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On Beauty and Being Just
by Elaine Scarry
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In On Beauty and Being Just, Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from recent political arguments against it but also argues that beauty continually renews our search for truth and presses us toward a greater concern for justice. Taking inspiration from... ( read more)
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The American Transcendentalists: Essential Writings (Modern Library Classics)
by Lawrence Buell
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Transcendentalism was the first major intellectual movement in U.S. history, championing the inherent divinity of each individual, as well as the value of collective social action. In the mid-nineteenth century, the movement took off, changing how... ( read more)
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Quantified Modal Logic for Philosophers
by James Garson
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Provides an accessible, yet technically sound treatment of modal logic and its philosophical applications.... ( read more)
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Plato "Protagoras" and "Meno" (Agora Editions)
by Plato And Bartlett
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This volume contains new translations of two dialogues of Plato, the Protagoras and the Meno, together with explanatory notes and substantial interpretive essays. Robert C. Bartlett's translations are as literal as is compatible with sound English style... ( read more)
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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Locke on Government (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks)
by David Thomas
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Written specifically for those coming to the work of Locke for the first time, "The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Locke "On Government is an invaluable guide to his political thought. Much of what has been written on the "Second Treatise of... ( read more)
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In Defense of Sin
by John Portmann
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Intriguing and occasionally unsettling, In Defense of Sin is a refreshingly flank exploration of some real facts of life. Portmann gathers an on-target collection of great writers' reflections on transgressions both large and small. Readers can devour... ( read more)
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Opposites: Side by Side
by Sanar Yurdatapan
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In Opposites: Side by Side, Turkish authors Sanar Yurdatapan and Abdurrahman Dilipak--one an atheist and the other a devout Islamic theologian--present their opposing views side by side in the spirit of freedom of expression. Rather than allowing... ( read more)
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Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual: Bergson and the Time of Life
by Keit Ansell Pearson
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Informed by the philosophy of the virtual, Keith Ansell Pearson offers up one of the most lucid and original works on the central philosophical questions. He asks that if our basic concepts on what it means to be human are wrong then, what is this to... ( read more)
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Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy
by J M Moore
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Three treatises survive from classical Greece under the loose title Politeiai (Constitutions) which are unique in character and indispensable to any student of the period. The longest and most important is Aristotle's Constitution of Athens which is both... ( read more)
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Tyranny of Reason: The Origins and Consequences of the Social Scientific Outlook
by Yuval Levin
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This book traces the history of social scientific thinking back to
its roots in philosophy, and outlines the implications of this
outlook for contemporary society. The author finds that remnants of
social scientific positivism are evident in our... ( read more)
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Richard Rorty (Contemporary Philosophy in Focus)
by Charles Guignon
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Richard Rorty has transformed the way many inside and outside philosophy think about the discipline.... ( read more)
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French Theory: How Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, & Co. Transformed the Intellectual Life of the United States
by Francois Cusset
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“A great story, full of twists and turns. . . . Careers made and ruined, departments torn apart, writing programs turned into sensitivity seminars, political witch hunts, public opprobrium, ignorant media attacks, the whole ball of wax. Read it... ( read more)
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The Dialogues of Plato (Bantam Classic)
by Plato And Segal
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Socrates’ ancient words are still true, and the ideas found in Plato’s Dialogues still form the foundation of a thinking person’s education. This superb collection contains excellent contemporary translations selected for their clarity... ( read more)
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Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers
by Philip Stokes
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Who am I? What is justice? What does it mean to live a good life? Many of the fundamental questions of philosophy are questions that we begin to ask ourselves as young adults when we look at the world around us, at ourselves, and try to make sense of... ( read more)
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Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: And Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
by Stephen Buckle
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An edition of Hume's profoundly influential work together with some of his other writings.... ( read more)
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Cartesian Meditations, 1
by Edmund Husserl
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The "Cartesian Meditations" translation is based primarily on the printed text, edited by Professor S. Strasser and published in the first volume of Husserliana: Cartesianische Meditationen und Pariser Vortrdge,... ( read more)
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Contemporary Chinese Philosophy
by Chung Ying Cheng
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Contemporary Chinese Philosophy features discussion of sixteen major twentieth-century Chinese philosophers. Leading scholars in the field describe and critically assess the works of these significant figures.... ( read more)
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Aristotle Politics Books 1 and II (Clarendon Aristotle)
by Aristotle And Saunders
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The Politics is one of Aristotle's most important works, having had an inestimable influence on political thought up until the present day. This volume provides a clear and accurate translation of the first two books together with helpful philosophical... ( read more)
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Early Greek Philosophy
by Jonathan Barnes
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This anthology presents the early sages of Western philosophy and science who paved the way for Plato and Aristotle and their successors. Democritus's atomic theory of matter, Zeno's dazzling "proofs" that motion is impossible, Pythagorean insights into... ( read more)
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Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology an Introduction to Phenomenological
by Edmund Husserl
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The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology, Husserl's last great work, is important both for its content and for the influence it has had on other philosophers. In this book, which remained unfinished at his death, Husserl attempts... ( read more)
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