Princeton University Press, 1990. Paper Back. Essays by Julius Baum, C. G. Jung, C. Kerényi, Hans Leisegang, Paul Masson-Oursel, Fritz Meier, Jean de Menasce, Georges Nagel, Walter F. Otto, Max Pulver, Hugo Rahner, Paul Schmitt, and Walter Wili. {6' x 9'} Bollingen Series XXX. 'This is the second volume of..... More
Collier Books, 1972. Mass Market PaperBack. Bookstore stamp for the Bargain Bookshelf in Decatur, GA stamped on inside front cover; some page yellowing an shelf wear/bumping as would be expected from age. More
Zone Books (NY), April 1990. Reprint. Oversize Softcover. The forty-eight essays and photographic dossiers in these three volumes examine the history of the human body as a field where life and thought intersect. They show how different cultures at different times have entwined physical capacities and mental mechanisms in order..... More
Zone Books, April 1990. Trade Paperback. The forty-eight essays and photographic dossiers in these three volumes examine the history of the human body as a field where life and thought intersect. They show how different cultures at different times have entwined physical capacities and mental mechanisms in order to construct..... More
Oxford Univ Press, January 1970. Paper Back. Covers and spine mildly worn from use; Spine un-creased; Previous owner initials present at front free end-page; Text free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Harper Perennial, December 2011. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER "The most succinct and accessible overview of philosophy I have come across, and perfect for anyone who wants to dip their toe into the waters of philosophy without drowning in intimidating prose." ?Matt Haig, Washington Post From the timeless wisdom of the..... More
Verso, September 1993. Trade Paperback. Modern philosophy of science has paid great attention to the understanding of scientific 'practice', in contrast to concentration on scientific 'method'. Paul Feyerabend's acclaimed work, which has contributed greatly to this new emphasis, shows the deficiencies of some widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge..... More
Oxford University Press, January 1966. Paper Back. Lightly used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine lightly worn from use; Spine top corner bumped; Previous owner initials present at half title; Text free of markings; An excellent reading copy. More
Seabury Press, January 1976. Cloth. More
Random House Inc, December 1984. Trade Paperback. Selections of the noted philosopher's work from each of the disciplines that he has influenced - ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology. More
Image Books, January 1963. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with slight wear. Previous reader's name written in ink first page inside. [239 pages]. More
Paragon House, June 1998. Hardcover. Traces the life of the renowned Jewish religious philosopher, discussing his youth, his education in turn-of-the-century Vienna, his Zionism, and the impact of world politics on his life and thought. 2nd printing; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very..... More
Basic Books, December 1994. Trade Paperback. Using newly available documentary evidence in diaries and letters, the authors present a startling new view of one of the legenday sexual and intellectual partnerships of the 20th century--the relationship between the matriarch of modern feminism and and father of existentialism. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, March 2007. Trade Paperback. A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie..... More
Quill, 1983. Trade Paperback. Previous owner's name. More
Oxford University Press, USA, December 2010. Trade Paperback. Life throws ethical questions at us every day, some momentous and difficult, some fairly trivial and easily worked out. To help the average person deal with such puzzling issues, the website AskPhilosophers.org brings together a panel of distinguished philosophers who use their..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, December 2006. Paper Back. Moral problems do not always come in the form of great social controversies. More often, the moral decisions we make are made quietly, constantly, and within the context of everyday activities and quotidian dilemmas. Indeed, these smaller decisions are based on a...... More
The MIT Press, September 2019. Trade Paperback. An examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters. When someone is labeled a nihilist, it's not usually meant as a compliment. Most of us associate nihilism with destructiveness and violence. Nihilism means, literally, "an ideology of nothing. "..... More
Yale University Press, September 1959. Trade Paperback. More
Wiley-Blackwell, February 1996. Trade Paperback. This lucid and accessible dictionary presents technical terms that Wittgenstein introduced into philosophical debate or transformed substantially, and also topics to which he made a substantial contribution. Hans-Johann Glock places Wittgenstein's ideas in their relevance to current debates. The entries delineate Wittgenstein's lines of argument..... More
Johns Hopkins University Press, September 1973. Trade Paperback. In Art, Perception, and Reality three eminent scholars explore questions relating to the nature of representation in art. Art historian E. H. Gombrich asks how we recognize likeness--in portraits or caricatures for instance--and concludes that we do so by empathy. Psychologist Julian..... More
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, June 1983. Trade Paperback. De Amicitia includes an introduction that places the work in historical perspective, full vocabulary, biographical index, notes, and illustrations. More
University of Chicago Press, September 2007. Cloth. On the surface, stoicism and emotion seem like contradictory terms. Yet the Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome were deeply interested in the emotions, which they understood as complex judgments about what we regard as valuable in our surroundings. Stoicism and Emotion..... More
Orion Publishing, October 2006. Hardcover. ""Grief and loneliness, depression, despair and failurethose things . . . are the common human lot at least at times in all our lives."" Yet it is philosophy which, while not providing an answer to these problems, can enable us to prepare for them, and..... More
Bloomsbury Paperbacks, May 2011. Trade Paperback. "The means of defence against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." James Madison Our societies, says Anthony Grayling, are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments' attempts to fight that threat by..... More
