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  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short'Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign - or 'Leviathan' - to enforce security and the rule of law, shocked his contemporaries, and his book was ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Europe in the Central Middle Ages

    962-1154

    Series series General History of Europe
    This wide-ranging introduction to medieval Europe has been updated and revised. In his popular survey Brooke explores the variety of human experience in the period. He looks at society, economy, religious life and popular religion, learning, culture, as well as political events; the rise of the Normans and the heyday of the medieval Empire. For the new edition there is increased coverage of the ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Ideas of Education

    Philosophy and politics from Plato to Dewey

    There has always been a strong relationship between education and philosophy - especially political philosophy. Renewed concern about the importance and efficacy of political education has revived key questions about the connections between the power to govern, and the power to educate. Although these themes are not always prominent in commentaries, political writings have often been very deeply ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Philosophic Pride

    Stoicism and Political Thought from Lipsius to Rousseau

    Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile in 1762, and concentrating on arguments originating from England, France, and the Netherlands, the book considers how political writers of the period engaged with the ideas of ... Read more

    $45.39 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

    $50.39 USD

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  • The Game of Logic

    by Lewis Carroll ...
    The book introduces readers to logical concepts such as propositions, syllogisms, and reasoning. Carroll uses a unique diagrammatic method involving a game board and counters to visually represent logical problems and solutions. Through a series of exercises and puzzles, he demonstrates how to analyze statements and test their validity. The book’s interactive nature allows readers to engage ... Read more

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  • Moby-Dick

    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
    A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fantastical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul.Interspersed ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Beowulf

    by Burton Raffel ...
    Beowulf, demonstrating exceptional strength and bravery, confronts and defeats Grendel in a fierce battle. When Grendel’s mother seeks revenge, Beowulf ventures into her underwater lair and slays her as well. His feats of valor win him fame, and he eventually becomes king of the Geats. The latter portion of the epic shifts to Beowulf’s reign, now as an aging king, when he faces his final challenge ... Read more

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  • The Practice and Science of Drawing

    by Harold Speed ...
    Permit me in the first place to anticipate the disappointment of any student who opens this book with the idea of finding "wrinkles" on how to draw faces, trees, clouds, or what not, short cuts to excellence in drawing, or any of the tricks so popular with the drawing masters of our grandmothers and still dearly loved by a large number of people. No good can come of such methods, for there are no ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Brothers Grimm’s Fairy Tales

    Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.The Brothers Grimm were German authors best known for collecting and publishing some of the most famous folklore in history. Included in the fairy tales are the classic ... Read more

    $2.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Politics: A Treatise on Government - The Original Classic Edition

    You will find that Aristotle provided many brilliant insights into the political thinking, strategy, of leaders and the military. In many ways, it remains unsurpassed and it ought to be required reading in undergraduate classes on political strategy.On the downside, Aristotle referred to leaders of each city-state over decades, if not centuries, and, this makes it challenging to fully appreciate ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plato: The Complete Works (31 Books)

    by Plato ...
    This collection contains the following works by Plato: Early Works •Apology •Charmides, or Temperance •Crito •Euthyphro •Gorgias •Hippias, Lesser •Hippias, Greater •Ion •Laches •Lysis •Protagoras Transitional Works •Cratylus •Euthydemus •Meno •Parmenides •Phaedo •Phaedrus •Symposium •The Republic Middle Works •Theaetetus Late Works •Critias •Laws •Philebus •Sophist •Statesman •Timaeus Works of ... Read more

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