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by Phillippe Tretiack  Synopsis Agitation: it's a high! This book is a user's guide for everyone who is burning to see, to go, to do. It's a hymn to the intoxication, the thrill, and the inspiration of life in the fast lane. "Agite" is about to become a new household word, replacing... (read more)  List Price $16.95 Your price $2.88 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Slavoj Zizek Publisher Comments In order to render the strange logic of dreams, Freud cited the old joke about the borrowed kettle: (1) I never borrowed a kettle from you, (2) I returned it to you intact, (3) the kettle was already broken when I got it from you. Such an enumeration of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gerald Dworkin Publisher Comments This important new book develops a new concept of autonomy. The notion of autonomy has emerged as central to contemporary moral and political philosophy, particularly in the area of applied ethics. Professor Dworkin examines the nature and value of... (read more) Your price $29.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Deigh Publisher Comments This anthology focuses on emotions and motives that relate to our status as moral agents, our capacity for moral judgement, and the practices that help to define our social lives. Attachment, trust, respect, conscience, guilt, revenge, depravity, and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments In Hegel in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Hegel's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Hegel's work; a brief list... (read more) Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James Mannion Publisher Comments An understandable guide to the greatest minds of all time<P>For those who have always wanted to learn philosophy but were too intimidated to get past their first word ending in "ism, " here's a book that finally provides simple explanations... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bryan F Lebeau Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-368) and index.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $21.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Appignanesi Publisher Comments Takes us on a roller-coaster ride through structuralism, deconstruction, cyberspace and semiotics.... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Irving Singer Publisher Comments Irving Singer has many wise and instructive things to say about happiness and how we can get beyond suffering in life. His discussion of the love of life as contrasted with the love of love... is a profoundly important one. It is a gold mine for those... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Chris Kraus Publisher Comments Compiled in 2001 to commemorate the passing of an era, Hatred of Capitalism brings together highlights of Semiotext(e)'s most beloved and prescient works. Semiotext(e)'s three-decade history mirrors the history of American thought. Founded by French... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sam Harris 
Powells.com Staff Pick Sam Harris is a wonderful, courageous independent thinker. His Letter to a Christian Nation is a dynamic exposé of the hypocrisy inherent in organized religion. Recommended by Adrienne, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Julian Baggini Publisher Comments Julian Baggini presents 100 thought experiments: short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and invites the reader to think about possible answers for him/herself. Experiments cover identity, religion, art, ethics, language... (read more) Your price $7.90 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Regis Debray Publisher Comments The captivating autobiography of one of France's leading political activists and intellectuals. Regis Debray is one of France's leading contemporary intellectuals and commentators, whose life has intersected with some of the key moments of the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments In Locke in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Locke's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Locke's writings; a brief... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Catherine Wilson Publisher Comments This new introduction to a philosophical classic draws on the reinterpretations of Descartes' thought of the past twenty-five years. Catherine Wilson examines the arguments of Descartes' famous Meditations, revealing how he constructs a theory of the... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price $15.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Hume Publisher Comments 2nd edition. Edited by Richard H. Popkin.... (read more) Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jean Franco Lyotard Publisher Comments In this, one of the last published books planned by one of the major cultural philosophers of our time, Lyotard addresses, in his powerful and allusive critical voice, Malraux’ s reflections on art and literature. The result, more than a sequel to... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Margare Gullan Whur Publisher Comments The compelling biography of one of the most brilliant and controversial thinkers in Western history Baruch or Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677) is considered one of the greatest Western thinkers and certainly the most rigorous of the Rationalist... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Antonio R Damasio
Publisher Comments In this wondrously lucid and engaging book, renowned neurologist Antonio Damasio demonstrates what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking. Descartes' Error takes the reader on an enthralling... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Perez Zagorin Publisher Comments Francis Bacon (1561-1626), commonly regarded as one of the founders of the Scientific Revolution, exerted a powerful influence on the intellectual development of the modern world. He also led a remarkably varied and dramatic life as a philosopher, writer,... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $12.65 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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