Individual Philosophers

In Untying the Gordian Knot: Process, Reality, and Context, Timothy E. Eastman proposes a new creative synthesis, the Logoi framework-which is radically inclusive and incorporates both actuality and potentiality-to show how the fundamental notions of...

A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern ageSpinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither. In...

From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life's big questionsIn 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdam's Portuguese-Jewish community for "abominable heresies" and "monstrous deeds," the...

A 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...

Who was Jacques Derrida? For some, he is responsible, at least in part, for the contemporary crisis of truth. For the far right, he is one of the architects of Cultural Marxism. To his academic critics, he reduced French philosophy to 'little more than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409333Author Patrick WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789873542Author PlotinusFormat PaperbackPage Count 514Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

'John Sellars excels at writing short books for a general audience on ancient philosophy. . . A great way into one of the greatest philosophers of all time' Nigel Warburton, Five Books Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947544482Author Matthew David SegallFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Integral ImprintPublisher Integral ImprintWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451531759Author AristotleFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 252gDimensions(mm) 171mm * 105mm * 21mm

Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250798428Author Clare CarlisleFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 142mm * 28mm

How to live a better life. One of the most important books on Western philosophy - a powerful and inspirational guide for the complicated world of today'Refreshing and restorative' GUARDIAN'An ancient work of spiritual reflection which remains a powerful...

Despite the increasing prominence of Klossowski's philosophical work, there exists no full-length or sustained treatment of his writings on Nietzsche. This study analyses Klossowski's semiotic of intensity as a conceptual foundation for his philosophy...

A close read of the rich collections of texts left behind by Václav Havel, one of the most important Czech thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century. No one in Czech politics or culture could match the international stature of Václav Havel at the...

In this concise yet comprehensive critical biography, Ritchie Robertson examines the work of Friedrich Nietzsche within the context of his life. The book traces Nietzsche's development from outstanding classical scholar to cultural critic, who measured...

Life is a razor's edge and one has to walk on that path with exquisite care and with pliable wisdom" - J Krishnamurti Between 1948 and the early 1960s, Krishnamurti was easily accessible and many people came to him. On walks, in personal meetings,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156261005Author Erich HellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 217mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789355223746Author Lucius Annaeus SenecaFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Classy PublishingPublisher Classy Publishing

Nearly two years before his powerful Communist Manifesto, Marx (1818-1883) co-wrote The German Ideology in 1845 with friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels expounding a new political worldview, including positions on materialism, labor, production,...

Jacques Derrida was one of most influential philosophers of the 20th century. In The Politics of Friendship he explores the idea of friendship and its political consequences, past and future in order to explore invention of a radically new friendship, of...

'The most prescient of British public intellectuals' Pankaj Mishra, Financial TimesUpdated with a new foreword and two new chapters of John Gray's writing.Why is progress a pernicious myth? Why do beliefs that humanity can be improved end in farce or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781399590Author SenecaFormat HardbackPage Count 38Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310114413Author Jennifer Powell McNuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint ZondervanPublisher Zondervan

Examines the theoretical achievements and the political impact of the new materialisms Materialism, a rich philosophical tradition that goes back to antiquity, is currently undergoing a renaissance. In The Government of Things, Thomas Lemke provides a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593847046Author DKFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 975gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

"A history of philosophy in twelve thinkers...The whole performance combines polyglot philological rigor with supple intellectual sympathy, and it is all presented...in a spirit of fun...This bracing and approachable book [shows] that there is life in...

A career-spanning collection of published and unpublished writings Catherine Malabou is one of the foremost, most innovative intelligences working in contemporary French philosophy today. Her work articulates a coherent conceptualisation of 'plasticity'...

Brings Schelling's ontology into conversation with contemporary analytic metaphysics of powers Contributes to the recent revival of interest in Schelling as a historical figure as well as being relevant to contemporary concerns Offers a unique...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679724650Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

What does it mean when a radical understanding of National Socialism is inextricably embedded in the work of the twentieth century's most important philosopher? "Combines close readings of Heidegger's key writings with a rich cultural, literary and...

Slavoj Zizek gives us a reading of a philosophical giant that changes our way of thinking about the new posthuman era. No ordinary study of Hegel, this work investigates what he might have had to say about the idea of the 'wired brain' - what happens...

Jan Patocka's contribution to phenomenology and the philosophy of history mean that he is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Yet, his writing is not widely available in English and the Anglophone world remains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060937287Author Martin HeideggerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Epicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the striving after an independent state of mind and body, imperturbability, and reliance on sensory data as the true basis of...

A candid and personal insight into the life and work of the philosopher and writer Roger Scruton, by his intellectual biographer Mark Dooley. This book reveals what life was like for Roger Scruton growing up in High Wycombe, how he survived Cambridge...

A far-reaching reinterpretation of Plato's Timaeus and its engagement with time, eternity, body, and soul that in its original French edition profoundly influenced Derrida The Tomb of the Artisan God provides a radical rereading of Timaeus, Plato's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394704371Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

The author of more than 2,000 books and pamphlets, Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) was one of the most prolific writers of the eighteenth century, and also one of the wittiest and most insightful. This unique collection of over 800 of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451163080Author Ayn RandFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 171mm * 106mm *...