Jonas Salzgeber, January 2019. Trade Paperback. "How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?" - Epictetus, Stoic philosopher Where can you find joy? Gain strength? How should we face our fears? Deal with the death of a loved one? And what about those reoccurring..... More
Penguin Classics, October 2006. Trade Paperback. A leading translation of Stoic philosophy in wise and practical aphorisms that have inspired Bill Clinton, Ryan Holiday, Anna Kendrick and many more. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 2021. Hardcover. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time. --Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four..... More
Princeton University Press, May 2022. Hardcover. The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life Scion of a distinguished line of Talmudic scholars, Jacob Taubes (1923-1987) was an intellectual impresario whose inner restlessness led him from prewar Vienna to Zurich, Israel, and Cold..... More
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
Random House, January 1962. Cloth. Complete four volume set. Octavo. No jackets as issued. Tan cloth with black & silver lettering. Heavy foxing, darkening to margins. Tanning to end pages. Front free end pages on all 4 volumes have inked previous owner's name and a previous dealer's rubber stamped address..... More
St Martins Press, March 1982. Paper Back. Octavo. Non-authorial inscription verso of front cover. [280 pages]. More
Gramercy Books, September 1999. Hardcover. What is logic? What were the most significant contributions of Kant, Plato and Descartes? What is the concept of yin and yang? The personalities, terminology, and definitions of philosophers and philosophical schools of thought are presented clearly in this unique A-to-Z reference guide. More
MJF Books, June 2000. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Cambridge University Press, February 2011. Trade Paperback. For thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the author has revised and updated all the chapters, and added a new chapter addressing climate change, one of the most important ethical challenges..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, December 1994. Hardcover. The Gambler's Fallacy, the Dirty Hands Argument, Pascal's Wager, Buridan's Ass, Wittgenstein's Beetle in the Box--philosophical terms can be both intriguing and baffling. Now, eminent philosopher Simon Blackburn offers the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of philosophy available in a single volume, packed..... More
Methuen young books, March 1987. Trade Paperback. More
New Falcon Publications, June 1993. Trade Paperback. Presents a collection of contemporary Zen parables. For the novice, this work is an introduction to the baffling world of meditation, Eastern thought and the galaxy of philosophies that make up the expanding horizon of human awareness, and for the veteran, it integrates..... More
Scribner Book Company, November 2002. Hardcover. In the tradition of The Art of Living and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations--a practical book of timeless advice from one of the most powerful individuals in history--available for the first time in a highly accessible translation, including several unique features for contemporary readers and users..... More
University Of Chicago Press, October 2007. Trade Paperback. The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or..... More
Oxford Univ Pr, April 2000. Trade Paperback. Norman Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. In addition to surveying the nature and development of Judaism, this Very Short Introduction outlines the basics of practical Judaism -- its festivals, prayers, customs, and..... More
Cascade Books, December 2013. Trade Paperback. According to Hebrews, the Son of God appeared to 'break the power of him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil--and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.' What does it mean to be..... More
Harvest Books, June 1971. Trade Paperback. "We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves." We hear often that love is patient and kind, not envious or prideful. We hear that human love is a reflection of divine love. We hear that..... More
Purdue University Press, June 1980. First Thus. Paper Back. In this work, Calvin O. Schrag addresses a widespread crisis in the current philosophies and sciences of man. He sees this crisis as resulting from a loss of center within the human sciences. Accelerated developments in the human sciences have produced..... More
Princeton University Press, January 1981. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. Richard Rorty, a Princeton professor who had contributed to the analytic tradition in philosophy, was now attempting to shrug off all the central problems with which it had long..... More
Seabury Press / A Continuum Book, December 1974. Paper Back. {5 & 1/4' x 8 & 1/4'} Octavo. Translation of 1967 collection of three essays, 'Zur Kritik der instrumentellen Vernunft. Aus den Vorträgen und Aufzeichnungen seit Kriegsende'. 'Frankfurt School of Philosophy' member Horkheimer was best known for his early analysis..... More
Duquesne University Press, January 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in well worn/edgeworn dustjacket with one-half inch closed tear top edge of rear DJ panel. Rubbing & light foxing to jacket recto. Heavy foxing & tanning to jacket verso. Front flap is not clipped. Dijon colored cloth covered boards with black..... More
Watkins Publishing, November 2016. Hardcover. This eye-opening collection of texts sheds light on the esoteric knowledge of Gnosticism, revealing intimate conversations between Jesus and his Disciples In 1945, several gospels, hidden since the first century, were found in the Egyptian Desert at Nag Hammadi. This discovery caused a sensation as..... More
Vintage, January 1979. Trade Paperback. Underlining. More
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988. Reprint. Soft Cover. The second volume of Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling contains Part IV of the six parts which will eventually compose Susanne Langer's masterwork. It confronts the crucial issue of The Great Shift from animal to man. Octavo. 4th paperback printing. Clean..... More
