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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 Francis ` Hutcheson Publisher Comments Francis Hutcheson is considered by many scholars of philosophy to be the father of the Scottish Enlightenment. He was influential in defining the modern social, political, economic, and institutional world. Despite his influence, he has been widely... (read more) Your price $6.00 (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 $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Giovanni Mirandola Publisher Comments An ardent treatise for the Dignity of Man, which elevates Humanism to a truly Christian level, making this writing as pertinent today as it was in the Fifteenth Century.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price $5.95 (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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by Margaret Visser Publisher Comments Many people today are afflicted with a sense that they cannot change things for the better. They feel helpless, constrained, caught -- in a word, fatalistic. "Beyond Fate" examines why. In her characteristically lively prose, Margaret Visser investigates... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Sedley Publisher Comments Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics are the focuses of... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $58.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Georges Bataille Publisher Comments Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality-Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Chris Horrocks Publisher Comments As a philosopher, historian and political activist Foucault left behind an enduring and influential body of work. This book explores his mission to expose the links between knowledge and power in the human sciences.... (read more) Your price $8.95 (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 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 Anthony Gottlieb Publisher Comments Already a classic in its first year of publication, this landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the writings of the thinkers of classic philosophy and questions many pieces of conventional wisdom.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $12.50 (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 Gilles Deleuze Publisher Comments Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari redefine the relation between the state and its war machine. Far from being a part of the state, warriers (the army) are nomads who always come from the outside and keep threatening the authority of the state.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John D Barbour Publisher Comments The Value of Solitude both traces the persistence and vitality of the theme of solitude in autobiography and shows how the literary form and structure of autobiography are shaped by ethical and religious reflection on aloneness. This work should appeal... (read more) List Price $19.50 Your price $16.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Phyllis A. Tickle Publisher Comments Grasping. Avarice. Covetousness. Miserliness. Insatiable cupidity. Overreaching ambition. Desire spun out of control. The deadly sin of Greed goes by many names, appears in many guises, and wreaks havoc on individuals and nations alike. In this... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John M Cooper Publisher Comments This book brings together twenty-three distinctive and influential essays on ancient moral philosophy--including several published here for the first time--by the distinguished philosopher and classical scholar John Cooper. The volume gives a systematic... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $30.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jeremy Stangroom Publisher Comments This smart handbook gathers a wealth of insight and information on 50 of the greatest philosophical thinkers and 10 of the greatest theories ever conceived in a concise and accessible format. Readers will come to grips with the key concepts... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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