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Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b
T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a German philosopher and social and cultural theorist. His work has come to be seen as increasingly relevant to und- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bowie, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0198833865
- Language: English
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Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Deluxe Hardcover Edition)
$9.99 Add to cartMeditations offers timeless guidance for troubled times. Renowned for his principled leadership, Aurelius kept private notes detailing his philosophy on life and leadership. Meditations is a collectio… [more below]
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1441337385
- Language: English
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Philosophical Method: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress? Is it in competition with science, or doing something completely different, or neither?
Timothy Williamson- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Williamson, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198810008
- Language: English
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On the Order of Nature: For a Phylosophical Ascesis
$19.80 Add to cartWith PARMENIDES began what is called, in more specific terms, true Philosophy. The Eleatic, and his Poem, constitute a “beacon” whose light illumined Plato and even Aristotle, and consequently all the
- Series: Aurea Vidya Collection #11
- Author: Parmenides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: July 04 2011
- ISBN10: 1931406103
- Language: English
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Ethics
$29.82 Add to cartEthics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order (Latin: Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata), usually known as the Ethics, is a philosophical treatise written by Benedict de Spinoza. It was first publishe… [more below]
- Author: de Spinoza, Benedict
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: November 19 2018
- ISBN10: 1731706928
- Language: English
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Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas – Second Edition
$24.95 Add to cartIn this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance of dissenters in the history of ideas–among them Machiavelli, Vic
- Author: Berlin, Isaiah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: June 02 2013
- ISBN10: 0691156107
- Language: English
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Paradox
$18.95 Add to cartAn introduction to paradoxes showing that they are more than mere puzzles but can prompt new ways of thinking.
Thinkers have been fascinated by paradox since long before Aristotle grappled with Zeno’s.
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Cuonzo, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0262525496
- Language: English
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The Analects of Confucius
$19.95 Add to cartCompiled by disciples of Confucius in the centuries following his death in 479 B.C.E., The Analects of Confucius is a collection of aphorisms and historical anecdotes embodying the basic values of the
- Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
- Author: Watson, Burton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0231141653
- Language: English
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Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFor many of us, the term ‘medieval philosophy’ conjures up the figure of Thomas Aquinas, and is closely intertwined with religion. In this Very Short Introduction John Marenbon shows how medieval phil… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Marenbon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 019966322X
- Language: English
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Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOriginating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein in the four decades around the turn of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy establishe… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Beaney, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0198778023
- Language: English
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Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIndia has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions.
In this intriguing introduction to I- Series: Very Short Introductions #47
- Author: Hamilton, Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: June 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0192853740
- Language: English
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Mini Philosophy: A Small Book of Big Ideas
$19.99 Read more‘Engaging, smart and wise, Mini-Philosophy is a diverse taster menu of ideas on life, the mind and the world. Nutritious, bite-sized portions of philosophy that whet the appetite for more’ – David Mit
- Author: Thomson, Jonny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1472282175
- Language: English
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The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume I: Economic Writings 1
$49.95 Add to cartThis first volume in Rosa Luxemburg’s Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 1, contains some of Luxemburg’s most important statements on the globalization of capital, wage labor, imperialism, an… [more below]
- Author: Luxemburg, Rosa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 620
- Publish Date: November 04 2014
- ISBN10: 178168765X
- Language: English
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Evidence and Inquiry: A Pragmatist Reconstruction of Epistemology
$21.95 Add to cartDescribed by Hilary Putnam as “both a fine introduction and a significant contribution” to epistemology, and by Anthony Quinton as “at once comprehensive … and judicious,” Evidence and Inquiry is un… [more below]
- Author: Haack, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 425
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 159102689X
- Language: English
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Courage of Truth
$26.99 Add to cartThe Courage of the Truth is the last course that Michel Foucault delivered in a series of lectures from 1970 to 1984 at the Coll?e de France.
Here, Foucault continues the theme of the previous year’s- Series: Lectures at the College de France #11
- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 08 2012
- ISBN10: 1250009103
- Language: English
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Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
$20.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller – One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2023 – A New York Times Notable Book
“A book of big and bold ideas, Humanly Possible is humane in approach and, more important,- Author: Bakewell, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0735223394
- Language: English
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Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing
$26.95 Add to cartDesigned for philosophers as well as readers with no particular philosophical background, the essays in this lively book are grouped into four amusing acts. Act One looks at the four Seinfeld characte… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy #1
- Author: Irwin, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 20 1999
- ISBN10: 0812694090
- Language: English
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The Cause of Hitler’s Germany
$29.00 Add to cart“A truly revolutionary idea… Clear, tight, disciplined, beautifully structured, and brilliantly reasoned.”–Ayn Rand
Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial “truth,” the public good, doing one’s- Author: Peikoff, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0142181471
- Language: English
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Marsilio Ficino, Three Books on Life: A Critical Edition and Translation: Volume 57
$45.00 Add to cart- Series: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies #57
- Author: Kaske, Carol V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 01 2019
- ISBN10: 086698822X
- Language: English
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How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders
$16.95 Add to cartWhat would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to lead
If recent history has taught us anything, it’s that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative exam- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Suetonius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0691193991
- Language: English
