writers on occult subjects. Enthusiastic in tone and grounded in scholarship,...