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  • Humanistic Judgment

    Ten Experiments in Reading

    Edited by Benjamin Barasch, David Bromwich, Bryan Garsten ...
    A defense of individual judgment as the core of humanistic studyWhy do some works of art and thought speak to us for generations while the vast majority are quickly forgotten? What insights do we gain from our experience of exceptional literature, philosophy, and art? How are we changed by our encounters with those works? Professional scholars in the humanities have lately grown uncomfortable, ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Saving Persuasion

    A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment

    by Bryan Garsten ...
    In today's increasingly polarized political landscape it seems that fewer and fewer citizens hold out hope of persuading one another. Even among those who have not given up on persuasion, few will admit to practicing the art of persuasion known as rhetoric. To describe political speech as "rhetoric" today is to accuse it of being superficial or manipulative. In Saving Persuasion, Bryan Garsten ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Rousseau, the Age of Enlightenment, and Their Legacies

    by Robert Wokler ...
    Robert Wokler was one of the world's leading experts on Rousseau and the Enlightenment, but some of his best work was published in the form of widely scattered and difficult-to-find essays. This book collects for the first time a representative selection of his most important essays on Rousseau and the legacy of Enlightenment political thought. These essays concern many of the great themes of the ... Read more

    $48.29 USD

  • The Arts of Rule

    Essays in Honor of Harvey C. Mansfield

    by Adam Schulman, Joseph Reisert, Kathryn Sensen, Eric S. Petrie, Alan Levine, Diana J. Schaub, David S. Fott, Travis D. Smith, Ioannis D. Evrigenis, James Read0, Janet Dougherty1, Andrew Sabl2, Dr. Sharon R. Krause3, Steven Lenzner5, Ben Berger (no relation)6, Bryan Garsten7, Russell Muirhead8, Mark Blitz9 ...
    Two generations of students inspired by Harvey Mansfield come together here to demonstrate how their diverse approaches illuminate the topic of the arts of rule and speak to the wide scope of Mansfield's contributions. The essays collected here cover both ancient and modern ground. The first section covers topics such as Xenophon's question of what it is to be a gentleman, Aristotle's view of ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

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    Edited by Leo Strauss, Joseph Cropsey ...
    Designed for undergraduate students, a historical survey of the most important political philosophers in the Western tradition.This volume provides an unequaled introduction to the thought of chief contributors to the Western tradition of political philosophy from classical Greek antiquity to the twentieth century. Written by specialists on the various philosophers, this third edition has been ... Read more

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  • Right And Reason

    Ethics Based on the Teachings of Aristotle & St. Thomas Aquinas

    by Rev. Fr. Austin Fagothey ...
    Ethics both in theory and practice. Phrased in non-technical language, Right and Reason is a thoroughly competent book in the philosophy of Ethics, which gives the science of morality from the Aristotelian-Thomistic, common-sense school of thought--which is none other than the Perennial Philosophy of the Ages, the philosophy outside of which one's positions quickly become absurd and all reasoning ... Read more

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  • Political Philosophy

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  • The Primacy of the Political

    A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American Revolutions

    by Dick Howard ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History
    The conflict between politics and antipolitics has replayed throughout Western history and philosophical thought. From the beginning, Plato's quest for absolute certainty led him to denounce democracy, an anti-political position challenged by Aristotle. In his wide-ranging narrative, Dick Howard puts this dilemma into fresh perspective, proving our contemporary political problems are not as unique ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Age of Rights

    by Norberto Bobbio ...
    This book presents a valuable clarification and defence of human rights by Italy's leading political theorist. ... Read more

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  • On the History of Political Philosophy

    Great Political Thinkers from Thucydides to Locke

    by W Julian Korab-Karpowicz ...
    Intended for use in courses on political philosophy or the history of political philosophy, On the History of Political Philosophy provides a critical account of Western political philosophy from classical Greece to modern times. Demonstrating the continued relevance of historical ideas to today's problems, the author traces ongoing discussions about justice, power, and human nature by examining ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought

    Edited by Ryan K. Balot ...
    Series series Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
    A COMPANION TO GREEK AND ROMAN POLITICAL THOUGHTJustice, virtue, and citizenship were at the center of political life in ancient Greece and Rome and were frequently discussed by classical poets, historians, and philosophers. This Companion illuminates Greek and Roman political thought in all its range, diversity, and depth. Thirty-four essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, ... Read more

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  • We Hold These Truths

    Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition

    by John Courtney Murray, SJ ...
    Series series A Sheed & Ward Classic
    The 1960 publication of We Hold These Truths marked a significant event in the history of modern American thought. Since that time, Sheed & Ward has kept the book in print and has published several studies of John Courtney Murray's life and work. We are proud to present a new edition of this classic text, which features a comprehensive introduction by Peter Lawler that places Murray in the context ... Read more

    $38.99 USD