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The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray 9780008492847
RRP: £10.99£7.25SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the year' Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world's foremost political writers ... -
The Miracle of Death: There Is Nothing But Life by Betty J Kovacs 9780972100502
RRP: £13.31£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972100502Author Betty J KovacsFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Kamlak CenterPublisher Kamlak CenterWeight(grams) 152g -
The Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 9780140447804
RRP: £9.99£7.11Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. THE CONSOLATION was written... -
The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray
RRP: £20.00£13.74SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the year' Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world's foremost political writers ... -
Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism Larry Siedentop 9780141009544
RRP: £10.99£7.77From Larry Siedentop, acclaimed author of Democracy in Europe, Inventing the Individual is a highly original rethinking of how our moral beliefs were formed and their impact on western society today'Magisterial, timeless, beautifully written ..... -
The Complete Essays by Michel Montaigne
RRP: £22.00£16.02Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with... -
Manipulated Man: The Power of Man Over Man, its Ricks and its Limits by Charles Robert
RRP: £26.00£19.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915138210Author Charles RobertPage Count 256Imprint Pickwick PublicationsPublisher Pickwick Publications -
Selected Philosophical Writings by Thomas Aquinas
RRP: £10.99£7.97St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this phenomenon and simultaneously to go beyond it, to explore spiritual revelation, makes his work fresh and... -
Paracelsus by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556433160Author ParacelsusFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
A New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny
RRP: £34.49£25.54This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the... -
Ordered by Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotus by Thomas M Ward 9781621388814
RRP: £16.00£14.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621388814Author Thomas M WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide by Edward Feser 9781851686902
RRP: £10.99£7.00One of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the history of Western thought, St Thomas Aquinas established the foundations for much of modern philosophy of religion, and is infamous for his arguments for the existence of God. In this... -
The Real Middle-Earth: A History of the Dark Ages that Inspired Tolkein by Brian Bates
RRP: £12.99£9.26In The Real Middle-Earth, explore the magically enchanting early-English civilization on which Tolkien based his world of The Lord of the Rings.Tolkien readily admitted that the concept of Middle-earth was not his own invention. An Old English term for... -
A New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny 9780199656493
RRP: £19.99£15.88This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy--the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the... -
The Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
RRP: £9.99£7.11Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life... -
The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts: Volume 3, Mind and Knowledge by Robert Pasnau 9780521793568
RRP: £105.00£93.23The third volume of The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts will allow scholars and students access in English, to major texts that form the debate over mind and knowledge at the center of medieval philosophy. Beginning with... -
Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction by Prof Peter Adamson 9780192846983
RRP: £8.99£6.45Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sina, often known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna. After introducing the man and his works,... -
The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: £12.99£9.09Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. The Dream of Reason takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions... -
The New Cambridge Companion to Aquinas by Eleonore Stump 9781009044332
RRP: £26.99£23.20This new Companion to Aquinas features entirely new chapters written by internationally recognized experts in the field. It shows the power of Aquinas's philosophical thought and transmits the worldview which he inherited, developed, altered, and argued... -
Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works by Saint Anselm
RRP: £12.99£9.09`For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.' Does God exist? Can we know anything about God's nature? Have we any reason to... -
The Oxford History of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell
RRP: £12.99£9.09Histories you can trust. The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon... -
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius 9780393930719
£13.73The Consolation of Philosophy occupies a central place in the history of Western thought. Its author, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (ca. 476-526 c.e.), was a Roman philosopher, scholar, and statesman who wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while in... -
City of God by Saint Augustine
RRP: £18.99£13.83City of God is an enduringly significant work in the history of Christian thought, by one of its central figuresWritten as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, this great theological and... -
Anselm: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Williams
RRP: £8.99£6.45Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) was the outstanding philosopher-theologian of the Latin West between Augustine and the thirteenth century. As a public figure, especially as Archbishop of Canterbury, he corresponded with kings and nobles, popes and... -
The Byzantine Platonists, 284-1453 by Frederick Lauritzen
RRP: £65.00£56.41This volume brings together articles by sixteen leading scholars on a cross-section of Platonists authors-Christian and non-Christian-from early through late Byzantium philosophy, including the Capaddocians, Cyril, Proclus, Damascius, Dionysius, George... -
Naming God: Addressing the Divine in Philosophy, Theology and Scripture by Janet Soskice
RRP: £30.00£23.80Generations of Christians, Janet Soskice demonstrates, once knew God and Christ by hundreds of remarkable names. These included the appellations 'Messiah', 'Emmanuel', 'Alpha', 'Omega', 'Eternal', 'All-Powerful', 'Lamb', 'Lion', 'Goat', 'One', 'Word',... -
Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Dr. John Marenbon 9780199663224
RRP: £8.99£6.45For many of us, the term 'medieval philosophy' conjures up the figure of Thomas Aquinas, and is closely intertwined with religion. In this Very Short Introduction John Marenbon shows how medieval philosophy had a far broader reach than the thirteenth and... -
Francis Bacon: The Major Works by Francis Bacon
RRP: £12.99£9.49This 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... -
The Niche of Lights Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali 9780842523530
RRP: £22.50£18.95Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali's philosophical explorations covered nearly the entire spectrum of twelfth-century beliefs. Beginning his career as a skeptic, he ended it as a scholar of mysticism and orthodoxy. The Niche of Lights, written near the end of... -
Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction by William M. Hamlin
RRP: £8.99£6.45The French author Michel de Montaigne is widely regarded as the founder and greatest practitioner of the personal essay. A member of the minor aristocracy, he worked as a judicial investigator, served as mayor of Bordeaux, and sought to bring stability... -
Augustine: A Very Short Introduction by Henry Chadwick
RRP: £8.99£6.45By his writings, the surviving bulk of which exceeds that of any other ancient author, Augustine came to influence not only his contemporaries but also the West since his time. This Very Short Introduction traces the development of Augustine's thought,... -
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele
RRP: £12.99£8.48"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come....The Bright Ages is a rare thing-a nuanced historical work that almost anyone... -
The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy by Peter Adamson 9780521520690
RRP: £34.99£27.61Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of the great traditions of Western philosophy. Inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology, Arabic philosophers from the ninth century onwards put... -
Meister Eckhart: Philosopher of Christianity by Kurt Flasch 9780300204865
£56.36Renowned philosopher Kurt Flasch offers a full-scale reappraisal of the life and legacy of Meister Eckhart, the medieval German theologian, philosopher, and alleged mystic who was active during the Avignon Papacy of the fourteenth century and was tried... -
Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas
RRP: £16.99£12.87In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and reason, he was influenced both by Aristotle's rational world view and by... -
Meister Eckhart's Book of Darkness & Light: Meditations on the Path of the Wayless Way by Jon M. Sweeney
RRP: £13.99£10.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642970456Author Jon M. SweeneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Utopia by Saint Thomas More 9781853264740
RRP: £4.99£3.46With an Introduction by Mishtooni Bose. More's Utopia is a complex, innovative and penetrating contribution to political thought, culminating in the famous 'description' of the Utopians, who live according to the principles of natural law, but are... -
Medieval Philosophy: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 4 by Peter Adamson
RRP: £12.99£9.49Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the... -
Machiavelli: From Radical to Reactionary by Robert Black 9781789146158
RRP: £17.95£12.92'Machiavellian' can signify duplicity and amorality in politics, but Machiavelli himself is far more complex than this cliche. A high-ranking Florentine government official and prolific writer of hugely influential political, military and historical... -
Al-Ghazali's "Moderation in Belief" by Al-Ghazali
RRP: £37.00£35.77Centuries after his death, al-Ghazali remains one of the most influential figures of the Islamic intellectual tradition. Although he is best known for his Incoherence of the Philosophers, Moderation in Belief is his most profound work of philosophical...