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Plato's Thought
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Author: G. M. A. GrubeBinding: HardbackPublished: METHUEN & CO LTD, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPlato's Thought presents a comprehensive analysis of the foundational ideas that shaped Western...
The Book Of The Courtier
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Author: Baldassare CastiglioneBinding: HardbackPublished: EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markThis seminal work of Renaissance literature, The Book Of The...
Titi Lvcreti Cari De Rervm Natvra Libri Sex: Edited With Prolegomena, Critical Apparatus, Translation, And Commentary. Vol I
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Author: Cyril BaileyBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work presents the foundational Epicurean...
The Brazen Head
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Author: John Cowper PowysBinding: HardbackPublished: MacDonald, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Brazen Head by John Cowper Powys presents a unique blend of philosophical...
The Broken Wings
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Author: Kahlil GibranBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann London, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA poetic and philosophical novella, The Broken Wings presents...
The Making Of A Mind: Letters From A Soldier-Priest 1914-1919
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Author: Pierre Teilhard De ChardinBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe profound collection The Making Of A Mind presents the intellectual and spiritual journey...
Writings In Time Of War
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Author: Teilhard De ChardinBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1968Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Some moisture damage, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection, Writings In Time Of War, presents a...
Philosopher's Note Book
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Author: Russ TysonBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerRuss Tyson's Philosopher's Note Book presents a compelling collection...
Life And Teaching Of The Masters Of The Far East (Five-Volume Set)
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Author: Baird T. SpaldingBinding: HardbackPublished: DeVorss, 1964Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerLife and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East...
Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know
Aristotle claimed that 'all human beings want to know'. Yet we also want not to know. Centuries after the Enlightenment, mesmerised crowds still follow preposterous prophets; irrational rumours trigger fanatical...
A Philosophy of Shame: A Revolutionary Emotion
Can shame become a source of political strength? Faced with injustice, growing inequality and systemic violence, we cry out in shame. We feel ashamed of obscene wealth amid wider deprivation....
Since You Asked: The Best of Salon.com's Cary Tennis
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Composed of his 96 most memorable columns, this outstanding collection is a dramatic testament to the quality of writing and thought of Salon.com's Cary Tennis. For more than 6 years,...
Rameau's Nephew, and Other Works
This anthology features unabridged translations of Diderot's best work as a literary artist, including those writings that embody his most original and influential ideas.
Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels
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"Written with brio, warmth, and historical understanding, this is the best biography of one of the most attractive inhabitants of Victorian England, Marx's friend, partner, and political heir."--Eric Hobsbawm Friedrich...
Free Will
From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith , a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will -and the implications...
Acting on Conscience: When Personal Beliefs and Public Life Collide
Is there a place for personal beliefs in public life? In Acting on Conscience Frank Brennan tackles these issues head on. He looks at some of the legal, moral and...
The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c.
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...
To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth: Legal Imagination and
To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth shows the vital role played by legal imagination in the formation of the international order during 1300-1870. It discusses how European statehood arose...
On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected
Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought:...
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...
By What Authority?
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Author: Theodore (Ted) NofsBinding: HardbackPublished: METHUEN OF AUSTRALIA, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn By What Authority?, Theodore Noffs presents a compelling examination of the ethical and societal...
Animal Liberation
'A reasoned plea for the human treatment of animals that galvanised the animal rights movement the way Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING drew activists to environmentalism. ' NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE...
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their...
Our Knowledge Of The External World: As A Field For Scientific Method In Philosophy
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Author: Bertrand RussellBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work of philosophy Our Knowledge Of The External World presents a rigorous...
The Witkiewicz Reader
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Author: Daniel GerouldBinding: HardbackPublished: Northwestern University Press, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some marking on back of bookThe Witkiewicz Reader presents the groundbreaking work of a Polish avant-garde...
Candide And Other Romances
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Author: VoltaireBinding: HardbackPublished: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCandide is a satirical novella that chronicles the...
Beelzebub Sonata
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Author: S.I. WitkiewiczBinding: HardbackPublished: Performing Arts Journal Publications, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear and discolouration to cover. Tanning to block. Pages in good condition.This avant-garde...
Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World
For the reader who has lain awake fretting over his tenuous grasp of the Critiques of Immanuel Kant, or his unformed sense of the line of thought that descends from...
My Philosophical Development
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Author: Bertrand RussellBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen and Unwin, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Worn, faded, chipped and ripped...
Poetry And The Sacred
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Author: Vincent BuckleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tanning and chipping to DJ with...
The Seasons
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Author: James ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: A. Donaldson, Edinburgh, 1768Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: FEP missingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Good for age.Worn and dried leather....
Beyond Life
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Author: James Branch CabellBinding: HardbackPublished: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1925Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Yellowed on block, faded along spineBeyond Life by James Branch Cabell presents...
Bertrand Russell And His World
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Author: Ronald ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRonald Clark's Bertrand Russell And His World chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the 20th...
The Elementary Forms Of The Religious Life
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Author: Emile DurkheimBinding: PaperbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work in sociology presents a profound analysis...
Room For Manoeuvre: Writings On History, Politics, Ideas And Play
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Author: Ian TurnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: DRUMMOND, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling collection, Room For Manoeuvre, presents a series of incisive writings by Ian Turner that critically examine...
What Is Life?: The Physical Aspect Of The Living Cell
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Author: Erwin SchrödingerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsErwin Schrödinger's seminal work, What Is Life?, presents a profound inquiry into the fundamental nature of living...
Sounds From Silence: Graeme Clark And The Bionic Ear Story (SIGNED)
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Author: Professor Graeme ClarkBinding: PaperbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis profound work presents a contemplative journey into...
The Assessment Of Scientific Speculation: A Survey Of Certain Current Views
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Author: R. A. R. Tricker, Ph.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: MILLS & BOON, LONDON, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a rigorous examination of the methodologies employed in...
The Impossible Will Take a Little While (Second Edition): A Citizen's
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What keeps us going when times get tough? How have the leaders and unsung heroes of world-changing political movements persevered in the face of cynicism, fear, and seemingly overwhelming odds?...
The Ghost In The Machine
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Author: Arthur KoestlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear and fading to DJ. Some chipping and large rips...
The Second Ring Of Power
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Author: Carlos CastanedaBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dj spine lightly faded. Light tanning to top of block. Binding cracking....
Between Memory And Hope: Tears For The Future
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Author: Wahibi Moussa; Ferial AliBinding: PaperbackPublished: [Melbourne] : Prowling Tiger Press, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. English - Arabic TextBetween Memory...
Change And Habit: The Challenge Of Our Time
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Author: Arnold J. ToynbeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsChange And Habit: The Challenge Of Our Time presents...
The Person In Psychology: A Contemporary Christian Appraisal
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Author: Mary Stewart Van LeeuwenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Eerdmans Pub Co, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive examination of...
Christianity And Social Order
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Author: William TempleBinding: HardbackPublished: S.C.M.Press, 1950Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markings'Christianity And Social Order presents a compelling argument for the integration of Christian ethics...
The Treasured Writings Of Kahlil Gibran
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Author: Kahlil GibranBinding: HardbackPublished: Castle Books, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cream DJ discoloured. Minor chipping to perimeter of board. Tanning to block. Pages...