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  • Anne Le Févre Dacier: Of the Causes of the Corruption of Taste

    by James O. Young, Michel-Antoine Xhignesse ...
    Series series British Society for the History of Philosophy:New Texts in the History of Philosophy
    Anne Le Fèvre Dacier (1645-1720) was the most important woman of letters of her time and Of the Causes of the Corruption of Taste is her most significant work. This book is one of the wellsprings of modern aesthetics. While Dacier was a classical philologist—not an aesthetician or philosopher of art—in several ways she anticipated and laid the groundwork for subsequent writers on the fine arts, ... Read more

    $103.49 USD

  • Critique of Practical Music

    Music and Moral Development

    by James O. Young ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Aesthetics
    This book offers a systematic survey of ethos theory: the theory according to which the right sort of music can have a positive or negative effect on moral development. It also evaluates the extant empirical literature on music and moral development.The belief that the right sort of music promotes moral development is almost ubiquitous. At every stage in the history of philosophical thinking, many ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • A History of Western Philosophy of Music

    by James O. Young ...
    This book presents a comprehensive, accessible survey of Western philosophy of music from Pythagoras to the present. Its narrative traces themes and schools through history, in a sequence of five chapters that survey the ancient, medieval, early modern, modern and contemporary periods. Its wide-ranging coverage includes medieval Islamic thinkers, Continental and analytic thinkers, and neglected ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Art and Knowledge

    by James O. Young ...
    Almost all of us would agree that the experience of art is deeply rewarding. Why this is the case remains a puzzle; nor does it explain why many of us find works of art much more important than other sources of pleasure. Art and Knowledge argues that the experience of art is so rewarding because it can be an important source of knowledge about ourselves and our relation to each other and to the ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • Understanding Music

    Philosophy and Interpretation

    by Sir Roger Scruton ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Revelations
    With Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music (1997)Roger Scruton set a new standard of rigour and seriousness in the philosophy of music. This collection of wide-ranging essays covers all aspects of the theory and practice of music, showing the significance of music as an expression of the moral life. The book is split into two parts, the first is devoted to the aesthetics and theory of ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Works Of Voltaire: 20 Works. Candide, Zadig, Selected Poetry & More. (Mobi Collected Works)

    by Voltaire ...
    This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books, plays and poems. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Self Beyond Itself

    An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Sciences, and the Myth of Free Will

    by Heidi M. Ravven ...
    "Intertwines history, philosophy, and science . . . A powerful challenge to conventional notions of individual responsibility" ( Publishers Weekly).Few concepts are more unshakable in our culture than free will, the idea that individuals are fundamentally in control of the decisions they make, good or bad. And yet the latest research about how the brain functions seems to point in the opposite ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beauty

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Roger Scruton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Shakespeare's Montaigne

    The Florio Translation of the Essays, A Selection

    by Michel de Montaigne ...
    Translated by John Florio ...
    An NYRB Classics OriginalShakespeare, Nietzsche wrote, was Montaigne’s best reader—a typically brilliant Nietzschean insight, capturing the intimate relationship between Montaigne’s ever-changing record of the self and Shakespeare’s kaleidoscopic register of human character. And there is no doubt that Shakespeare read Montaigne—though how extensively remains a matter of debate—and that the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Philosophy of Loneliness

    by Lars Svendsen ...
    Translated by Kerri Pierce ...
    Loneliness is a difficult subject to address, because it has such negative connotations. But the truth is that wherever there are people, there is loneliness: everyone is lonely at some point in their lives. You can belonely in a crowd or at home, outdoors or in an empty church, and countless songs have been written about the condition. For many people, loneliness can significantly impact their ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • After Babel

    Aspects of Language and Translation

    by George Steiner ...
    "A brilliant work . . . A dazzling meditation on the very nature of language itself" from the world-renowned scholar and author of The Poetry of Thought ( Kirkus Reviews).In his classic work, literary critic and scholar George Steiner tackles what he considers the Babel "problem": Why, over the course of history, have humans developed thousands of different languages when the social, material, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lysistrata

    by Aristophanes ...
    When the Peloponnesian War goes on too long, the women of Athens, led by the beautiful Lysistrata, take matters into their own hands, withholding their passion as a way to force their men to negotiate a peace treaty. But the women’s vow to deny their husbands and lovers does little to force peace, and instead ignites a battle between the sexes.Aristophanes’ Lysistrata was first performed in 411 B ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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