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Lectures on the History of Philosophy Vol. 1 #1: Lectures on the History of Philosophy
by Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel  Publisher Comments G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831), the influential German philosopher, believed that human history was advancing spiritually and morally according to God's purpose. At the beginning of this masterwork, Hegel writes: "What the history of Philosophy shows us is a...
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A History of Philosophy, Volume 8: Bentham to Russell
by Frederick Copleston Publisher Comments Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston's nine-volume "A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as...
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Amiel's Journal
by Henri-frederic Amiel Publisher Comments 1923. Two Volumes in One. With Portraits. A popular philosophical work originally published in French, with an introduction by Mrs. Humphry Ward, writer and one of the founders of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League. Amiel's Journal Intime is...
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Art: For Whom and for What?
by Brian Keeble Publisher Comments As the title suggests, we are here addressing the most fundamental questions: Who is man? What is art? What is the bond that unites man, nature and art? The argument at the heart of this book is that what should be common to all men and women-a natural...
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Duties and Delights: The Life of a Go-Between (French List)
by Tzvetan Todorov Publisher Comments Tzvetan Todorov is one of Europe's leading intellectuals. Beyond his work in cultural and literary theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis, Todorov's influence is extraordinarily far-reaching specifically because of the clarity of his writing and his...
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A Philosopher's Book of Lists and Anecdotes: With Chaptes Serving as a Synopsis and Guide to Some Main Philosophies, East and West
by Charles L Reid Publisher Comments This title contains lists and stories from 2,000 lives--dates, nationalities, sidelines and politics--ancient to contemporary, east and west. It also describes over 30 western and all main eastern schools and movements, and lists over 400 philosophy...
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The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
by James Hankins Publisher Comments The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy provides an introduction to a complex period of change in the subject matter and practice of philosophy. The philosophy of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries is often seen as transitional between...
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Erotikon: Essays on Eros, Ancient and Modern
by Shadi Bartsch Publisher Comments "Erotikon" brings together leading contemporary intellectuals from a variety of fields for an expansive debate on the full meaning of "eros." Renowned scholars of philosophy, literature, classics, psychoanalysis, theology, and art history join poets and...
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Continental Philosophy of Social Science: Hermeneutics, Genealogy and Critical Theory from Ancient Greece to the Twenty-First Century
by Yvonne Sherratt Publisher Comments Contrasts the continental approach to social science with the Anglo-American tradition....
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Socrates to Sartre and Beyond: A History of Philosophy with Free Philosophy Powerweb
by Samuel Enoch Stumpf Publisher Comments This comprehensive, historically organized introduction to philosophy communicates the richness of the discipline and provides the student with a working knowledge of the development of Western philosophy. New co-author James Fieser has brought this...
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Connections to the World
by Arthur C Danto Publisher Comments Arthur C. Danto's lucid introduction to the central topics of Western philosophical thought remains an unparalleled guide to problems in metaphysics and epistemology that have engaged philosophers for several millennia. Examining the work of Plato...
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Feminism and Modern Philosophy
by Andrea Nye Publisher Comments It will be appropriate for philosophy as well as gender studies courses looking at the development of modern western thought....
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Brief Guide To Ideas (97 Edition)
by William Raeper Publisher Comments A popular introduction to the history of Western religion and philosophy, this volume contains information on all familiar names in the fields as well as more obscure contributors to the broad scope of intellectual pursuit....
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Blackwell Companions to Philosophy #23: A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy
by Steven M. (edt) Nadler Publisher Comments A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to the most significant philosophers and philosophical concepts of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe....
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Nietzsche, Prophet of Nazism: The Cult of the Superman
by Abir Taha Publisher Comments The book deeply analyses Nietzsche's influence on Nazi ideology, focusing on how the Nazis appropriated most of Nietzsche's concepts and ideals to fit them into their own doctrine. Yet in doing so, the author draws a clear distinction between the Nazi...
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Islamic Philosophy From Its Origin (06 Edition)
by Nasr Publisher Comments A comprehensive overview of the Islamic philosophical tradition....
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Narration and Knowledge (Columbia Classics in Philosophy)
by Arthur C Danto Synopsis Now in its third edition, Narration and Knowledge is a classic work exploring the nature of historical knowledge and its reliance on narrative. Analytical philosopher Arthur C. Danto introduces the concept of narrative sentences, in which an event is...
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Learning from Six Philosophers: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume
by Jonathan Bennett Publisher Comments In this illuminating, highly engaging book, Jonathan Bennett acquaints us with the ideas of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. For newcomers to the early modern scene, this lucidly...
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Revolutions in Worldview: Understanding the Flow of Western Thought
by W Andrew Hoffecker Publisher Comments Revolutions in Worldview traces the historical development of the western mind through ten eras. It explores the fundamental ideas that revolutionized the way in which people thought and acted from the ancient Greeks and the Biblical writers through the...
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Karl Popper
by Ian (edt) Jarvie Book News Annotation British philosopher Popper's (1902-94) contributions to mathematics and logic, physics, biology, and the social sciences are reviewed in 24 papers from a conference held in Vienna in July 2002 to commemorate the centenary of his birth. Philosophers of...
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