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Utilidad de Lo Inútil, La
$14.95 Read moreIn this thought-provoking and extremely timely work, Nuccio Ordine convincingly argues for the utility of useless knowledge and against the contemporary fixation on utilitarianism–for the fundamental… [more below]
- Author: Ordine, Nuccio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 8415689926
- Language: Spanish
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Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism
$24.00 Read moreHere, in a grand narrative spanning 1,800 years of European history, a distinguished political philosopher firmly rejects Western liberalism’s usual account of itself: its emergence in opposition to r
- Author: Siedentop, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 23 2017
- ISBN10: 0674979885
- Language: English
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Ethics 101: From Altruism and Utilitarianism to Bioethics and Political Ethics, an Exploration of the Concepts of Right and Wrong
$16.99 Add to cartExplore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics… [more below]
- Series: Adams 101
- Author: Boone, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1507204930
- Language: English
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The Essential Kierkegaard
$29.95 Add to cartA comprehensive anthology of Kierkegaard’s writings that offers an unmatched introduction to one of the most original and influential modern philosophers
This is the most comprehensive anthology of S- Author: Kierkegaard, S?ren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 691254060
- Language: English
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The Consolations of Philosophy
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes a remarkable book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day s… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: de Botton, Alain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 03 2001
- ISBN10: 0679779175
- Language: English
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Critique of Judgement
$19.95 Add to cartIn the Critique of Judgement, Kant offers a penetrating analysis of our experience of the beautiful and the sublime. He discusses the objectivity of taste, aesthetic disinterestedness, the relation of… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Kant, Immanuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0199552460
- Language: English
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Sayings and Anecdotes: With Other Popular Moralists
$15.95 Add to cartDiogenes the Cynic is famed for walking the streets with a lamp in daylight, looking for an honest man. His biting wit and eccentric behavior were legendary, and it was by means of his renowned aphori… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Diogenes the Cynic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0199589240
- Language: English
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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of Human Sciences
$19.00 Add to cartWith vast erudition, Foucault cuts across disciplines and reaches back into seventeenth century to show how classical systems of knowledge, which linked all of nature within a great chain of being and… [more below]
- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 29 1994
- ISBN10: 0679753354
- Language: English
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A Life in Letters
$37.95 Add to cartThe inspiring letters of philosopher, mystic, and freedom fighter Simone Weil to her family, presented for the first time in English.
Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909-1943) liv- Author: Weil, Simone
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0674292375
- Language: English
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The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It
$30.00 Add to cartReady to live your best possible life? It’s time to make it interesting.
Do you know anyone who’s truly living The Good Life? Traditionally, philosophers and psychologists have thought of the Good- Author: Besser, Lorraine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1538743205
- Language: English
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Thus Spake Zarathustra
$8.99 Read moreTranslated by Thomas Common. With an Introduction by Nicholas Davey.
This astonishing series of aphorisms, put into the mouth of the Persian sage Zarathustra, or Zoroaster, contains the kernel of Niet
- Series: Classics of World Literature
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 05 1997
- ISBN10: 1853267767
- Language: English
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How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality
$17.95 Add to cartAn irresistible anthology of ancient Greek writings that explore queer desire and love
Eros, limb-loosening, whirls me about again,
that bittersweet, implacable creature.
—Sappho The idea of sexual fl- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Nooter, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691248613
- Language: English
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Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times
$18.99 Add to cart- Author: Delaney, Brigid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0063314835
- Language: English
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Early Socratic Dialogues
$17.00 Read moreRich in drama and humour, the Early Socratic Dialogues include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers… [more below]
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0140455035
- Language: English
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A History of Western Philosophy: From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism
$69.99 Add to cartPlato. Aristotle. Augustine. Hume. Kant. Hegel.These names and the philosophies associated with them ring through the minds of every student and scholar of philosophy. And in their search for knowledg
- Author: Evans, C. Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0830852220
- Language: English
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How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management
$17.95 Add to cartAn enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made–and thought about–money
Ancient Romans liked money. But how did they make a living and sometimes even become rich? The Rom- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Grillo, Luca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691239126
- Language: English
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Meditations
$14.99 Add to cartA timeless guide to Stoic philosophy, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius offers invaluable insights into life, virtue, and resilience. This influential work offers a window into the mind of a Stoic philo
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9354407269
- Language: English
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The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the celebrated British author and historian: a brilliant new book combining historical inquiry and storytelling lan to paint an unprecedentedly vivid portrait of Socrates and the Golden Age of c… [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Bettany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1400076013
- Language: English
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The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$21.99 Add to cart- Series: DK Big Ideas
- Author: Dk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0593847040
- Language: English
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The Philosophy Book
$29.99 Add to cartGet to grips with the concepts that shaped the way we think about ethics, politics, and our place in the universe.
Explaining the big ideas and groundbreaking theories of key philosophers clearly and- Series: DK Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0744091969
- Language: English
