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  • Autobiography as Philosophy

    The Philosophical Uses of Self-Presentation

    Edited by Thomas Mathien, D.G. Wright ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in the History of Philosophy
    Most philosophical writing is impersonal and argumentative, but many important philosophers have nevertheless written accounts of their own lives.Filling a gap in the market for a text focusing on autobiography as philosophy, this collection discusses several such autobiographies in the light of their authors' broader work, and considers whether there are any philosophical tasks for which life ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    by Isaiah Berlin ...
    Series series Bollingen Series
    A brilliant brief account of romanticism and its influence from one of the most important philosophers and intellectual historians of the twentieth centuryIn The Roots of Romanticism, one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers dissects and assesses a movement that changed the course of history. Brilliant, fresh, immediate, and eloquent, these celebrated Mellon Lectures are a ... Read more

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  • The Essential Crazy Wisdom

    by Wes Nisker ...
    Take a wild and rickety ride through the philosophies of the East and West to discover the madmen, dreamers, and unconventional wisdom seekers in the abridged, better-than-ever version of our best-selling cult classic. THE ESSENTIAL CRAZY WISDOM delivers the most significant, most lunatic, and most compelling insights of the ages. Scoop Nisker patches together the unorthodox teachings that have ... Read more

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  • Evermore Shall Be So

    by Ficino .. ...
    Featuring philosophical commentary from Marsilio Ficino-a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin-this work is the first English translation of Ficino's commentary of Plato's dialogue between the philosopher Parmenides and the youthful Socrates. In the scene, the older man instructs his student on the use of dialectic to draw the mind away from ... Read more

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  • Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'

    An Introduction

    by John P. Wright ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
    David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Tyranny

    A New Interpretation

    by Waller R. Newell ...
    This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought. Waller R. Newell argues that modern tyranny and statecraft differ fundamentally from the classical understanding. Newell demonstrates a historical shift in emphasis from the classical thinkers' stress on the virtuous character of rulers and the need for civic education to the modern ... Read more

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  • The Antipodean Philosopher

    Interviews on Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, Volume 2

    Edited by Graham Oppy, N. N. Trakakis, Lynda Burns, Steve Gardner, Fiona Leigh, Michelle Irving ...
    In this second volume of The Antipodean Philosopher, Graham Oppy and N.N. Trakakis have brought together fourteen leading Australasian philosophers, inviting them to speak in a frank and accessible way about their philosophical lives: for example, what drew them to a career in philosophy, what philosophy means to them, and their perceptions and criticisms of the ways in which philosophy is studied ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity

    by M. Rigoglioso ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Soul of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil

    by Maudemarie Clark, David Dudrick ...
    This book presents a provocative new interpretation of Beyond Good and Evil, arguably Nietzsche's most important work. The problem is that it appears to express merely a loosely connected set of often questionable opinions. Can Nietzsche really be an important philosopher if this is his most important book? Maudemarie Clark and David Dudrick address this question with a close reading that ... Read more

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  • Between the Shadow and the Flame

    by Geoffrey Lee Hodge ...
    Epic in scope, "Between the Shadow and the Flame" is the allegorical retelling of the history of philosophy, seen through the journey of its three main characters.When a pandemic and ensuing nuclear war all but destroy civilization, and conspiracy theorists whisper of a plot to wipe out humanity, armchair philosopher Sophia Xiao is caught up in a quest to find the truth. Shadowed by a mysterious ... Read more

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  • Leibniz's Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles

    by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra ...
    Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra presents an original study of the place and role of the Identity of Indiscernibles in Leibniz's philosophy. The Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles rules out numerically distinct but perfectly similar things; Leibniz derived it from more basic principles and used it to establish important philosophical theses. Rodriguez-Pereyra aims to establish what Leibniz meant ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Philosophy, Science, and History

    A Guide and Reader

    Edited by Lydia Patton ...
    Philosophy, Science, and History: A Guide and Reader is a compact overview of the history and philosophy of science that aims to introduce students to the groundwork of the field, and to stimulate innovative research. The general introduction focuses on scientific theory change, assessment, discovery, and pursuit. Part I of the Reader begins with classic texts in the history of logical empiricism, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD