Consolations of Philosophy
Pantheon Books, January 2000. Trade Paperback. More
Philosophy
The Communicative Body: Studies in Communicative Philosophy, Politics, and Sociology (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Northwestern University Press, July 1989. Trade Paperback. This collection of essays on communicative theory and praxis from the eminent Merleau-Ponty scholar and translator John O'Neill explores the thesis that the human body is the exemplary ground of all other communicative processes. A very crisp, clean copy. More
Hume: Moral Philosophy (Hackett Classics)
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
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Other Press, October 2010. Hardcover. Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love such questions arise in most people s lives. They are all versions of a bigger..... More
The Future for Philosophy
Clarendon Press, September 2006. Trade Paperback. A stellar selection of the world's most eminent philosophers give a picture of the current state of their subject, where it is going, and where it ought to be steered. Each offers a penetrating analysis of his or her particular specialism, building a volume..... More
Eros and Civilization
Beacon, December 1974. Trade Paperback. In this classic work, Herbert Marcuse takes as his starting point Freud's statement that civilization is based on the permanent subjugation of the human instincts, his reconstruction of the prehistory of mankind - to an interpretation of the basic trends of western civilization, stressing the..... More
Philosophy in Britain Today
State University of New York Press, November 1986. Paper Back. These essays offer a fascinating and lively synopsis of the work of some of the most important thinkers in Britain today. The authors represent a wide cross-section of BritainÕs current philosophical spectrum, resulting in a stimulating intellectual profile of the..... More
The Many Faces of Philosophy: Reflections from Plato to Arendt
Oxford University Press, July 2004. Paper Back. Philosophy is a dangerous profession, risking censorship, prison, even death. And no wonder: philosophers have questioned traditional pieties and threatened the established political order. Some claimed to know what was thought unknowable; others doubted what was believed to be certain. Some attacked religion..... More
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Liveright, April 2013. Trade Paperback. Tackling the darkest question in all of philosophy with raffish erudition (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway bestseller, which has captured the imagination of critics and the..... More
Philosophy Bites
Oxford University Press, USA, September 2010. Reprint. Cloth. What does Anthony Grayling think about atheism? Adrian Moore about infinity? For the last three years, some of the world's leading philosophers have held forth on their favorite topics on the immensely popular website philosophybites.com. The site now features more than one..... More
The Mystery of Things
Orion Publishing, October 2004. Paper Back. Following the huge success of THE MEANING OF THINGS and THE REASON OF THINGS, a third collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher. 'Human genius has done much, and promises much, in the way of removing the mystery from many things in our..... More
Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue
Oxford University Press, USA, September 2001. Reprint. Hardcover. Reverence is an ancient virtue dating back thousands of years. It survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of behavior and in the vestiges of old ceremonies. Yet, Paul Woodruff says, we have lost sight of reverence. Like an important engine part that..... More
Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time (Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy, 5)
Princeton University Press, May 2015. Trade Paperback. Philosophical foundations of the physics of space-time This concise book introduces nonphysicists to the core philosophical issues surrounding the nature and structure of space and time, and is also an ideal resource for physicists interested in the conceptual foundations of space-time theory. Tim..... More
Reading Deconstruction-Deconstructive Reading
University Press of Kentucky, June 1983. Trade Paperback. Deconstruction -- a mode of close reading associated with the contemporary philosopher Jacques Derrida and other members of the "Yale School" -- is the current critical rage, and is likely to remain so for some time. Reading Deconstruction / Deconstructive Reading offers..... More
Descartes (Collector's Library Essential Thinkers)
Barnes & Noble Collector's Library, January 2004. Cloth. Beautiful pocket sized book bound in royal blue cloth with gilt edged pages and a sewn in silk bookmark. More
On Certainty/Uber Gewissheit
Harpercollins, June 1986. Trade Paperback. The volume is full of thought-provoking insight which will prove a stimulus both to further study and to scholarly disagreement. More
Politics
OH Editions, November 2022. Unknown. Aristotle is a titan of classic philosophy, and one of the most-recognised thinkers in global history. In Politics, Aristotle examines government, politics and how societies are run - from households to city states - and establishes how successful constitutions can best be initiated and upheld..... More
What Is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live
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
Meaning of Life
Oxford University Press, USA, May 2007. Hardcover. The phrase the meaning of life for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited Very Short Introduction, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question..... More
Art, Perception, and Reality
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
The Story of Thought: The Essential Guide to the History of Western Philosophy
The Quality Paperback Bookclub, January 1998. Oversize Softcover. More
The Origins of Intellect: Piaget's Theory
W. H. Freeman & Co, January 1975. Trade Paperback. More
Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?
Viking, November 2022. Hardcover. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller outlines the reasons why forgiveness has to be a central part of everyone's lives. Forgiving anyone in a meaningful way is one of the hardest things a person has to do. If you do not, resentment and..... More
Fear And Trembling
Penguin Group USA Inc, May 2006. Mass Market PaperBack. The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great..... More
The Rhetoric of Aristotle
Pearson, August 1960. Trade Paperback. This translation of Aristotle's work is accompanied by an introduction, an analysis of the treatise, quotations from famous speeches illustrative of Aristotle's precepts, and a list of useful and handy reference books. As is. Creased cover. More
