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Artful Truths: The Philosophy of Memoir Helena de Bres 9780226793801
RRP: £21.00£20.31Artful Truths offers a concise guide to the fundamental philosophical questions that arise when writing a literary work about your own life. Bringing a philosopher's perspective to a general audience, Helena de Bres addresses what a memoir is, how the... -
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World by Rene Girard 9780826468536
£80.44Develops a global theory of culture through the paradox of violence and exclusion serving a social function.Book InformationISBN 9780826468536Author Rene GirardFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.Publisher... -
The Great Philosophers:Marx by Terry Eagleton
RRP: £4.99£3.90'We are free when, like artists, we produce without the goad of physical necessity' Karl MarxFor Marx, freedom entailed release from commercial labour. In this highly engaging account, Eagleton outlines the relationship between production, labour and... -
Onto-Cartography: An Ontology of Machines and Media by Levi R. Bryant
RRP: £28.99£23.38This is a study of how space and time create objects, and how these objects interact. Using real-world examples, Bryant shows how a networked concept of space and time is at the heart of our central political concerns. What sort of interaction is there... -
Philosophy Made Simple: A Complete Guide to the World's Most Important Thinkers and Theories by Richard H. Popkin
RRP: £26.00£18.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385425339Author Richard H. PopkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing... -
Perjury and Pardon, Volume II by Jacques Derrida
RRP: £36.00£30.37An exploration of the political dimensions of forgiveness and repentance from Jacques Derrida. Perjury and Pardon is a two-year seminar series given by Jacques Derrida at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in Paris during the late 1990s... -
Cambus to Stagecoach East: A Fleet History, 1984 2020 by Beddall, David 9781526781000
RRP: £35.00£25.29Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Heidegger and Unconcealment: Truth, Language, and History by Mark A. Wrathall
RRP: £24.99£20.76This book includes ten essays that trace the notion of unconcealment as it develops from Heidegger's early writings to his later work, shaping his philosophy of truth, language and history. 'Unconcealment' is the idea that what entities are depends on... -
Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective: Philosophical Essays Volume 3 by Donald Davidson 9780198237532
RRP: £46.49£33.26Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective is the long-awaited third volume of philosophical writings by Donald Davidson, whose influence on philosophy since the 1960s has been deep and broad. His first two collections, published by OUP in the early 1980s,... -
Kierkegaard's Writings, XII, Volume II: Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments by Soren Kierkegaard
RRP: £45.00£35.60In Philosophical Fragments the pseudonymous author Johannes Climacus explored the question: What is required in order to go beyond Socratic recollection of eternal ideas already possessed by the learner? Written as an afterword to this work, Concluding... -
Attending: An Ethical Art by Warren Heiti
RRP: £35.00£30.74Attending - patient contemplation focused on a particular being - is a central ethical activity that has not been recognized by any of the main moral systems in the European philosophical tradition. That tradition has imagined that the moral agent is... -
Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews with an Absolutist by Peter J. Kreeft 9780898707311
RRP: £13.99£13.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898707311Author Peter J. KreeftFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius Press -
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations: An Introduction by David G. Stern
RRP: £29.99£26.67In this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, David Stern examines Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. He gives particular attention to both the arguments of the Investigations and the way in which the work is written, and especially... -
Pocket Philosophy: Epictetus' Raven by Alice Brière-Haquet 9781804530665
RRP: £7.99£5.78Epictetus (c. 50-c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He believed that philosophy should be a way of life and not just a theoretical study. In this story, Epictetus is reminding us to focus only on what we can control - our own actions - and not... -
Acts of Literature by Jacques Derrida
RRP: £41.99£37.15First published in 1992. "Acts of Literature", compiled in close association with Derrida, brings together for the first time a number of Derrida's writings on literary texts on the question of literature. The essays discuss literary figures such as... -
The Great Philosophers: Aristotle by Kenneth Mcleish 9781399612326
RRP: £5.99£4.56'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all' Aristotle'Knowing yourself is the mark of all wisdom''You will never do anything in this world without courage'Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers that has ever lived... -
The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche by Monroe C. Beardsley
RRP: £19.99£16.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375758041Author Monroe BeardsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 944Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 652gDimensions(mm)... -
Marcus Aurelius in Love by Marcus Aurelius 9780226378114
RRP: £23.00£22.13In 1815 a manuscript containing one of the long-lost treasures of antiquity was discovered-the letters of Marcus Cornelius Fronto, reputed to have been one of the greatest Roman orators. But this find disappointed many nineteenth-century readers, who had... -
Gangs of America; The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy by Ted Nace
RRP: £15.99£11.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576753194Author Ted NaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Berrett-KoehlerPublisher Berrett-KoehlerWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm *... -
Without Alibi by Jacques Derrida 9780804744119
RRP: £23.99£21.16This book brings together for the first time five recent essays by Jacques Derrida, which advance his reflections on many issues: lying, perjury, forgiveness, confession, the profession of faith, and, most recently, cruelty, sovereignty, and capital... -
