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by Tad Brennan  Publisher Comments Tad Brennan explains how to live the Stoic life--and why we might want to. Stoicism has been one of the main currents of thought in Western civilization for two thousand years: Brennan offers a fascinating guide through the ethical ideas of the original... (read more)  List Price $35.00 Your price $21.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by A Comte Sponville Publisher Comments In this graceful, incisive book, writer-philosopher André Comte-Sponville reexamines the classical virtues to help us understand "what we should do, who we should be, and how we should live." In the process, he gives us an entirely new perspective... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sybil Wolfram Publisher Comments A basic introduction to the subject which addresses questions of truth and meaning, providing a basis for much of what is discussed elsewhere in philosophy. Up-to-date and comprehensive.... (read more) Your price $27.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christopher Phillips Publisher Comments A breakout book completing a trilogy of Socratic exploration by the inimitable Johnny Appleseed of philosophy. Christopher Phillips goes to the heart of philosophy and Socratic discourse to discover what we're all looking for: the kind of love that... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jeffrey Gauthier Publisher Comments Makes a case for employing a Hegelian framework in defense of a number of controversial feminist claims and argues not only for the importance of Hegel for feminist thought but also for the significance of feminism in clarifying and developing key... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lewis Petrinovich Publisher Comments In the first volume of his ambitious trilogy, Petrinovich brings concepts from evolutionary biology, neurophysiology, and cognitive science to bear on such controversial issues as contraception, abortion, infanticide, new reproductive technologies, and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $3.20 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rocco J Gennaro Publisher Comments This collection presents some of the most vital and original recent writings on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, the three greatest rationalists of the early modern period. Their work offered brilliant and distinct integrations of science, morals... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $6.63 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Espen Hammer Publisher Comments Stanley Cavell is a leading figure in American philosophy and one of the most exhilarating and wide-ranging intellectuals of our time. In this book Espen Hammer offers a lucid and thorough account of the development of Cavell's work, from his early... (read more) List Price $33.75 Your price $11.24 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Farrell Krell Publisher Comments Through photographs and translations of Friedrich Nietzsche's evocative writings on his work sites, David Farrell Krell and Donald L. Bates explore the cities and landscapes in which Nietzsche lived and worked. "A brilliant juxtaposition of life and... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Bertrand Russell Publisher Comments Even children have asked: Who am I? How should I live? What does life mean? Almost everyone seeks the answer to these questions at one time or another. This rewarding series for young adults presents four well-known thinkers and their ideas on these... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Frederick Doepke Publisher Comments <div>What are we? Doepke approaches the riddle of personal identity by way of a general theory of identity, and argues for a view of the self opposed to that of Hume and Parfit, and more in harmony with both Kant and common sense. The Kinds... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments In Socrates in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Socrates' life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Socrates' observations;... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Judith Still Publisher Comments Dr Still draws on literary theory to examine Rousseau's ideas about the individual and human relationships.... (read more) List Price $95.00 Your price $26.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by James Rachels Publisher Comments THE RIGHT THING TO DO is a collection of readings in moral theory and practical moral issues from major Western philosophers. It is the successful companion reader for the Rachels text, THE ELEMENTS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY. This anthology explores further... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $24.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mark Forstater Publisher Comments Written as a personal diary for spiritual development, Marcus Aurelius's "meditations" were not meant for publication nor posterity, yet the Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher has provided inspiration and guidance for more than eighteen centuries. Now... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin Heidegger Publisher Comments Long awaited and eagerly anticipated, this remarkable volume allows English-speaking readers to experience a profound dialogue between the German philosopher Martin Heidegger and the Swiss psychiatrist Medard Boss. A product of their long friendship... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Marsilio Ficino Publisher Comments The Platonic Theologyis a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. A student of the Neoplatonic schools of... (read more) List Price $31.50 Your price $21.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John R Searle Publisher Comments In this major new work, John Searle launches a formidable attack on current orthodoxies in the philosophy of mind. More than anything else, he argues, it is the neglect of consciousness that results in so much barrenness and sterility in psychology, the... (read more) Your price $17.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Ignatieff Publisher Comments Isaiah Berlin was witness to a century. Born in Riga in the twilight of the Czarist empire, he lived long enough to see the Soviet state collapse. The son of a Jewish timber merchant, he became a presiding judge of Western intellectual life on both sides... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Dana Richard Villa Publisher Comments Theodor Adorno once wrote an essay to "defend Bach against his devotees." In this book Dana Villa does the same for Hannah Arendt, whose sweeping reconceptualization of the nature and value of political action, he argues, has been covered over and... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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