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  • The Temptation to Exist by E. M. Cioran 9781611457384

    The Temptation to Exist by E. M. Cioran 9781611457384

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    This collection of eleven essays originally appeared in France thirty years ago and created a literary whirlwind on the Left Bank. Cioran writes incisively about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, mystics, apostles, and philosophers.The...
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  • Francis Bacon: The Major Works by Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon: The Major Works by Francis Bacon

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    This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing - the major prose in full, together with sixteen other...
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  • The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton

    The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton

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    From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - a lucid exploration of the state in which most of us spend most of our lives'De Botton's...
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  • When Einstein Walked with Goedel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought by Jim Holt 9780374538422

    When Einstein Walked with Goedel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought by Jim Holt 9780374538422

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374538422Author Jim HoltFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...
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  • The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments by Peter Catapano 9781631490712

    The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments by Peter Catapano 9781631490712

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    Once solely the province of ivory tower professors and university classrooms, contemporary philosophy was emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when The Stone was launched in The New York Times. First appearing online, the column has attracted...
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  • Is God Happy?: Selected Essays by Leszek Kolakowski

    Is God Happy?: Selected Essays by Leszek Kolakowski

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    'The most esteemed philosopher to have produced a general introduction to his discipline since Bertrand Russell' Independent In these essays, one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century writes about communism and socialism, the problem of...
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  • On Living and Dying Well by Cicero

    On Living and Dying Well by Cicero

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    In the first century BCE, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these philosophical treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry. A pragmatist at heart,...
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  • An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment?' by Immanuel Kant

    An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment?' by Immanuel Kant

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    Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his examinations of reason and the nature of reality. In these writings he investigates human progress, civilization, morality and why, to...
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  • Dostoyevsky, or The Flood of Language by Julia Kristeva

    Dostoyevsky, or The Flood of Language by Julia Kristeva

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    Growing up in Bulgaria, Julia Kristeva was warned by her father not to read Dostoyevsky. "Of course, and as usual," she recalls, "I disobeyed paternal orders and plunged into Dosto. Dazzled, overwhelmed, engulfed." Kristeva would go on to become one of...
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  • Basic Writings of Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche

    Basic Writings of Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679783398Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...
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  • Avengers Infinity Saga and Philosophy by Robert Arp

    Avengers Infinity Saga and Philosophy by Robert Arp

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    In Avengers Infinity Saga and Philosophy, philosophers explore the momentous issues and the fascinating puzzles raised by Marvel's compelling series of movies: Is the Thanos snap truly an answer to overpopulation and famine, or is it simply indefensible...
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  • A Load of Shit by John Berger 9781912475414

    A Load of Shit by John Berger 9781912475414

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912475414Author John BergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 12Imprint ERISPublisher ERIS
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  • Distrust that Particular Flavor by William Gibson

    Distrust that Particular Flavor by William Gibson

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    Distrust That Particular Flavor - an acclaimed nonfiction collection by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer'The future's already here: it's just not evenly distributed'William Gibson was writing fiction when he predicted the internet. And...
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  • Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind by Jaegwon Kim 9780199585878

    Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind by Jaegwon Kim 9780199585878

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    Jaegwon Kim presents a selection of his essays from the last two decades. The volume includes three new essays, on an agent-centered first-person account of action explanation, the concepts of realization and their bearings on the mind-body problem, and...
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  • Things That Bother Me by Galen Strawson

    Things That Bother Me by Galen Strawson

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372204Author Galen StrawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...
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  • Event: Philosophy in Transit by Slavoj Zizek

    Event: Philosophy in Transit by Slavoj Zizek

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    Probably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj Zizek explores the concept of 'event', in the second in this new series of easily digestible philosophyWhat is really happening when something happens?In the second in a new series of accessible,...
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  • The Power of Ideas: Words of Faith and Wisdom by Jonathan Sacks 9781399800020

    The Power of Ideas: Words of Faith and Wisdom by Jonathan Sacks 9781399800020

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    Britain's most authentically prophetic voice - Daily Telegraph'The choice with which humankind is faced is between the idea of power and the power of ideas.'From his appointment as Chief Rabbi in 1991, through to his death in November 2020, Rabbi Lord...
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  • The Laws by Plato

    The Laws by Plato

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    In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment, but also form a code of conduct for all aspects of life in his ideal...
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  • The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day by Terry Pratchett

    The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day by Terry Pratchett

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    The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by...
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  • Essays by Plutarch

    Essays by Plutarch

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    One of the greatest essayists of the Graeco-Roman world, Plutarch (c. AD 46 -120) used an encyclopedic knowledge of the Roman Empire to produce a compelling and individual voice. In this superb selection from his writings, he offers personal insights...
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  • A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism by Roger Scruton

