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by Bertrand Russell  Publisher Comments Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle, and one of the most important philosophers of the past two hundred years. As we approach the 125th anniversary of the Nobel laureate's birth, his works continue to spark debate... (read more)  List Price $8.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Isaac Kramnick Publisher Comments The Age of Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an exultant intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Slavoj Zizek Publisher Comments One of our most daring intellectuals offers a Lacanian interpretation of religion, finding that early Christianity was the first revolutionary collective.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by S E Frost Publisher Comments A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers in Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry comprises a separate chapter for greater accessibility. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Iris Murdoch Publisher Comments Best known as the author of 26 novels, the late Murdoch also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John R Searle Publisher Comments The question of just how the brain works and the mystery of human consciousness are the most important issues in philosophy and science today. In what began as a series of essays in The New York Review of Books, John R. Searle discusses the arguments of... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jean Baudrillard Publisher Comments World-renowned for his lively and often iconoclastic reading of contemporary culture and thought, Jean Baudrillard here turns his hand to topical political debates and issues. In this stimulating collection of journalistic essays Baudrillard addresses... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Plato And Gill Publisher Comments Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Christopher Gill.... (read more) List Price $9.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by E F Schumacher Publisher Comments The author of the world wide best-seller, "Small Is Beautiful," now tackles the subject of Man, the World, and the Meaning of Living.Schumacher writes about man's relation to the world. man has obligations -- to other men, to the earth, to progress and... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carl L Becker Publisher Comments Here a distinguished American historian challenges the belief that the eighteenth century was essentially modern in its temper. In crystalline prose Carl Becker demonstrates that the period commonly described as the Age of Reason was, in fact, very far... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $3.98 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jean Paul Sartre Publisher Comments The often criticized philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre encompasses the dilemmas and aspirations of the individual in contemporary society. This work of power and epic scope provides a vivid analysis for all who would understand one of the most influential... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Guy P Harrison Publisher Comments Whether youre a believer, a complete skeptic, or somewhere in between, youll find Harrisons review of traditional and more recent arguments for the existence of God refreshing, approachable, and enlightening.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert L Kuhn Synopsis Fifty internationally renowned scientists and scholars challenge all manner of current belief, from general consciousness to the Big Bang, in this official companion volume to the groundbreaking new PBS series.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $3.23 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Aristotle Publisher Comments The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human societies are organized and governed. By examining the way... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by I F Stone Publisher Comments In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $1.99 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Philip Thody Publisher Comments Jean-Paul Sartre was once described as being the most famous Frenchman of the 20th century, after Charles de Gaulle. This book explains the basic ideas inspiring his "existentialist" world view, and looks at his commitment to the idea of freedom of... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Virilio Publisher Comments How would it be if what we take for human advance were simply a technological progress that literally leaves us out of its equations? What if Progress is not humanity striking out bravely towards the future, but an ultimately destructive force?<P>... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tom Morris Publisher Comments Philosophy at its best is an activity more than a body of knowledge. In an ancient sense, done right, it is a healing art. It's intellectual self-defense. It's a form of therapy. But it's also much more. Philosophy is map-making for the soul, cartography... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price $13.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Emmanuel Levinas Publisher Comments Emmanuel Levinas (1906 - 1996) has exerted a profound influence on 20th-century continental philosophy. This anthology, including Levinas's key philosophical texts over a period of more than forty years, provides an ideal introduction to his thought, and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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