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The Philosophy and Psychology of Pietro Pomponazzi
by Andrew Halliday Douglas  Publisher Comments 1910. Edited by Charles Douglas and R.P. Hardie. An essay on Pietro Pomponazzi, the philosopher and founder of the Aristotelian-Averroistic School. His great work De immortalitate animi, gave rise to a storm of controversy between the orthodox Thomists...
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Machiavelli (98 Edition)
by Maurizio Viroli Publisher Comments This book presents a critical examination of Machiavelli's thought, combining an accessible, historically-informed account of his work with a reassessment of his central ideas and arguments. Viroli challenges the accepted interpretations of Machiavelli's...
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Biographies of Words and the Home of the Aryas
by F. Max Muller Publisher Comments 1888. Famous linguist, Max Muller, the editor of The Sacred Books of the East series, which provided the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. Contents of Biographies of Words: Fors Fortuna; Words in...
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Objective Spirit
by Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel Publisher Comments Thus in the stipulation we have the substantial being of the contract standing out in distinction from its real utterance in the performance, which is brought down to a mere sequel. In this way there is put into the thing or performance a distinction...
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Popular Culture and Philosophy #2: The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'Oh! of Homer
by William Irwin 
Publisher Comments This unconventional and lighthearted introduction to the ideas of the major Western philosophers examines The Simpsons — TV’s favorite animated family. The authors look beyond the jokes, the crudeness, the attacks on society — and see a...
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Luck or Cunning?
by Samuel Butler Publisher Comments In brief, there is nothing in life of which there are not germs, and, so to speak, harmonics in death, and nothing in death of which germs and harmonics may not be found in life. Each emphasizes what the other passes over most lightly--each carries to...
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Scepticism and Animal Faith: Introduction to a System of Philosophy
by George Santayana Publisher Comments Detailed presentation of American philosopher's pragmatic concept of epistemology, isolation of realms of existents and subsistents. Chapters include "There is No First Principle of Criticism," Dogma and Doubt," and "The Discovery of Essence."...
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Aquinas and Analogy
by Ralph M. Mcinerny Publisher Comments An intelligible and accessible discussion about analogy and Aquinas's treatment of the subject. <P>In this book, Ralph McInerny explores Cardinal Cajetan's treatise on analogy and uncovers Cajetan's serious but influential misreading of Thomas on...
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Bygone Beliefs: Alchemy, Magic, Talismans, Etc
by H. Stanley Redgrove Publisher Comments BYGONE BELIEFS - ALCHEMY, MAGIC, TALISMANS, ETC BEING A SERIES OF EXCURSIONS IN THE BYWAYS OF THOUGHT By H. Stanley Redgrove Originally published in 1920, this rare early work on ancient beliefs is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition...
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White Mythologies
by Robert Young Publisher Comments In the first edition of "White Mythologies" (1990) Robert Young challenged the status of history, asking whether in this postmodern era we should consider it a Western myth, with an uncertain status. Is it, he asked, possible to write history that avoids...
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From Unity to Pluralism: The Internal Evolution of Thomism
by Gerald A. Mccool Publisher Comments Through an in-depth study of four key figures Pierre Rousselot, Joseph Marechal, Jacques Maritain, and Etienne Gilson From Unity to Pluralism traces the evolution of Thomism in the first half of the twentieth century. Through their work, Thomisism...
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Kant's Theory of Knowledge: An Analytical Introduction
by Georges Dicker Publisher Comments The Critique of Pure Reason is Kant's acknowledged masterpiece, in which he tackles the question of how we can possibly have knowledge that does not rest on experience (a priori knowledge). The first half of the Critique advances a constructive theory of...
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All We Need Is a Paradigm All We Need Is a Paradigm: Essays on Science, Economics, and Logic from the "Harvard Essays on Science, Economics, and Logic
by S. Phineas Upham Publisher Comments The Harvard Review of Philosophy has long been a forum for new thoughts in the field — this collection includes some of the most important essays from that publication. Exploring the unexpected ways that philosophy impacts our world, this book...
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Philosophy : the Pursuit of Wisdom (5TH 06 Edition)
by Louis P. Pojman Publisher Comments Capturing the inimitable enthusiasm of Louis Pojman's much acclaimed teaching, PHILOSOPHY: THE PURSUIT OF WISDOM introduces students to all of the core topics in philosophy. Beginning with an inquiry into the nature and purpose of philosophy, this text...
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Sci-Phi: Philosophy from Socrates to Schwarzenegger
by Mark Rowlands Publisher Comments “Rowlands succeeds in his aims remarkably well. Not only is each chapter a model of philosophical exposition, conveying philosophical ideas with exemplary verve and clarity, the book also manages to connect the philosophy to the movies in a natural...
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Rescuing Reason
by Robert Nola Publisher Comments Do knowledge and science arise from the application of canons of rationality and scientific method? Or is all our scientific knowledge caused by socio-political factors, or by our interests in the socio-political - the view of sociologists of "knowledge"?...
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John Dewey, Confucius, and Global Philosophy (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)
by Joseph Grange Publisher Comments Joseph Grange's beautifully written book provides a unique synthesis of two major figures of world philosophy, John Dewey and Confucius, and points the way to a global philosophy based on American and Confucian values. Grange concentrates on the major...
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Awakening of the Soul
by Ibn Tufail Synopsis Generally looked upon as a subject of repulsive aridity, in its strange combination of the most heterogeneous philosophical systems, devoid of the grace and charm of attractive style, unbrightened by brilliance of wit or spirit, Arabian philosophy has...
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Philosophical Interpretations
by Robert J. Fogelin Publisher Comments Included are essays dealing with texts from the works of Plato, Aquinas, Hume, Berkeley, Kant, Price, Hamilton, and Wittgenstein. With three exceptions, the selections were first published in major journals. Two appeared as part of collections, and one...
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The New Skepticism: Inquiry and Reliable Knowledge
by Paul Kurtz Publisher Comments In this provocative book, philosopher Paul Kurtz, one of the world's leading skeptics, explores the dimensions of the "new skepticism", which he labels "skeptical inquiry". An outgrowth of pragmatism, skeptical inquiry differs from earlier forms of...
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