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The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray
RRP: $39.00$21.92SUNDAY 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 War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray 9780008492847
RRP: $21.43$14.14SUNDAY 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 ... -
Selected Philosophical Writings by Thomas Aquinas
RRP: $21.43$15.54St 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... -
Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism by Larry Siedentop
RRP: $21.43$15.15From 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 ..... -
Interpreting Duns Scotus: Critical Essays by Giorgio Pini
RRP: $146.25$132.09John Duns Scotus is commonly recognized as one of the most original thinkers of medieval philosophy. His influence on subsequent philosophers and theologians is enormous and extends well beyond the limits of the Middle Ages. His thought, however, might... -
The Complete Essays by Michel Montaigne
RRP: $42.90$31.24Michel 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... -
The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: $25.33$17.73Already 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 Byzantine Platonists, 284-1453 by Frederick Lauritzen
RRP: $126.75$103.37This 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... -
Paracelsus by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
RRP: $37.03$21.35Apologies 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)... -
The Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 9780140447804
RRP: $19.48$13.86Boethius 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 Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
RRP: $19.48$13.86Boethius 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... -
Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide by Edward Feser 9781851686902
RRP: $21.43$13.65One 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: $25.33$17.59In 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... -
Summa Contra Gentiles: Book 3: Providence, Part II by Thomas Aquinas
RRP: $58.48$50.68The Summa Contra Gentiles is not merely the only complete summary of Christian doctrine that St. Thomas has written, but also a creative and even revolutionary work of Christian apologetics composed at the precise moment when Christian thought needed to... -
Roger Bacon: A Compendium of the Study of Philosophy by Thomas S. Maloney 9780197266342
$137.67Shortly after composing his Opus maius, Opus minus, and Opus tertium (1267) Bacon felt the need once again to call attention to obstacles to the achievement of wisdom placed by the Church, academia, and civil society in the early 1270s. This he did in... -
Aquinas after Frege by Giovanni Ventimiglia
RRP: $146.23$136.87This book provides a fresh reading of Aquinas' metaphysics in the light of insights from the works of Frege. In particular, Ventimiglia argues that Aquinas' doctrine of being can be better understood through Frege's distinction between the 'there is'... -
Naming God: Addressing the Divine in Philosophy, Theology and Scripture by Janet Soskice
RRP: $58.50$47.13Generations 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',... -
Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works by Saint Anselm
RRP: $25.33$18.19`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... -
Aquinas by Ralph McInerny 9780745626871
$31.55This lively and highly accessible introduction to the thought of Thomas Aquinas focuses on his philosophy while making clear its openness to theology as reflection on Revelation. Introduces students this great philosopher of the middle ages in one short... -
Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction by Prof Peter Adamson 9780192846983
RRP: $17.53$12.58Very 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,... -
City of God by Saint Augustine
RRP: $37.03$27.32City 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... -
Medieval Philosophy: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 4 by Peter Adamson
RRP: $23.38$17.63Peter 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... -
Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas
RRP: $33.13$24.73In 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... -
A New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny
RRP: $63.36$47.21This 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... -
Francis Bacon: The Major Works by Francis Bacon
RRP: $25.33$18.97This 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... -
Monologion and Proslogion: with the replies of Gaunilo and Anselm by Saint Anselm
RRP: $25.33$21.04Williams's translations are scrupulously faithful and accurate without being slavishly literal, and yet are lively and graceful.--Paul Vincent Spade, Indiana UniversityAbout the AuthorThomas Williams is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious... -
Meister Eckhart's Book of Darkness & Light: Meditations on the Path of the Wayless Way by Jon M. Sweeney
RRP: $27.28$21.53Apologies 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: $9.73$6.75With 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... -
How To Read Machiavelli by Maurizio Viroli
RRP: $13.63$9.44'Men are infamous and detestable who are destroyers of religion, squanderers of kingdoms and republics, and enemies of the virtues.' Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli (1459-1527) is one of the most influential modern political thinkers. His works,... -
Machiavelli: From Radical to Reactionary by Robert Black 9781789146158
RRP: $35.00$25.19'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... -
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele
RRP: $25.33$16.54"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... -
Wandering Joy: Meister Eckhart's Mystical Philosophy by Reiner Schurmann 9780970109712
RRP: $29.23$21.35This remarkable work shows Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century western mystic, as the great teacher of the birth of God in the soul, who shatters the dualism between God and the world, and the self and God. It is not only an exposition of Eckhart's... -
Anselm: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Williams
RRP: $17.53$12.58Anselm 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 Oxford History of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell
RRP: $25.33$17.73Histories 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 Niche of Lights by Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al- Ghazali 9780842523530
RRP: $43.88$36.95Abu 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... -
Duns Scotus: Philosophical Writings by John Duns Scotus 9780872200180
RRP: $40.93$32.84The philosophical writings of Duns Scotus, one of the most influential philosophers of the Later Middle Ages, are here presented in a volume that presents the original Latin with facing page English translation.CONTENTS: Foreword to the Second Edition... -
History of Philosophy: Vol 2: Medieval Philosophy by Frederick C. Copleston
RRP: $38.98$35.12Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. However, since its first publication (the last volume appearing in the mid-1970s) the series has... -
Al-Ghazali's "Moderation in Belief" by Al-Ghazali
RRP: $72.15$69.75Centuries 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... -
Dante: The Poetics of Conversion by John Freccero 9780674192263
$70.24John Freccero enables us to see the Divine Comedy for the bold, poetic experiment that it is. Too many critics have domesticated Dante by separating his theology from his poetics. Freccero argues that to fail to see the convergence of the letter and the... -
Philosophy of Western Music: A Contemporary Introduction by Andrew Kania
RRP: $58.48$51.95This is the first comprehensive book-length introduction to the philosophy of Western music that fully integrates consideration of popular music and hybrid musical forms, especially song. Its author, Andrew Kania, begins by asking whether Bob Dylan...