Beckett and Badiou: The Pathos of Intermittency
by Andrew Gibson


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Beckett and Badiou offers a provocative new reading of Samuel Beckett's work on the basis of a full, critical account of the thought of Alain Badiou. Badiou is the most eminent of contemporary French philosophers. His devotion to Beckett's work has been... (read more)

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Harper Torchbooks #4: Purity of Heart: Is to Will One Thing
by Soren Kierkegaard


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Chapter OneMan and the Eternal Father in Heaven! What is a man without Thee! What is all that he knows, vast accumulation though it be, but a chipped fragment if he does not know Thee! What is all his striving, could it even encompass a world, but a half-... (read more)

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Suffering and Moral Responsibility (Oxford Ethics Series)
by Jamie Mayerfeld


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In this original study, Jamie Mayerfeld undertakes a careful inquiry into the meaning and moral significance of suffering. Understanding suffering in hedonistic terms as an affliction of feeling, he addresses difficulties associated with its... (read more)

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Isaiah Berlin - Selected Letters 1928-1946
by Henry Hardy


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Isaiah Berlin is one of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century, the most famous English thinker of the post-war era, and the focus of growing interest and discussion. Above all, he is one of the best modern exponents of the... (read more)

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Ty Ethics
by Mel Thompson


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Moral relativism, terrorism, fundamentalism-it seems the ethical divide in civilization is getting deeper and deeper. If you are concerned but often skittish when it comes to the jargon used in typical ethics books, this book will help. Teach Yourself... (read more)

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The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy
by Colin Mcginn


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Part memoir, part study, The Making of a Philosopher is the self-portrait of a deeply intelligent mind as it develops over a life lived on both sides of the Atlantic.The Making of a Philosopher follows Colin McGinn from his early years in England... (read more)

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Atheism & Philosophy
by Kai Nielsen


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The indeterminacy of the modern concept of God has made the distinction between belief and unbelief increasingly problematic. Both the complexity of the religious response and the variety of skeptical philosophies preclude simplistic definitions of what... (read more)

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Word and World: Practice and the Foundations of Language
by Patricia Hanna


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Proposes a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein.... (read more)

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Edmund Burke
by Conor Cruise Obrien


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Statesman, political thinker, orator and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke was one of the greatest minds of the 18th century. His ideas and principles were expressed in the great debates over liberty, the rights of man and the American and French... (read more)

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Great Conversation a Historical Intr 4TH Edition
by Norman Melchert


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This historically organized introductory text, which begins with Hesiod and goes up to Derrida and Quine, presents philosophy as an ongoing conversation about humankind's deepest and most persistent concerns. The Great Conversation traces the exchange of... (read more)

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Millennialism and Society #2: War in Heaven / Heaven on Earth: Theories of the Apocalyptic
by Stephen Oleary


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The three-volume series emerged from 1996-2002 annual meetings of the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University, where an international array of scholars discussed the texts and traditions of religious revelation or apocalypses concerning the... (read more)

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Prolegomena to Ethics (British Moral Philosophers)
by T H Green


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This is a new edition of T. H. Green's Prolegomena to Ethics (1883), a classic of modern philosophy, in which Green sets out his perfectionist ethical theory. In addition to the text of the Prolegomena itself, this new edition provides an introductory... (read more)

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The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O'Hair
by Bryan Le Beau


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View the Table of Contents.   Read the Introduction. "Clear-eyed and judicious." —The Women's Review of Books "The Atheist belongs on the short shelf of books on American atheism, church-state relations, and school prayer."—The... (read more)

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Idea of a Social Science & Its Relation
by Peter Winch


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In the fiftieth anniversary of this book??'s first release, Winch??'s argument remains as crucial as ever. Originally published in 1958, The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy was a landmark exploration of the social sciences... (read more)

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Quasi Una Fantasia: Essay on Modern Music (Verso Classics)
by Theodor Adorno


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"This is an extraordinary book . . . one of Adorno's most impressive, fecund and elegant works. Readers who may feel intimidated by Adorno's reputation for obscurity should find this book a welcome surprise . . . . It will appeal to anyone who wishes to... (read more)

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Probability & Evidence (Columbia Classics in Philosophy)
by A. J. Ayer


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A. J. Ayer was one of the foremost analytical philosophers of the twentieth century, and was known as a brilliant and engaging speaker. In essays based on his influential Dewey Lectures, Ayer addresses some of the most critical and controversial... (read more)

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Commentary on Aristotle's "On Sense and What Is Sensed" and "On Memory and Recollection" (Thomas Aquinas in Translation)
by Thomas Aquinas


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A translation of Aquinas's commentary on Aristotle's work regarding the senses and the role of 'common sense, ' and his work regarding memory and recollection.... (read more)

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Belief's Own Ethics
by Jonathan E Adler


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The fundamental question of the ethics of belief is andquot;What ought one to believe?andquot; According to the traditional view of evidentialism, the strength of oneandrsquo;s beliefs should be proportionate to the evidence. Conventional ways of... (read more)

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