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The Republic
$8.00 Add to cartOften ranked as the greatest of Plato’s many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner f
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0486411214
- Language: English
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Spinoza: A Life
$29.99 Add to cartA fully updated new edition of the prize-winning and now standard biography of the great seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza.
- Author: Nadler, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: August 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1108442463
- Language: English
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Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
$23.00 Add to cartIn a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls “one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet,” focuses his unerringly logical … [more below]
- Author: Dennett, Daniel C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: June 12 1996
- ISBN10: 068482471X
- Language: English
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World as Will & Idea
$12.95 Add to cartThe nineteenth-century idealist philosopher and precursor of Freud
The World as Will and Idea (1819) holds that all nature, including man, is the expression of an insatiable will to life; that the tru- Series: Everyman Paperback Classics
- Author: Schopenhauer, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0460875051
- Language: English
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The Enlightenment: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartA foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers, scholars and opinion-formers. To many it remains the inspiration … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Robertson, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199591784
- Language: English
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Gnosis Volume I: Study and Commentaries on the Esoteric Tradition of Eastern Orthodoxy
$33.00 Add to cartBoris Mouravieff was an enigmatic ‘third man’, known to Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, who found and learned to practice what he clearly believed to be the complete system of which only ‘fragments’ had been
- Series: Gnosis, Exoteric Cycle
- Author: Mouravieff, Boris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: February 16 2015
- ISBN10: 1872292100
- Language: English
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Philosophy for Beginners
$14.95 Add to cartWhy does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What i
- Series: For Beginners (For Beginners)
- Author: Osborne, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 21 2007
- ISBN10: 1934389021
- Language: English
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Culture and Value
$14.00 Add to cartPeter Winch’s translation of Wittgenstein’s remarks on culture and value presents all entries chronologically, with the German text alongside the English and a subject index for reference.
“It was Wi- Author: Wittgenstein, Ludwig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 195
- Publish Date: May 15 1984
- ISBN10: 0226904350
- Language: English
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Hegel: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel’s life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some o… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #49
- Author: Singer, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 06 2001
- ISBN10: 019280197X
- Language: English
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Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric
$19.00 Add to cartFor more than two thousand years. Aristotle’s “Art of Rhetoric” has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhe… [more below]
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 12 2021
- ISBN10: 022678990X
- Language: English
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Freud And The Non-European
$19.95 Add to cartBanned by the Freud institute in Vienna, this controversial lecture eventually became Edward Said’s final book. Freud and the Non-European builds on Said’s abiding interest in the psychoanalyst’s work… [more below]
- Series: Radical Thinkers
- Author: Said, Edward W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1781681457
- Language: English
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Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
$31.99 Add to cartHere at last is a coherent, unintimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy. Written expressly for “anyone who believes there are big questions out there… [more below]
- Author: Blackburn, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 14 1999
- ISBN10: 0192100246
- Language: English
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One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
$13.00 Add to cart‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy’
What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over ete- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0241472865
- Language: English
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Critique of Practical Reason
$9.95 Add to cartThe second of Kant’s three critiques, Critique of Practical Reason forms the center of Kantian philosophy; published in 1788, it is bookended by his Critique of Pure Reason and Critique of Judgement. … [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy
- Author: Kant, Immanuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: February 02 2004
- ISBN10: 0486434451
- Language: English
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Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
$12.95 Add to cartSeminal work by great modern philosopher and mathematician focuses on certain issues of mathematical logic that Russell believed invalidated much traditional and contemporary philosophy. Topics includ… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Bertrand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 1993
- ISBN10: 0486277240
- Language: English
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Gorgias
$10.00 Add to cartTaking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates perennial questions about the nature of government and those who aspire to public office.
Are high moral s- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 155
- Publish Date: June 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0140449043
- Language: English
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Meetings with Remarkable Men
$16.99 Add to cartThese are the memoirs of the great mystic and teacher who inspired a generation of disciples and followers before, during and briefing after the Second World War. In Meetings With Remarkable Men Gurdj… [more below]
- Author: Gurdjieff, G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: April 05 2012
- ISBN10: 1607964228
- Language: English
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Basic Writings of Nietzsche
$30.00 Add to cartThis captivating collection brings together five of Friedrich Nietzche’s most important philosophical works, exploring themes such as nihilism, metaphysics, and the nature of morality–featuring an in… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: September 05 1992
- ISBN10: 0679600000
- Language: English
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Naming and Necessity
$59.92 Add to cart- Author: Kripke, Saul A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0631128018
- Language: English
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Defending Socrates
$35.00 Read moreThe modern world began with a critique of ancient philosophy as unscientific and in a decisive attempt to progress beyond it. Over time, however, the promises of the early modern philosophers have bec
- Author: Priou, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 0881469149
- Language: English