    A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism by Roger Scruton

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    In this timely new edition of his classic book A Political Philosophy, celebrated conservative philosopher Roger Scruton interrogates contemporary values, virtues and morality. What principles should govern our relations to animals, the nation state,...
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  • The Cynic Philosophers: from Diogenes to Julian by Lucian

    The Cynic Philosophers: from Diogenes to Julian by Lucian

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    'Poverty does not consist in the want of money,' I answered, 'nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through violent means if necessary'From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the...
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  • Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed by Simon Blackburn

    Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed by Simon Blackburn

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    This important book is about truth, and the enemies of truth, and the wars that are fought between them. As Simon Blackburn says in his introduction, "the ground is complicated, strewn with abandoned fortresses and trenches, fought over by shifting...
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  • The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History by Paolo Zellini

    The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History by Paolo Zellini

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    Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that...
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  • We Have Only This Life To Live by Jean-Paul Sartre

    We Have Only This Life To Live by Jean-Paul Sartre

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590174937Author Jean-Paul SartreFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...
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  • I Am Right, You Are Wrong by Edward De Bono

    I Am Right, You Are Wrong by Edward De Bono

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    I Am Right, You Are Wrong is THE classic work about choice in business and in life from world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de Bono.Most of our everyday decision-making tends to be confrontational. Whether in large meetings, one-to-one or even...
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  • Symposium by Plato 9780199540198

    Symposium by Plato 9780199540198

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    In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests - including the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates - each deliver a short speech in praise of love...
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  • Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay 9781399716291

    Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay 9781399716291

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    A collection of gorgeously written and timely pieces in which prize-winning poet and author Ross Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during life's inevitable hardships.In "We Kin" he thinks about the garden (especially...
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  • The Three Dimensions of Freedom by Billy Bragg

    The Three Dimensions of Freedom by Billy Bragg

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    At a time when opinion trumps facts and truth is treated as nothing more than another perspective, free speech has become a battleground. While authoritarians and algorithms threaten democracy, we argue over who has the right to speak.To protect...
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  • Jordan Peterson: Critical Responses by Sandra Woien

    Jordan Peterson: Critical Responses by Sandra Woien

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    This is a collection of critical essays regarding the work of Jordan Peterson, a Canadian professor of psychology, clinical psychologist, YouTube personality, and author. Peterson began his career as a teacher at Harvard before receiving worldwide...
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  • Power Knowledge by Michel Foucault

    Power Knowledge by Michel Foucault

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394739540Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)...
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  • The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Eric Weiner 9781501129025

    The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Eric Weiner 9781501129025

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    The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each-from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir-offers practical...
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  • Empiricists: Essays by John Locke

    Empiricists: Essays by John Locke

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385096225Author John LockeFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...
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  • On the Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt

    On the Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt

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    Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched...
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  • On Being Blue by William H. Gass

    On Being Blue by William H. Gass

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590177181Author William H. GassFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...
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  • The Roots Of Romanticism by Isaiah Berlin

    The Roots Of Romanticism by Isaiah Berlin

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    The Roots of Romanticism is the long-awaited text of Isaiah Berlin's most celebrated set of lectures, the Mellon Lectures, delivered in Washington in 1965 and heard since by a much wider audience on BBC radio. For Berli, the Romantics set in train a...
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  • The Present Age: On the Death of Rebellion by Soren Kierkegaard 9780062930859

    The Present Age: On the Death of Rebellion by Soren Kierkegaard 9780062930859

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062930859Author Soren KierkegaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 91g
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  • Louis C.K. and Philosophy: You Don't Get to Be Bored by Mark Ralkowski 9780812699067

    Louis C.K. and Philosophy: You Don't Get to Be Bored by Mark Ralkowski 9780812699067

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    Charlie Rose has called Louis C.K. "the philosopher-king of comedy," and many have detected philosophical profundity in his material. Twenty-five philosophers examine the wisdom of Louis C.K. from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The chapters...
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  • Screened out by Jean Baudrillard 9781781681558

    Screened out by Jean Baudrillard 9781781681558

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    'Watching the president's Christmas message produces this necropolar, white-mass sensation. Seeing the video broadcast of the Christmas service in the cathedral itself, with these pathetic screens and the young worshippers slumped around them here and...
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  • Treatise on Toleration by Voltaire

    Treatise on Toleration by Voltaire

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    Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration is one of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought A powerful, impassioned case for the values of freedom of conscience and religious tolerance, Treatise on Toleration was written after the...
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