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  • Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues

    by George Berkeley ...
    Series series
    One of the greatest British philosophers, Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753) was the founder of the influential doctrine of Immaterialism - the belief that there is no reality outside the mind, and that the existence of material objects depends upon their being perceived. The Principles of Human Knowledge eloquently outlines this philosophical concept, and argues forcefully that the world consists purely ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

    by John Locke, Roger Woolhouse ...
    In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, Locke argues that it derives from sense perceptions and experience, as analysed and developed by reason. While defending these ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

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  • Leibniz: Journal Articles on Philosophy

    Edited by Paul Lodge ...
    Series series Leibniz from Oxford
    This volume gathers together for the first time the philosophical journal articles that appeared during Leibniz's lifetime under his name or which would have been easily attributed to him due to other identifying marks. Its primary aim is to convey a sense of the way in which Leibniz's philosophical views would have been available to the reading public of the time. The distinction between the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz

    The Concept of Substance in Seventeenth Century Metaphysics

    by Roger Woolhouse ...
    This book introduces student to the three major figures of modern philosophy known as the rationalists. It is not for complete beginners, but it is an accessible account of their thought. By concerning itself with metaphysics, and in particular substance, the book relates an important historical debate largely neglected by the contemporary debates in the once again popular area of traditional ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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    An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

    by John Locke ...
    Narrated by Adetomiwa Edun ...

    Unabridged

    28 hours 46 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Adetomiwa Edun, best known for his TV roles in Merlin and Bates Motel and his role in the football video games FIFA. He has also appeared in Lucifer, Legends, and Death in Paradise, Elementary and as Mr Brocks in the Doctor Who Christmas Special in 2016.In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    Narrated by Richard Trinder ...

    Unabridged

    25 hours 47 min

    'He that is to govern a whole Nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but Man-kind.'Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is not just one of the greatest philosophical texts in the English language; it is one of the most important works in the history of Western political thought. Almost every major tradition in the centuries after Hobbes—from radical democracy to authoritarianism—has ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

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  • Essays and Aphorisms

    by Arthur Schopenhauer ...
    Translated by R. J. Hollingdale ...
    One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes is taken from Schopenhauer's last work, Parerga and Paralipomena, which he ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Art of Rhetoric

    by Aristotle ...
    With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils - and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response, the technique of rhetoric rapidly developed, bringing virtuoso performances and a host of practical manuals for the layman. While many of these were little ... Read more

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  • The Politics

    by Aristotle, Trevor Saunders ...
    Translated by T. Sinclair ...
    Twenty-three centuries after its compilation, 'The Politics' still has much to contribute to this central question of political science. Aristotle's thorough and carefully argued analysis is based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a huge range of political issues in order to establish which types of constitution are best - both ideally and in particular circumstances - and how ... Read more

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  • Letters from a Stoic

    Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

    by Seneca ...
    Translated by Robin Campbell ...
    Illuminating writings by Stoicism's most eloquent advocate, now with a new introduction'It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us... without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry'For several years of his turbulent life, in which he was dogged by ill health, exile and danger, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman Empire. This selection of Seneca's letters shows him upholding ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • After Certainty

    A History of Our Epistemic Ideals and Illusions

    by Robert Pasnau ...
    No part of philosophy is as disconnected from its history as is epistemology. After Certainty offers a reconstruction of that history, understood as a series of changing expectations about the cognitive ideal that beings such as us might hope to achieve in a world such as this. The story begins with Aristotle and then looks at how his epistemic program was developed through later antiquity and ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Best of All Possible Worlds

    A Story of Philosophers, God, and Evil

    by Steven Nadler ...
    "I can't imagine a better guide to 17th-century philosophical thought. . . . [It] is written simply and clearly." — Washington PostIn the spring of 1672, the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz arrived in Paris on a furtive diplomatic mission. That project was abandoned quickly, but Leibniz remained in Paris with a singular goal: to get the most out of the city's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD