Aristotle in Late Antiquity (STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY)
Catholic Univ of Amer Pr, April 1994. Hardcover. Previous owner's named inked on front pastedown. More
Catholic Univ of Amer Pr, April 1994. Hardcover. Previous owner's named inked on front pastedown. More
Cornell Univ Pr, March 1990. Hardcover. Previous owner's name inked on front pastedown. Back of the dust jacket and some pages slightly soiled/stained. More
Gerald Duckworth, June 1979. Paper Back. Shelf wear to the cover. Previous owner's name inked/stamped inside front cover. Underlining on several pages. More
Cambridge University Press, October 1992. Hardcover. Plato stands as the fount of our philosophical tradition, being the first Western thinker to produce a body of writing that touches upon a wide range of topics still discussed by philosophers today. In a sense he invented philosophy as a distinct subject, for..... More
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Bristol Classical Press. Hardcover. Aristotle's Physics is about the causes of motion and culminates in a proof that God is needed as the ultimate cause of motion. Aristotle argues that things in motion need to be moved by something other than themselves - he rejects Plato's self-movers. On pain of..... More
Springer, December 1988. Hardcover. Roman Ingarden's very extensive philosophical work in metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, and aesthetics con tinues to attract increasing attention both in Poland and in North America. Further work left uncompleted at his death is appearing. Major bibliographies of his work as well as of studies about his..... More
Clarendon Press, November 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. This volume contains papers by a group of leading experts on Aristotle and the later Aristotelian tradition--Neoplatonism. The discussion ranges from Aristotle's treatment of Parmenides, the most important pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, to Neoplatonic and medieval use of Aristotle. There are contributions on physics..... More
Oxford University Press, February 2006. Paper Back. Oxford Studies in Epistemology is a major new biennial volume offering a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this important field. Under the guidance of a distinguished editorial board composed of leading philosophers in North America, Europe, and Australasia, it will publish exemplary..... More
Cornell Univ Pr, April 1987. Hardcover. Previous owner's name inked on front pastedown. Some pages lightly soiled. More
Bristol Classical Press, January 1987. Hardcover. Jacket spine creased. Small tear on front fold of dust jacket. Previous owner name inked on front pastedown. Foxing on top and leading edges of text block. More
The Open Court Publishing Company, 1962. Hardcover. More
Bantam, August 1983. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Vintage, March 2001. Trade Paperback. From the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this remarkable new book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles. Solace for the broken heart can be..... More
Vintage, March 2001. Trade Paperback. From the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this remarkable new book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles. Solace for the broken heart can be..... More
The MIT Press, April 2020. Paper Back. A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly--"I hate to be a cynic, but..."--before making their pronouncements. Narrowly..... More
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Penguin Classics, August 1976. Trade Paperback. An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius was also an exceptional Greek scholar, and it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he fell from favor and was imprisoned in Pavia. Written in the period leading up to his..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), July 1977. Trade Paperback. Mild wear; heavy ink underlining. More
Focus, 2006. Trade Paperback. In this, the fullest attempt in English at a sustained interpretation of Aristotle's Poetics this century, Stephen Halliwell demonstrates that the Poetics, despite its laconic brevity, contains a coherent statement of a challenging theory of poetic art, as well as hints towards a theory of mimetic..... More
Oxford University Press, January 1975. Paper Back. More
Oxford University Press, USA, April 1998. Paper Back. The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human societies are organized and governed. By examining the..... More
Oxford University Press, March 1976. Paper Back. A few pages have underlining and cover shows some wear. More
Oxford University Press, USA, July 1998. Trade Paperback. This revised translation of Aristotle's classic treatise contains all ten books of his vastly influential work of moral philosophy. Founded on the famous doctrine of the golden mean, which advocates taking the middle course between excess and deficiency, the book offers an..... More
University of Chicago Press, October 1985. Paper Back. This new translation of one of the fundamental texts of Western political thought combines strict fidelity to Aristotle's Greek with a contemporary English prose style. Lord's intention throughout is to retain Aristotle's distinctive style. The accompanying notes provide literary and historical references..... More
Franklin, January 1984. Leather. Full leather. Gilt edges. Moire endpapers. Silk ribbon place marker. More
Macmillan, April 1977. Hardcover. More
Routledge, November 1994. Trade Paperback. This collection of Bertrand Russell's essays is available in paperback for the first time since its publication in 1961. Its first section deals with the books which influenced Russell in his youth. The works of Shelley, Turgenev, Ibsen and Gibbon are among those selected for..... More
George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1954. Hardcover. Jacket has several small tears and previous owner's sticker adhered to the spine. More
W.W. Norton, January 1928. Hardcover. Second printing. More
Brill, 1988. First Edition. Paper Back. Some wear to the cover and spine. More
Bristol Classical Press, June 1999. Hardcover. The first five chapters of Aristotle's De Generatione et Corruptione distinguish creation and destruction from mere qualitative change and from growth. They include a fascinating debate about the atomists' analysis of creation and destruction as due to the rearrangement of indivisible atoms. Aristotle's rival..... More
Dover Publications, June 1955. Trade Paperback. "An excellent, discerning introduction. It should prove a real boon to the student of Peirce." -- The Modern Schoolman Charles S. Peirce was a thinker of great originality and power. Although unpublished in his lifetime, he was recognized as an equal by such men..... More
Viking Press, May 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition in very good dustjacket. Not price clipped. Original U.S. price on jacket flap, $4.95. Quarter bound: black cloth covered spine with foil stamped lettering in turquoise & cerulean blue & carolina blue paper cover board lightly faded at edges. Boards..... More
Bloomsbury Academic, August 2020. Paper Back. Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the history of philosophy providing a witty and compelling commentary along the way. This entertaining and illuminating collection of quotes doesn't merely list who said what and when..... More
Open Court Classics, 1966. Trade Paperback. Sunned spine; foxing to textblock edges. Shelfworn with one small chip bottom edge front wrapper. More
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd., December 1991. Hardcover. Closed tear running along front of dust jacket to the front fold. Previous owner name inked on front pastedown. More
State University of New York Press, May 2005. Hardcover. This original contribution to the ethical and political significance of philosophy addresses a number of major themes--identity, violence, the erotic, freedom, responsibility, religious belief, globalization--and critically engages with the work of Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Derrida, and Levinas. It promotes a unique..... More
Harper Collophon Books, January 1974. Paper Back. Clean, sound copy with tanning/darkening of margins. More
Consortium Book Sales & Dist, May 2006. Trade Paperback. In this scathingly funny satire, one of France's leading philosophers observes that modern society is burdened by numerous questions of how to care for the elderly. How to pay for their staggering medical bills? How to ensure their conscientious treatment? How..... More
Cambridge University Press, September 1995. Hardcover. This book is concerned chiefly with theories about learning in the history of philosophy, especially ancient philosophy. One of the main questions is: does our knowledge arise just out of experience or do we have some innate knowledge as well? The book is original..... More
Bristol Classical Press, January 1989. Hardcover. Spine slightly cocked. Small tear on rear fold of dust jacket. Previous owner name on front pastedown. More
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Harpercollins, March 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. In 1766 Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- philosopher, novelist, composer, educational and political provocateur -- was on the run from intolerance, persecution, and enemies who decried him as a madman, dangerous to society. David Hume, now recognized as the foremost philosopher in the English language, was..... More
Penguin Press, August 2020. Hardcover. A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassirer, major philosophers whose ideas shaped the twentieth century The year is 1919. The horror of the First World War is still fresh for the protagonists of Time of..... More
SUNY Press, July 1995. Paper Back. Through the skillful use of a great variety of literary genres, this book explores the intimate relation and tension between religion and spirituality, evoking a wide range of responses that may awaken one to various possibilities of spiritual experience. More
Hackett Publishing Company, December 1985. Trade Paperback. "Judicious in every respect: selection, translation and structuring of the texts, footnotes, bibliography, and index. . . . The book of choice for undergraduate courses." --Edward M. Galligan, University of North Carolina. As is. Edges of the jacket taped. More
The MIT Press, August 2020. Paper Back. A concise and accessible introduction to phenomenology, which investigates the experience of experience. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a concise and accessible introduction to phenomenology, a philosophical movement that investigates the experience of experience. Founded by Edmund Husserl..... More
