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Paperback. Before the "Origin of Species", accepted thinking held that life was the static and perfect creation of God. By a single, systematic argument Darwin called this view into question. This edition includes brief biographies of some of the most important scientific thinkers leading up to and surrounding the "Origin of Species". Illustrator(s): Hirst, Damien. Editor(s): Bynum, William F. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392. 516pp
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140439120
- ISBN
- 9780140439120
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€ 12.99€ 11.14
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paperback. A few of us may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of willpower. Then there's the rest of us: not prodigies and short on time, but still aspiring to understand the world. What can we do? This guide enables you to tackle life's questions - evolution, meaning, consciousness and free will. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241954621
- ISBN
- 9780241954621
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€ 14.99€ 12.53
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The Great Refusal: Herbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social Movements
. Ed(S): Lamas, Andrew; Wolfson, Todd; Funke,...
hardcover. Editor(s): Lamas, Andrew; Wolfson, Todd; Funke, Peter N. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781439913031
- ISBN
- 9781439913031
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Condition: New
€ 107.04
€ 107.04
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFCX; JMAF; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 246 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241964088
- ISBN
- 9780241964088
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€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
mass_market. Translator(s): Lau, D. C. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 5. Weight in Grams: 56.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141023809
- ISBN
- 9780141023809
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€ 10.99€ 9.06
€ 10.99
€ 9.06
paperback. Exposes the links between the ideas of the past and the social and political cataclysms of our own time: between the Platonic belief in absolute truth and the lure of authoritarianism; and between the eighteenth-century reactionary ideologue Joseph de Maistre and twentieth-century Fascism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845952082
- ISBN
- 9781845952082
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€ 23.99€ 17.36
€ 23.99
€ 17.36
paperback. Introduces twelve central philosophical concepts in the terms that we use the words, and in which philosophers from Plato and Aristotle onwards have explored them: Morality, Politics, Love, Death, Knowledge, Liberty, God, Atheism, Art, Time, Man and Wisdom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099450184
- ISBN
- 9780099450184
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€ 14.99€ 12.53
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paperback. Explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable. This book tells about the threats to our freedoms and shows the unprecedented pressures those rights are under. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 256 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141976310
- ISBN
- 9780141976310
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€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Drawing on philosophical debate, moral lessons from Greek mythology and transcripts of conversations between drone operators, this book re-evaluates the socio-political impact of drone warfare on the world - and its people. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPSL; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 182 x 110 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241970348
- ISBN
- 9780241970348
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€ 12.99€ 9.75
€ 12.99
€ 9.75
paperback. As the spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has captured the attention and admiration of the world through his wisdom. This jewel of a book offers some of his most helpful insights on daily living, inner peace, compassion and justice - for all of us in these troubled times. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; HREP; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 84 x 11. Weight in Grams: 68.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rider
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712605533
- ISBN
- 9780712605533
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€ 6.99€ 6.98
€ 6.99
€ 6.98
paperback. This is one of Isaiah Berlin's earliest and most convincing expositions of his views on human freedom and the history of ideas, views which were at the heart of his lifelong work on the Enlightenment and its critics. This work throws light on the early development of Berlin's ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712668422
- ISBN
- 9780712668422
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€ 21.99€ 16.68
€ 21.99
€ 16.68
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226993317
- ISBN
- 9780226993317
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€ 37.99€ 29.70
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€ 29.70
hardcover. Shows how fundamental Muslim legends of the nocturnal journey and of the ascension of Prophet Muhammed appear in Dante's writings. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415439190
- ISBN
- 9780415439190
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Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
paperback. Sets out to develop a critique of the work of Richard Rorty, one of the most influential authors. This title argues that Rorty's account of science and knowledge is based on a half-truth, and that Rorty's problem-field replicates the Kantian resolution of the third antinomy: we are determined as material bodies, but free as discursive subjects. Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism Routledge Critical Realism. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415579643
- ISBN
- 9780415579643
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Condition: New
€ 56.22
€ 56.22
Gendered Agents: Women and Institutional Knowledge (A Boundary 2 Book)
. Ed(S): Mariniello, Silvestria; Bove, Paul A...
paperback. Editor(s): Mariniello, Silvestria; Bove, Paul A. Series: A Boundary 2 Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321965
- ISBN
- 9780822321965
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.78
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Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of the ways in which Anglo--American political theorists have responded to the emergence of a politics of identity in democratic society. It examines the merits and weaknesses of the ideas associated with the major schools and thinkers in contemporary philosophical liberalism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 357.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619057
- ISBN
- 9780745619057
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Condition: New
€ 25.89
€ 25.89
Paperback. A collection of recent essays from the American philosopher and Chair of the Santayana Society. The subjects discussed include the philosophy of travel, the politics of religion, friendship, appearance and reality, and the false steps of philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102773
- ISBN
- 9780231102773
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€ 40.99€ 29.26
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paperback. Provides an authoritative solution to one of the major problems in the field of public policy. By introducing a justice factor - a quantitative measure for social values - this title opens the door for more balanced policy decisions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406678
- ISBN
- 9780878406678
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Condition: New
€ 70.33
€ 70.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610170031
- ISBN
- 9781610170031
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.16
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Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913222
- ISBN
- 9781439913222
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€ 31.99€ 28.42
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paperback. Unfolds a history of Western metaphysics that is also a history of the legitimation of oppression. This book brings to light the unperceived challenge, by tracing the history of the inscription of domination into the very nature of being as it is conceived by Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213167
- ISBN
- 9780253213167
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€ 30.99€ 27.47
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paperback. Applies the principle of universal and perennial metaphysics to spiritual and moral life. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941532372
- ISBN
- 9780941532372
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.07
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paperback. Philosophy, science, and common sense all refer to propositions-things we believe and say, and things which are true or false. But there is no consensus on what sorts of things these entities are. Jeffrey C. King, Scott Soames, and Jeff Speaks argue that commitment to propositions is indispensable, and each defend their own views on the debate. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CF; CFA; HPM; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780198776802
- ISBN
- 9780198776802
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€ 50.29
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paperback. William Simon, a legal theorist with experience in practice, here argues that the profession's standard approach to questions of legal ethics is incoherent and implausible, insisting the critical weakness is the style of judgment. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674002753
- ISBN
- 9780674002753
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.96
€ 46.99
€ 38.96