Problems of Knowledge: A Critical Introduction to Epistemology by Michael Williams 9780192892560
£45.80What is epistemology or 'the theory of knowledge'? What is it really about? Why does it matter? What makes theorising about knowledge 'philosophical'? Why do some philosophers argue that epistemology - perhaps even philosophy itself - is dead? In... -
Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including Mill's 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin John Stuart Mill 9780631233527
RRP: £10.95£9.99Including three of his most famous and important essays, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Bentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous view of Mill's ethical and... -
Modernity And Religion by Ralph McInerny 9780268014087
RRP: £20.99£20.11The essays in Modernity and Religion comprise the reflections of eight seminal thinkers on various aspects of the problems of modern thought and its attitude toward religion. By concentrating on the supposed chasms between modern thought and the... -
Classical Bujutsu by Donn F. Draeger 9780834802339
RRP: £18.99£13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780834802339Author Donn F. DraegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Weatherhill IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)... -
Terrorism for Humanity: Inquiries in Political Philosophy by Ted Honderich 9780745321332
RRP: £27.99£21.91This book raises important questions about the uses and ethics of political violence - questions that are all the more pertinent in the light of recent events and the 'war on terror'. What can be said for and against terrorism and political violence?... -
Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (even the frame) by Paul Crowther
RRP: £21.99£19.49Why are the visual arts so important and what is it that makes their forms significant? Countering recent interpretations of meaning that understand visual artworks on the model of literary texts, Crowther formulates a theory of the visual arts based on... -
Be Not Afraid of Life: In the Words of William James by William James
RRP: £25.00£20.25A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William JamesWilliam James-psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker-is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life's meaning and worth, and whose... -
Counterfactuals by Christopher Prendergast 9781350090095
RRP: £24.99£21.78What are counterfactuals and what is their point? In many cases, none at all. It may be true that if kangaroos didn't have tails, they would fall over, but they do have tails and if they didn't they wouldn't be kangaroos (or would they?). This is the... -
Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium by Paul Levinson
RRP: £135.00£117.68Marshall McLuhan died on the last day of 1980, on the doorstep of the personal computer revolution. Yet McLuhan's ideas anticipated a world of media in motion, and its impact on our lives on the dawn of the new millennium.Paul Levinson examines why... -
Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death by Soren Kierkegaard 9780691158310
RRP: £12.99£10.41Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of Soren Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for its readability and literary quality. Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death established Kierkegaard as the father of... -
Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life Without God by A C Grayling 9780195177558
RRP: £21.99£13.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780195177558Author A C GraylingFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams)... -
Rethinking Existentialism by Jonathan Webber 9780198735908
£76.20In Rethinking Existentialism, Jonathan Webber articulates an original interpretation of existentialism as the ethical theory that human freedom is the foundation of all other values. Offering an original analysis of classic literary and philosophical... -
Augustine: On the Trinity Books 8-15 by Edmund Augustine 9780521796651
RRP: £37.99£33.24An appropriate motto for Augustine's great work On the Trinity is 'faith in search of understanding'. In this treatise Augustine offers a part-theological, part-philosophical account of how God might be understood in analogy to the human mind. On the... -
Nietzsche's Life Sentence: Coming to Terms with Eternal Recurrence Lawrence Hatab 9780415967594
RRP: £47.99£41.81In this book Lawrence Hatab provides an accessible and provocative exploration of one of the best-known and still most puzzling aspects of Nietzsche's thought: eternal recurrence, the claim that life endlessly repeats itself identically in every detail... -
The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy by Professor of Philosophy Bret W Davis
RRP: £38.99£36.55Japanese philosophy is now a flourishing field with thriving societies, journals, and conferences dedicated to it around the world, made possible by an ever-increasing library of translations, books, and articles. The Oxford Handbook of Japanese... -
Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation by Paula Marantz Cohen
RRP: £20.00£16.13An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social benefits of conversationTalking Cure is a timely and enticing excursion into the art of good conversation. Paula Marantz Cohen reveals how conversation connects us in ways that social media never... -
Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action by Jurgen Habermas 9780745611044
RRP: £17.99£16.29In this important book Habermas develops his views on a range of moral and ethical issues. Drawing on his theory of communicative action, Habermas elaborates an original conception of 'discourse ethics', seeking to reconstruct a moral point of view from... -
The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau by Patrick Riley
RRP: £30.99£27.17Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his... -
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 9781420926002
RRP: £8.99£8.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420926002Author AristotleFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
Problems in Value Theory: An Introduction to Contemporary Debates Professor Steven B. Cowan (Louisiana College, USA) 9781350147393
RRP: £27.99£24.44Problems in Value Theory takes a pro and con approach to central topics in aesthetics, ethics and political theory. Each chapter begins with a question: What Makes Actions Right or Wrong? Does Morality Depend on God? Do We Need Government?...