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Spinoza's greatest philosophical work. Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture...

Spinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither. In Spinoza's Religion , she sets out a bold...

Author: Benedict De SpinozaBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Chipped and worn DJ with some light...

New to Penguin Classics, The Joyous Science is Nietzsche's most personal book - and one of his best The Joyous Science is a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche's realization...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Few works in the history of Western thought have reshaped the intellectual landscape...

Author: Claire BishopFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 210mm, 280g, 184 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2023The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival is an artwork, a sculpture, created by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn in a peripheral...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to truly *know* something — and how can we be certain our...

Idiocy is all around us, whether it's the uncle spouting conspiracy theories, the colleagues who repeat your point but louder, or the commuters who still don't know how to use...

The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau In a short period - from the early 1640s to...

'Why did people, who lived so briefly in this universe, contain so much time?' Lina and her father have arrived at an enclave called the Sea, a staging-post between migrations,...

One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed...

A philosopher explains why the search for identity is meaningless, and how we should escape the self Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to...

'Why did people, who lived so briefly in this universe, contain so much time?' Lina and her father have arrived at an enclave called the Sea, a staging-post between migrations,...

The Great Philosophers brings together in one volume and in chronological order the best from our hugely successful series: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottingham on...

'Why did people, who lived so briefly in this universe, contain so much time?' Lina and her father have arrived at an enclave called the Sea, a staging-post between migrations,...

Since its inception, philosophy has struggled to perfect individual understanding through discussion and dialogue based in personal, poetic, or dramatic investigation. The positions of such philosophers as Socrates, Spinoza, Rousseau,...

A collection of Schopenhauer's powerful and inventive philosophy One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by...

New translation for Penguin Classics Epictetus, a Greek stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicropolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated...

A sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutality and intolerance,...

A sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutality and intolerance,...

Schopenhauer believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. These writings depict individuals struggling in a Godless...

A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinking Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published...

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A uniquely ambitious study of the Bible's creation- how it came to be written, how its contents were selected - and how it really relates to the religions that endorse...

"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...

New translation for the greatest masterpiece of the man many regard as the most important modern philosopher Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) is the central text of modern philosophy....

One of the greatest philosophical works of all time, in a new translation for the twenty-first century Widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth...

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,...

Penguin Classics relaunch. The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of Classical Athens. In tracing these...

An exceptional new biography that shows how George Eliot wrestled with the question of marriage, in art and life When she was in her mid-thirties, Marian Evans transformed herself into...

This edition includes a list of suggestions for further reading, a glossary of important philosophical words and phrases, notes Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras...

The first truly authoritative and accessible history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions The story of philosophy is an epic tale- an exploration of the ideas, views...

One of the most important philosophical works of all time, in a lively new translation by Adam Beresford 'Right and wrong is a human thing' What does it mean to...

Aristotle's probing look at the fundamental questions of philosophy The Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of...

When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl Who is...

The book which marks the start of Nietzsche's mature philosophical writings Written after Nietzsche had ended his friendship with Richard Wagner and had been forced to leave academic life through...

Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history -...

Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn an age of relentless optimism and shallow self-congratulation, Arthur Schopenhauer's Essays and Aphorisms arrives as a bracingly...

A compelling argument for the necessity of art in life. A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek...

Penguin Classics relaunch This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for students who approach Descartes from...

Aristotle's profoundly influential examination of the concept of the soul For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat...