Weidenfeld & Nicolson, January 2003. Hardcover. A.C. Grayling examines the different ways to live a good life, as proposed from classical antiquity to the recent present. Grayling focuses on the two very different conceptions of what a good life should be: one is a broadly secular view rooted in attitudes..... More
Penguin USA, March 1990. Trade Paperback. In these two devastating late works, Nietzsche offers a powerful attack on the morality and the beliefs of his time Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols is a 'grand declaration of war' on reason, psychology and theology, which combines highly charged personal attacks on his..... More
The MIT Press, October 1985. Paper Back. The essays in this collection provide an unusually intense portrait of a society and an age. They offer penetrating insights into past and present developments in Germany, shedding new light on that society and our own. In mid 1978, German philosopher Jürgen Habermas..... More
Penguin Books, May 1990. Trade Paperback. More
Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1989. First Thus. Soft Cover. Octavo. First paperback edition. Creased front cover. Darkened margins & textblock edges of interior pages. [311 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, USA, November 1991. Paper Back. Founders of Thought offers introductions to three of the most influential intellects of classical antiquity: Plato, whose dialogues form the basis of the study of logic, metaphysics, and moral and political philosophy; Aristotle, polymath, tutor of Alexander the Great and "master of..... More
Penguin Books, January 1985. Paper Back. Moderate shelf wear and creasing to cover. More
Free Press, February 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Stating that the world after September 11 is facing a new struggle between America and its allies and the Islamic nations, a controversial argument for brute force contends that America's adversaries cannot be addressed through diplomatic means. First edition with full number line..... More
Blackwell Pub, October 1989. Trade Paperback. In this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience. More
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, June 2000. Trade Paperback. This book explores what anyone interested in ethics can draw from Heidegger's thinking. Heidegger argues for the radical finitude of being. But finitude is not only an ontological matter; it is also located in ethical life. Moral matters are responses to finite..... More
Open Court, January 1999. Paper Back. To many, a Nietzschean defense of democracy may seem oxymoronic, but Hatab squarely confronts the staunchly antidemocratic tendencies in Nietzsche's writings and offers a surprisingly convincing critique of them based on other aspects of Nietzsche's thought. All who are indebted to Nietzsche for their..... More
Meridian Books, January 1967. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. Rubbing and scuff marks to cover front and back. First inside page previous dealer's stamp and the names of two previous ownere/. [477 pages and eight page list of Meridian titles then available} Sticker residue front cover. More
Totem Books, November 2001. Trade Paperback. A new edition of Wittgenstein for Beginners, originally published in 1994. Aimed at anyone baffled by the complexity of Wittgensteins' works or intrigued by his reputation but too daunted to have read him will find in this text an ideal introduction to this 20th..... More
Totem Books, November 2001. Trade Paperback. A new edition of Wittgenstein for Beginners, originally published in 1994. Aimed at anyone baffled by the complexity of Wittgensteins' works or intrigued by his reputation but too daunted to have read him will find in this text an ideal introduction to this 20th..... More
Dover, 1956. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Octavo. Mild dust staining. Heavily darkened & stained top textblock edge. Front & rear covers curling at fore-edge side. {477 pages + xxxix}. More
Harpercollins, September 1989. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Flawless copy. [155 pages]. More
Harper & Row, 1979, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Octavos all. Four volume set in good/very good dustjacket. Mildly bumped upper corners of volume one. Black cloth covered boards with silver lettering along spine. First US editions all. Mildly edgeworn jackets. Front flaps corners clipped volume four. Other..... More
Northwestern University Press, January 1993. Paper Back. In 1966-1967 Martin Heidegger and Eugen Fink conducted an extraordinary seminar on the fragments of Heraclitus. Heraclitus Seminar records those conversations, documenting the imaginative and experimental character of the multiplicity of interpretations offered and providing an invaluable portrait of Heidegger involved in active..... More
Doubleday Anchor, 1958. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. A Doubleday Anchor mass market paperback with mild edgewear and flaking. Darkened spine and margins. Binding has been reinforced with tape (browning with age) at gutter of title page. Dust stains to textblock edges. A handful of dark splotches along fore-edge. Some scribbled..... More
Broadview Press, December 2010. Trade Paperback. With the publication of Leviathan, in the midst of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes alienated himself from both sides of the war, by arguing against the divine right of kings (to the dismay of Royalists) but in favour of absolute monarchy (to the..... More
Penguin Books, August 1980. Reprint. Paper Back. 3rd printing. Mass market paperback. [331 pages plus three pages of then currently available Pelican titles.}. More
St. Martin's Press, 1983. First American. Hardcover. Solid binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy green boards w/ immaculate gilt at spine; Previous owner initials present at front free end-page; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket near fine, housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An excellent copy..... More
Free Press, January 1970. Reprint. Paper Back. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three philosophers named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. Whether or not these names reference specific philosophers, ancient or otherwise, remains a topic..... More
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., December 2006. Trade Paperback. A genuine understanding of Hume's extraordinarily rich, important, and influential moral philosophy requires familiarity with all of his writings on vice and virtue, the passions, the will, and even judgments of beauty--and that means familiarity not only with large portions of A...... More
