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History of Western philosophy

hardcover. Translator(s): Bartlett, Robert C. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Fine in fine cloth covers lacking dj, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033250
ISBN
9780801441998
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. "Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy" is an annual publication containing original articles, which may be of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 343. Volume V only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032914
ISBN
9780198244578
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This study examines the work of five key philosophical figures from the 19th and 20th centuries through the lens of their own postmodern readings of Plato. It offers a perspective on the relation between the Western philosophical tradition and the evolving postmodern enterprise. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032911
ISBN
9780226993317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032907
ISBN
9780742533257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This work provides an assessment of the ancient philosophers' discussions of women, and explains which ancient views can be fruitful for feminist theorizing today. The anthology ranges from classical Greek philosophy through the Hellenistic period, taking in thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. Editor(s): Ward, Julie K. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 453. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032906
ISBN
9780415916028
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Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Argues that the Socratic paradoxes are best understood as Socrates' way of combating sophistic views: that no one is willingly just, those who are just and temperate are ignorant fools, and only some virtues (courage and wisdom) but not others (justice, temperance, and piety) are marks of true excellence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032862
ISBN
9780226891729
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

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

paperback. The essays in this volume provide a clear and systematic exegesis of Spinoza's thought informed by the most recent scholarship. Editor(s): Garrett, Don. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 728. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032783
ISBN
9780521398657
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This new edition of Georges Dicker's commentary on Descartes's Meditations serves as an introduction to Descartes's philosophy for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his Meditations for advanced readers, and it incorporates much recent Descartes scholarship. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032782
ISBN
9780195380323
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This is a study of tyranny, statesmanship, and civic virtue in three major linked Platonic dialogues, the "Georgias", "Symposium" and "Republic". It explores eros as the key to Plato's understanding of both the depths of human vice and the heights of human aspirations for virtue and happiness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032781
ISBN
9780847697274
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. The second of this two-volume anthology containing new translations of important works on political philosophy written during the Renaissance. Editor(s): Kraye, Jill. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Volume II only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032778
ISBN
9780521587570
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This book brings together essays by one of the pre-eminent scholars of informal logic. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032772
ISBN
9780521618533
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This work describes how four major American thinkers practiced philosophy non-reductively by incorporating the arts and other human activities. It analyzes Peirce, Dewey, Santayana and Buchler, showing how the importance they placed on the human can cure what is missing from recent philosophy. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032731
ISBN
9780847683109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Uniting 30 years of scholarship, this book is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. It reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli's politics, his advice on how to rule indirectly and the ultimately partisan character of his project. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032713
ISBN
9780226503691
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. The web of myth and symbolism in Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi's philosophy articulates his theory of knowledge, an important subject in the "ishraqi" school of thought. This work aims to show Suhrawardi as a thinker who tried to reconcile rational discourse and inner purification. Series: Routledge Sufi Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPDF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032704
ISBN
9780700704125
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. Editor(s): Inwood, Brad. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422. Volume XXXIX only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032703
ISBN
9780199597123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Editor(s): Sedley, David. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624. Volume 32 only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032621
ISBN
9780199227310
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. Editor(s): Sedley, David. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 677. Volume 33 only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032619
ISBN
9780199238019
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Beginning with a definition of the pre-rational meaning of "truth" in archaic Greece, Detienne traces the lineage of the concept. Its distinct difference from the logic of the western philosophers is discussed and a movement from a religious to a secular thought about truth is identified. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 231 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Zone Books – MIT
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032568
ISBN
9780942299854
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. In this sequel to "The Concept of Music", Robin Maconie teases out the musical science underlying subjects as diverse as Pythagoras's theorem, Plato's city state, mysteries of religion, myth, and folklore, theories of the mind, and key insights of Newton, Freud, and Einstein. Num Pages: 232 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: AVA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032567
ISBN
9780198166481
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032561
ISBN
9780231110204
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This book considers how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in the world of the Greek citizen. Translator(s): Cartledge, Paul. Num Pages: 306 pages, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032522
ISBN
9780521423571
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. These essays examine a crucial premise of traditional readings of Plato's dialogues: that Plato's own philosophical dialogues can be read off the statements made in the dialogues by Socrates and other leading characters. The text argues that no character should be read as Plato's mouthpiece. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032517
ISBN
9780847692194
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This book focuses on how recent Anglo-American philosophy has challenged deeply held notions of subjectivity, mind, and language. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 46. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032472
ISBN
9780521568326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00