History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
paperback. In one of his last books, Leo Strauss examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at 11 plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777191
- ISBN
- 9780226777191
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Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Paperback. What kind of literature is the Talmud? This title suggests that both the Platonic and the Talmudic dialogues are not dialogic at all. It singles out Menippean satire as the most important genre through which to understand both the Talmud and Plato, emphasizing their seriocomic peculiarity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069173
- ISBN
- 9780226069173
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Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585103621
- ISBN
- 9781585103621
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.52
€ 25.99
€ 19.52
Paperback. "Socrates in The Apology: An Essay on Plato's Apology of Socrates". Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872200883
- ISBN
- 9780872200883
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.75
€ 25.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551110936
- ISBN
- 9781551110936
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.38
€ 50.99
€ 36.38
Paperback. In this section-by-section commentary, Benardete argues that Plato's Republic is a holistic analysis of the beautiful, the good, and the just. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practised by Plato and Socrates. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 figures. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042442
- ISBN
- 9780226042442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Prometheus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032843
- ISBN
- 9781591025016
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This long-awaited study of the most enigmatic figure of Greek philosophy reclaims Socrates' originality. Num Pages: 348 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521314503
- ISBN
- 9780521314503
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 51.31
€ 53.99
€ 51.31
Paperback. Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, this book details the final plea of author's beloved mentor. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397641
- ISBN
- 9780141397641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.40
€ 5.40
Paperback. Takes issue with those who would reduce citizenship to community involvement or to political participation for its own sake. This book argues that we need to place more value on a form of conscientious, moderately alienated citizenship invented by Socrates. one that is critical in orientation and dissident in practice. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086934
- ISBN
- 9780691086934
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Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
paperback. A new, expanded, and reorganized edition of a collection of texts that present a fuller scope to Guattari's thinking from 1977 to 1985. Editor(s): Lotringer, Sylvere. Translator(s): Wiener, Chet; Wittman, Prof. Emily O. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350736
- ISBN
- 9781584350736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.34
€ 24.99
€ 18.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HPCF3; JKV; LNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679591
- ISBN
- 9780816679591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.06
€ 37.06
Hardback. The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. In this book, the author reveals the surprising extent to which Newton, Boyle, Locke, and other giants of rational thought and empiricism also embraced the spiritual, the magical, and the occult. Num Pages: 412 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPCD1; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 40. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123586
- ISBN
- 9780300123586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.49
€ 57.49
Offers two complementary works, unabridged, in modernised, annotated texts. Suitable for classroom use, this title provides an introduction, a note on the texts, and a select bibliography. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203358
- ISBN
- 9780872203358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.34
€ 53.99
€ 38.34
Hardback. Someone called Jacques Derrida, someone called him on the phone, someone who was dead - this was August 22nd 1979. A mystery, he thought; but it is a mystery that began more than ten years earlier, in 1968, when Derrida, a philosopher, visits Oxford and there, before the very eyes of the Philosophy Sub-Faculty, he dies, several times. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190309
- ISBN
- 9781845190309
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Condition: New
€ 157.54
€ 157.54
Paperback. A translation of Plato's dialogue. It features an introduction that explores the dialogue's center themes, its connection with related discussions in other dialogues, and its implication for the interpretation of Plato's metaphysics. Translator(s): White, Nicholas P. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 109
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202023
- ISBN
- 9780872202023
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.49
€ 16.99
€ 13.49
paperback. "Theaetus," the "Sophist," and the "Statesman" are a trilogy of Platonic dialgues that show Socrates formulating his conception of philosophy as he prepares the defense for his trial. Originally published together as "The Being of the Beautiful Translator(s): Benardete, S. Num Pages: 200 pages, xii, 180 p. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226670324
- ISBN
- 9780226670324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.61
€ 40.61
A translation of Plato's dialogue. It features an introduction that explores the dialogue's center themes, its connection with related discussions in other dialogues, and its implication for the interpretation of Plato's metaphysics. Translator(s): White, Nicholas P. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202030
- ISBN
- 9780872202030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.28
€ 41.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Sophistics is the paradigm of a discourse that does things with words. It is not pure rhetoric, as Plato want us to believe, but it provides an alternative to the philosophical mainstream. This book constitutes a major contribution to the debate between philosophical pluralism, unitarism, and pragmatism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256396
- ISBN
- 9780823256396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.79
€ 43.79
Hardback. Series: Suspensions: Contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HPCF7; HPDC; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350013117
- ISBN
- 9781350013117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.62€ 99.01
€ 111.62
€ 99.01
Hardback. As a young student in Paris, Robert O'Connell was first enamoured of the artistic imagery of Augustine's works. Now, after years of research and study, he offers a treatment of Augustine's "image clusters" which should be of interest to readers of philosophy, theology or language. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCB; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 607.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823213474
- ISBN
- 9780823213474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.21
€ 107.21
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Second Edition, Second ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843447252
- ISBN
- 9781843447252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.39
€ 17.99
€ 17.39
hardcover. Aristotle argues that virtuous conduct is the governing factor in living well. Combining philological precision with philosophical analysis, this book reconstructs Aristotle's defense of these claims and examines his position in response to the prevailing hopes and anxieties of his age. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 356 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3D; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 27. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804716949
- ISBN
- 9780804716949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.91
€ 91.91
Paperback. Series: Taking on the Political. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN; JPA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 280 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685981
- ISBN
- 9780748685981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.21
€ 33.99
€ 30.21