Vintage, April 1982. Mass Market PaperBack. Darkening to textblock edges & to margins of pages. Overall good+/very good. (299 pages). More
Hackett Pub Co Inc, June 1979. Trade Paperback. A model of what an edition of a philosohic text for an introductory level should be. Introduction does an admirable job of putting Berkeley's thought in the intellectual context of its time. --Gary C. Hatfield. More
Zero Books, November 2010. Trade Paperback. These writings chart Harman's rise from Chicago sportswriter to co-founder of one of Europe's most promising philosophical movements - Speculative Realism. This collection of essays and lectures show the evolution of his object-oriented metaphysics from its early days into an increasingly developed philosophical position..... 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
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Knopf, October 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Having outlined a theory of bullshit and falsehood, Harry G. Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: the truth, a concept not as obvious as some might expect.Our culture's devotion to bullshit may seem much stronger than our apparently halfhearted attachment to truth. Some..... More
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Liberty Classics, August 1978. Paper Back. A work that includes statement on the role of the state. More
Portfolio, September 2020. Hardcover. Instant New York Times Advice & Business Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller! A New York Times Noteworthy Pick and a stellar work by Publishers Weekly From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of..... More
University of Nebraska Press, January 1994. Trade Paperback. The search for God is dictated not from without but from a profound sense of one's own moral being and worthiness to be happy. The core of Immanuel Kant's argument remains relevant to the experience of ordinary men and women. He wished..... More
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Modern Library #181, January 1928. Cloth. Grey cloth with gold lettering in black square. Previous owner's name inked. Edgeworn jacket. More
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd., December 1992. Hardcover. Is there such a thing as three-dimensional space? Is space inert or dynamic? Is the division of time into past, present and future real? Does the whole of time exist all at once? Does it progress smoothly or by discontinuous leaps? Simplicius..... More
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Philosophical Library, January 1949. Hardcover. Dust jacket is shelf worn and faded. More
Univ Of Minnesota Press, September 1990. Trade Paperback. Moderate shelf wear on the jacket. As is. Underlining and notes in pen. More
New American Library, September 1950. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Hairline scar running from spine to front cover. Lamination slightly coming up at leading corners of front cover. Also previous owner's spine label. Colors remain bright, with tight binding. More
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Cambridge University Press, July 1990. Hardcover. In the works of Sextus Empiricus, scepticism is presented in its most elaborate and challenging form. This book investigates - both from an exegetical and from a philosophical point of view - the chief argumentative forms which ancient scepticism developed. Thus the particular focus..... More
Pantheon, November 2020. Hardcover. A thoughtful, eloquent meditation on bringing adventure and exploration into your daily life, from the author of Silence and Walking Erling Kagge is an explorer par excellence. He has accomplished things that most of us can't even imagine--for example: he's climbed Mount Everest and reached both..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, October 1978. Trade Paperback. A refreshing approach to the study of major Western philosophers. Introductory essays by noted scholars enliven each volume with insights into the human side of the great thinkers, and provide authoritative discussions of the historical background, evolution, and imporace of their ideas..... More
Princeton University Press, April 1983. Trade Paperback. Presented here in a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, Fear and Trembling and Repetition are the most poetic and personal of Søren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous writings. Published in 1843 and written under the names Johannes de Silentio and Constantine Constantius..... More
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Basic Books, December 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Lakoff and Johnson show that a philosophy responsible to the science of mind offers radically new and detailed understandings of what a person is. After first describing the philosophical stance that must follow from taking cognitive science seriously, they re-examine the basic concepts..... More
Duquesne University Press, November 2003. Trade Paperback. Reading texts by Descartes, Husserl, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty and Levinas, David Michael Levin continues his questioning of the moral character and enlightenment-potential of our culturally dominant mode of perception, using vision and the philosophical discourse vision has generated as the site..... More
