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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Paperback. Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802552
ISBN
9780192802552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. This introduction introduces Hobbes' main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes' philosophy. Series: The Routledge Philosophers. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415283281
ISBN
9780415283281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.17

Hardback. Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher. His work excited intense controversy among his contemporaries and continues to do so in our own time. Series: Polity Classic Thinkers Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648811
ISBN
9780745648811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher. His work excited intense controversy among his contemporaries and continues to do so in our own time. Series: Polity Classic Thinkers Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648828
ISBN
9780745648828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.17

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107153790
ISBN
9781107153790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.59

Hardback. Thomas Hobbes remains one of the most controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. This book argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139807
ISBN
9780691139807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.66

Paperback. This text examines the scientific premises and theoretical bases and the religious, ethical, and political consequences of Hobbes' theory of volition. In this study, the author reveals Hobbes' philosophical and theological assumptions in order to resolve social and ethical dilemmas. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847696499
ISBN
9780847696499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.18

Paperback. Thomas Hobbes is one of the foremost British philosophers. This title covers those areas of philosophy where Hobbes is a key player: metaphysics; epistemology; moral philosophy; political philosophy; the philosophy of religion. It explores Hobbes' philosophical method and offers an account of the historical background to Hobbes' thought. Series: Guides for the Perplexed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826488381
ISBN
9780826488381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.63

hardcover. Holy Scripture Speaks reveals the rich complexity of the literary, theological, and cultural dimensions of Erasmus' Paraphrases on the New Testament and indicates future directions that research in this area should take. Editor(s): Pabel, Hilmar M.; Vessey, Mark. Series: Erasmus Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HPCB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036421
ISBN
9780802036421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.74

Paperback. This translation contains Agamben's recent thinking on some concrete, ethical and political conclusions concerning the state of society today and the place of the individual within it. The work draws both on classical traditions and the philosophy of Foucault and Schmitt. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732185
ISBN
9780804732185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Hardback. One of Italy's most original philosophers aims to connect the problem of pure possibility, potentiality, and power with the problem of political and social ethics in a context where the latter has lost its previous religious, metaphysical, and cultural grounding. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732178
ISBN
9780804732178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

Paperback. In March of 1980, Le Nouvel Observateur published the final interviews between the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, then blind and debilitated, and his young assistant, Benny Levy. This work places the interviews in biographical and philosophical perspective to demonstrate how they confirm and contribute to Sartre's overall philosophy. Translator(s): Van den Hoven, Adrian. Num Pages: 142 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226476315
ISBN
9780226476315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.97

Hardback. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144568
ISBN
9780231144568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.12
€ 79.64

Hardback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511507
ISBN
9780742511507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.10

Paperback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511514
ISBN
9780742511514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816526499
ISBN
9780816526499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.46

Paperback. Plato's dialogues show Socrates at different ages, beginning when he was about nineteen and already deeply immersed in philosophy and ending with his execution five decades later. Offering an analysis of Plato's "Protagoras, Charmides, and Republic", this book charts Socrates' discovery of a proper politics to shelter and advance philosophy. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226006284
ISBN
9780226006284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Hardcover. Plato's dialogues show Socrates at different ages, beginning when he was about nineteen and already deeply immersed in philosophy and ending with his execution five decades later. This title investigates the evolution of Socrates' philosophy. It charts Socrates' gradual discovery of a proper politics to shelter and advance philosophy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470962
ISBN
9780226470962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.65
€ 79.17

paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961063
ISBN
9780241961063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

hardcover. Translator(s): Freeman, Philip. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167701
ISBN
9780691167701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.09

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