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  • A New History of Western Philosophy

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series New History of Western Philosophy
    This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Christianity in Review: A History of the Faith in 50 Books

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Sir Anthony Kenny is one of our most acclaimed living philosophers of religion. Christianity in Review offers his unique perspective on the history of the Church and Christian faith and thought by collecting the 50 most significant and insightful book reviews he has written over the course of more than 50 years for publications such as The Listener, The Tablet and The Times Literary Supplement. ... Read more

    $11.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise of Modern Philosophy

    A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 3

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series New History of Western Philosophy
    Sir Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. The Rise of Modern Philosophy is the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, of great ideas and intellectual systems that shaped modern thought. Kenny introduces us to some of the world's most original and influential thinkers, and shows us the way ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Descartes: Selected Philosophical Writings

    by René Descartes ...
    Based on the new and much acclaimed two-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes by Cottingham, Stoothoff and Murdoch, this anthology of essential texts contains the most important and widely studied of those writings, including the Discourse and Meditations and substantial extracts from the Regulae, Optics, Principles, Objectives and Replies, Comments on a Broadsheet, ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Ancient Philosophy

    A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 1

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series
    Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes in which he will unfold a magisterial new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular readership, but serious and deep enough to offer a genuine understanding of the great philosophers, Kenny's lucid ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Philosophy in the Modern World

    A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 4

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series New History of Western Philosophy
    Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy in the modern world, from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Alongside (and intertwined with) extraordinary scientific advances, cultural changes, and political upheavals, the last two centuries have seen some of the most intriguing and original developments in philosophical thinking, which have ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy, 20th Anniversary Edition

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    In 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny's comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise and critical acclaim. As the first book since Bertrand Russell's 1945 A History of Western Philosophy to offer a concise single-author review of the complete history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the modern masters of the 20th century, Kenny's work ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

  • Poetics

    by Aristotle ...
    Translated by Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?' Aristotle's Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, from it stems much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including poetry, drama, and fiction. For Aristotle, the art of representation ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Cultural Olympians

    Rugby School's Cultural Leaders

    by John Witheridge, John Clarke, Anthony Kenny, David Urquhart, Robin le Poidevin, A N Wilson, Andrew Vincent, A C Grayling, Jay Winter, Ian Hesketh, David Boucher, Rowan Williams, Patrick Derham, John Taylor ...
    This book is designed to explore key questions surrounding faith, philosophy, science, culture and social progress by celebrating the life and thought of cultural leaders from Rugby School (estd. 1567).Some of the most distinguished historians, philosophers, social commentators and religious commentators are alumni of Rugby School. In this collection of essays, contributors explore the most ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brief Encounters

    Notes from a Philosopher's Diary

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Cardinals, directors, dissidents, dons, judges, novelists, philosophers, prime ministers, scientists, world statesmen. . . Throughout his long and distinguished career, Sir Anthony Kenny has encountered some of the most notable and influential leaders of the post-war world.In these brilliantly vivid vignettes Kenny offers telling and often unexpected insights into the achievements, flaws and ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $11.59 USD

  • Immanuel Kant

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series Very Brief Histories
    'Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration. . . the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.'Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) remains a major influence in philosophy, especially in the areas of epistemology, ethics, theology, political theory and aesthetics. This brief history helpfully explains the development of Kant's thought, and highlights its contemporary ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Enlightenment

    A Very Brief History

    by Sir Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series Very Brief Histories
    'If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.'VoltaireMontesquieu, Hume, Voltaire, Diderot, Smith, Gibbon, Bentham... These are among the great thinkers who contributed to the dramatic developments in religion, science and philosophy that we now call the Enlightenment. They dominated the second half of the eighteenth century and their writings continue to shape the intellectual and ... Read more

    $9.89 USD