Cambridge University Press, January 1987. Hardcover. This comprehensive sourcebook makes available in the original Latin and Greek the principal extant texts required for the study of the Stoic, Epicurean and skeptical schools of philosophy. The material is organized by schools, and within each school topics are treated thematically. The volume..... More
Edinburgh University Press, September 2008. Paper Back. Louise Cummings provides a comprehensive introduction to speech and language therapy which will give SLT students an excellent starting point for a wide range of communication impairments. The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists estimates that 2.5 million people in the UK..... More
Cambridge University Press, April 1995. Hardcover. There have been many recent books on Aristotle's theory of substance. This one is distinct from previous efforts in several ways. First, it offers a completely new and coherent interpretation of Aristotle's claim that substances are separate: substances turn out to be specimens of..... More
University of Minnesota Press, 1997. Soft Cover. 11th printing. Clean, sound. Mild wear to wrapper. Text is without markings. No underling. No side-notes. Etc. Gently read. More
Cengage Learning, October 1999. Trade Paperback. This brief text assists students in understanding Hobbes' philosophy and thinking so that they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the "Wadsworth Philosophers Series," (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles..... More
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Blackwell Pub, February 1992. Hardcover. The Concept of Time presents the reconstructed text of a lecture delivered by Martin Heidegger to the Marburg Theological Society in 1924. It offers a fascinating insight into the developmental years leading up to the publication, in 1927, of his magnum opus Being and Time..... More
Indiana University Press, April 1997. Hardcover. Reconstructs Martin Heidegger's lecture course at the University of Marburg, devoted to an interpretation of Plato's Sophist and Aristotle. The lectures approach Plato through a detailed reading of the Nichomachean Ethics, providing one of Heidegger's major interpretations of Aristotle. More
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Harvard University Press, July 1967. Paper Back. This reader consists of 90 selections illustrating the history of Rome from the myth of Aeneas to the founding of the Augustan Principate. The selections have been chosen with three aims in mind: gradual increase in length and difficulty, continuity of subject matter..... More
Humanities Press, January 1995. First Edition. Cloth. This study analyzes the representation of persuasion in pre-Platonic Greek texts, particularly Homer's Iliad. It treats the notion of persuasion in Homer in a detailed and systematic way, including drawing on specific features of contemporary philosophy in order to interpret ancient Greek texts..... More
Hackett Publishing Company, September 2003. Trade Paperback. Under the pretense of defending an obscure treatise by a Catalan theologian, Sebond, Montaigne attacks the philosophers who attempt rational explanations of the universe and argues for a skeptical Christianity based squarely on faith rather than reason. The result is the Apology for..... More
University Of Chicago Press, June 1989. Paper Back. More
McGraw Hill, January 1967. Paper Back. Mild user wear. Foxing to textblock top edge & fore-edge. A few small stained spots. Interior text is without markings or side notes. More
State University of New York P, January 2006. Trade Paperback. Virtue ethics has been a major focus in contemporary moral philosophy since the publication of Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue. Here, in The Virtue of Nonviolence, Nicholas F. Gier argues that virtue ethics is the best option for constructive postmodern..... More
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Thomas Dunne Books, September 2020. Hardcover. A collection of answers to the philosophical questions on people's minds--from the big to the personal to the ones you didn't know you needed answered. Based on real-life questions from his Ask a Philosopher series, Ian Olasov offers his answers to questions such as..... More
Writers & Readers Publishing, February 1993. Trade Paperback. A witty illustrated introduction to Western philosophy samples the wisdom of 2,500 philosophers, offering definitions of such terms as Platonic forms and Irrationalism. By the author of Society and Sociology of Literature. Original. More
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Cornell University Press, February 1993. Hardcover. Small patch of discoloration on front end of dust jacket. Foxing on top edge of text block. More
University Of Chicago Press, February 1994. Hardcover. Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's lucid translation complete with a useful chronology and analytical bibliography at last makes this book available..... More
Yale University Press, August 1993. Paper Back. R. E. Allen's superb new translation of Plato's Symposium brings this classic text to life for modern readers. Allen supplements his translation with a commentary that not only enriches our understanding of Plato's philosophy and the world of Greek antiquity but also provides..... More