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A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living by Luc Ferry Publisher Comments From the timeless wisdom of the ancient Greeks to Christianity, the Enlightenment, existentialism, and postmodernism, Luc Ferry’s instant classic brilliantly and accessibly explains the enduring teachings of philosophy—including its profound... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.49 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between by Thomas Cathcart Publisher Comments Q. Why are there almost as many jokes about death as there are about sex? A. Because they both scare the pants off us. Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny New York Times bestseller Plato and a... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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I and Thou by Martin Buber Publisher Comments Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born since World War II considers Buber as... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Publisher Comments Since its first publication in 1945, Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject — unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit... (read more) Your price: $12.98 Sale - Book Club Hardcover
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Descartes (Oneworld Philosophers) by Harry M Bracken Publisher Comments THis is an indispensible guide to the life and philosophy of Rene Descartes, one of the most controversial figures of his age, and the founder of modern rational thought.... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $2.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Kierkegaard's Writings #06: Fear and Trembling/Repetition by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments In Repetition Kierkegaard discusses the most profound implications of the unity of personhood and of identity within change-the repetition that creates the rebirth of God in the heart of man, brings the eternal into the present, and allows the past to... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History (Rethinking the Western Tradition) by Immanuel Kant Publisher Comments Immanuel Kant’s views on politics, peace, and history have lost none of their relevance since their publication more than two centuries ago. This volume contains a comprehensive collection of Kant’s writings on international relations theory... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $13.49 Sale - Trade Paper
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Tyranny of the Normal by Leslie Fiedler Publisher Comments Bound Together By the common thread of bioethics, these essays encompass such issues as abortion, the removal of life support, the role that doctors play in our society, and how we confront old age and Eros. Controversial, at times infuriating, Fiedler's... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, Volume 1 by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments In Philosophical Fragments the pseudonymous author Johannes Climacus explored the question: What is required in order to go beyond Socratic recollection of eternal ideas already possessed by the learner? Written as an afterword to this work, Concluding... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Philosophical Fragments Or a Fragment Of Philosophy and Johannes Climacus : Kierkegaard's Writings, Volume 7 by Soren Kierkegaard Review The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume . . . indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $16.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror & the Future of Reason by Sam Harris Publisher Comments This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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An Introduction: The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 by Michel Foucault Publisher Comments The author turns his attention to sex and the reasons why we are driven constantly to analyze and discuss it. An iconoclastic explanation of modern sexual history.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Becoming William James by Howard M Feinstein Publisher Comments For William James work was the problem. Ultimately, going to work was the resolution, and James's quest for meaningful work remains as relevant at the end of the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. Weaving letters, diaries, drawings, and... (read more) List Price $36.75 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Essential Kierkegaard by Howard Hong Publisher Comments "The crowning achievement of [the Hongs'] monumental translation of all of Kierkegaard's published writings.... A rich and stimulating volume.... A book for everyone with an interest in Kierkegaard, from the first-time reader to the more experienced... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry Publisher Comments "With exemplary clarity, Elaine Scarry argues that admiring the beautiful is nothing to be ashamed of; that on the contrary beauty fosters the spirit of justice. A brave and timely book."--J.M.Coetzee "Here is a writer almost magically summoning up the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault Publisher Comments In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Western Philosophy: An Illustrated Guide by David Papineau Publisher Comments What does it mean for someone to exist? What is truth? Are we free to choose to think or act? What is consciousness? Is human cloning justifiable? These are just some of the questions philosophers have attempted to answer, striking right at the heart of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $5.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Utopia (Yale Nota Bene) by Thomas More Publisher Comments Preeminent More scholar Clarence H. Miller does justice to the full range of More's rhetoric in this new translation of "Utopia", one of the most important works of European humanism. Professor Miller includes a helpful Introduction that outlines some of... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $6.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder Publisher Comments A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophies World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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What Is God? by Jacob Needleman Publisher Comments In his most deeply personal work, religious scholar Needleman cuts a clear path through today's clamorous debates over the existence of God, illuminating an entirely new way of approaching the question of how to understand a higher power. In this new... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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