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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) Your price: $14.99 New - 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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The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner by Friedrich Nietzsche Publisher Comments The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Blackwell Public Philosophy #36: The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys by David Benatar Publisher Comments While the manifestation of sexism against women is widely acknowledged, few people take seriously the idea that males are also the victims of many and quite serious forms of sex discrimination.So unrecognized is this form of sexism that the mere mention... (read more) Your price: $89.95 New - Hardcover
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This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women by Jay Allison Publisher Comments A welcome change from the sloganeering, political mudslinging and products of spin doctors.--The Philadelphia Inquirer Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty Americans--from the famous to the unknown--completing the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton Publisher Comments From the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this remarkable new book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles. Solace for the broken heart can be... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Matter of the Mind: Philosophical Essays on Psychology, Neuroscience and Reduction by Maurice (edt) Schouten Publisher Comments The Matter of the Mind addresses and illuminates the relationship between psychology and neuroscience by focusing on the topic of reduction.Written by leading philosophers in the fieldDiscusses recent theorizing in the mind-brain sciences and reviews and... (read more) Your price: $33.25 New - Trade Paper
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On Liberty and Other Essays (91 Edition) by John Stuart Mill Publisher Comments Collected here in a single volume for the first time, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, and The Subjection of Women show John Stuart Mill applying his liberal utilitarian philosophy to a range of issues that remain... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby Publisher Comments Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon — one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-christ (68 Edition) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Publisher Comments 'One must be superior to mankind in force, in loftiness of soul—in contempt’ In these two devastating works, Nietzsche offers a sustained and often vitriolic attack on the morality and the beliefs of his time, in particular those of Hegel... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Story of Philosophy (Touchstone Books) by Will Durant Publisher Comments A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers -- Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James and Dewey -- The Story of Philosophy is one... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fear and Trembling (85 Edition) by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguins Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of historys most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Autobiography (Penguin Classics) by John Stuart Mill Synopsis An autobiography by John Stuart Mill, prolific journalist, brilliant logician, philosopher, liberal MP, and pioneer of women's suffrage, whose remarkable educational feats caused him a severe mental crisis in his thirties.... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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John Stuart Mill: A Biography by Nicholas Capaldi Publisher Comments A biography of John Stuart Mill, the most influential British philosopher of the 19th century.... (read more) List Price $65.25 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Word and Object (Studies in Communication) by Willard Van Orman Quine Publisher Comments Language consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. Such is the point of view from which a noted philosopher and logician examines the notion of meaning and the linguistic mechanisms of objective... (read more) List Price $36.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of Human Sciences by Michel Foucault Publisher Comments When one defines order as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Montaigne: Essays: A Selection (Penguin Classics) by Michel De Montaigne Publisher Comments "Screech's translation brilliantly captures the directness, energy, and pithiness of Montaigne's writing."—The Christian Science Monitor.... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Cure At Troy : a Version of Sophocles Philoctetes (91 Edition) by Seamus Heaney Publisher Comments The Cure at Troy is Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles' Philoctetes. Written in the fifth century BC, this play concerns the predicament of the outcast hero, Philoctetes, whom the Greeks marooned on the island of Lemnos and forgot about until the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Nietzsche Reader (Penguin Classics) by Friedrich Nietzsche Publisher Comments Selected writings structured according to theme.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein Publisher Comments Teaches philosophy through one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons, and limericks.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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