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How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well by Catherine Wilson 9781541672635
RRP: €35.70€21.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541672635Author Catherine WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 155mm * 28mm -
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy by Ted Honderich
RRP: €38.66€28.81Oxford University Press presents a major new edition of the definitive philosophical reference work for readers at all levels. For ten years the original volume has served as a stimulating introduction for general readers and as an indispensable guide... -
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment by Frances Yates 9780415267694
RRP: €20.22€18.11A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. Beautifully illustrated, it remains one of... -
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre
RRP: €11.89€8.09In a series of 50 accessible essays, Ben Dupre introduces and explains the philosophical questions around knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethics and justice that have engaged the minds of thinkers from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. From... -
Philosophy For Dummies by Tom Morris
RRP: €21.41€14.92You think, therefore you are. Get a straightforward rundown on philosophy from the ancient world to today If you've ever pondered your existence over your morning coffee or considered the nature of crime and punishment, you're an amateur philosopher... -
The Philosophers' Library: Books that Shaped the World by Dr. Adam Ferner
RRP: €33.32€25.70The Philosophers' Library features the most important philosophy manuscripts and books as stepping stones to take your through the history of philosophy. By cataloguing the history of philosophy via its key works, this book reflects the physical results... -
Philosophical Dictionary by Francois Voltaire 9780140442571
RRP: €17.84€13.03Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a series of short, radical essays - alphabetically arranged - that form a brilliant and bitter analysis of the social and religious conventions that then dominated eighteenth-century French... -
The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume II by Benedictus de Spinoza 9780691167633
RRP: €59.50€46.90The Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a... -
Image and Paradigm in Plato's Sophist by David Ambuel
RRP: €49.92€33.46The Sophist sets out to explain what the sophist does by defining his art. But the sophist has no art. Plato lays out a challenging puzzle in metaphysics, the nature of philosophy, and the limitation of philosophy that is unraveled in this new and... -
Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide by Peter Cave
RRP: €11.89€7.63Philosophy, the "love of wisdom", is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world - the child of wonder. Through it, we seek to answer the most fundamental of questions: How do we know what we know? Does God exist? What is beauty?... -
A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations by A. J. Ayer
RRP: €35.64€32.14The dictionary shows philosophers at their best (and their worst), at their most perverse and their most elegant. Organised by philosopher, and indexed by thought, concept and phrase, it enables readers to discover who said what, and what was said by... -
Philosophy and Terry Pratchett by Jacob M. Held 9781137360151
RRP: €29.74€26.62Philosophy and Terry Pratchett is the first attempt by philosophers to explore themes in Sir Terry Pratchett's writings. It will appeal to both specialists and fans of Pratchett with serious essays written in a manner accessible to anyone who enjoys, or... -
A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
RRP: €13.08€9.48'What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?' Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a major work of the... -
The Deleuze Dictionary by Adrian Parr
RRP: €34.50€28.30This dictionary is dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze, providing an in-depth introduction to a leading figure in continental philosophy. It defines and contextualises more than 150 terms that relate to Deleuze's philosophy: the key terms and... -
The Essential Writings Of Machiavelli by Niccolo Machiavelli
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812974232Author Niccolo MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 448gDimensions(mm)... -
Ask a Philosopher: Answers to Your Most Important – and Most Unexpected – Questions by Ian Olasov
RRP: €11.90€8.09The perfect gift for the smart thinker in your life.For several years Ian Olasov has set up 'Ask-a-Philosopher' booths around New York City, answering questions from passersby. Now in this book he offers answers to the real-life questions on people's... -
Giving Reasons: An Extremely Short Introduction to Critical Thinking by David R. Morrow
RRP: €14.27€11.33Giving Reasons prepares students to think independently, evaluate information, and reason clearly across disciplines. Accessible to students and effective for instructors, it provides plain-English exercises, helpful appendices, and a variety of online... -
Modes of Thought by Alfred North Whitehead 9780029352106
RRP: €20.22€19.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780029352106Author Alfred North WhiteheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 251gDimensions(mm)... -
The Origin and Goal of History by Karl Jaspers
RRP: €20.22€18.11Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher and one of the most original European thinkers of the twentieth century. As a major exponent of existentialism in Germany, he had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and... -
Works: v. 1 by Philo
RRP: €29.69€27.27Syncretistic exegesis.The philosopher Philo was born about 20 BC to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, the chief home of the Jewish Diaspora as well as the chief center of Hellenistic culture; he was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In... -
Cicero: On Moral Ends by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: €32.12€30.29This 2001 translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy available to modern readers. Cicero is increasingly being appreciated as an intelligent and well-educated amateur philosopher, and in this work he presents the major... -
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Dictating Philosophy: To Francis Skinner - The Wittgenstein-Skinner Papers by Arthur Gibson 9783030360863
RRP: €47.59€43.07In this volume we witness Wittgenstein in the act of composing and experimenting with his new visions in philosophy. The book includes key explanations of the origin and background of these previously unknown manuscripts. It investigates how... -
A Kant Dictionary by Howard Caygill
RRP: €39.21€35.15In this new lexical survey of Kanta s works, Howard Caygill presents Kantian concepts and terminology in terms that will introduce and clarify his ideas for students and general readers alike.Book InformationISBN 9780631175353Author Howard CaygillFormat... -
History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell 9781138127043
RRP: €119.00€104.26First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy... -
Field Philosophy and Other Experiments by Brett Buchanan 9780367655723
RRP: €47.59€41.72This agenda-setting collection argues for the importance of fieldwork for philosophy and provides reflections on methods for such 'field philosophy' from the interdisciplinary vantage point of the environmental humanities. Field philosophy has emerged... -
Plato: The Symposium by M. C. Howatson
RRP: €22.60€19.25Plato's Symposium, written in the early part of the 4th century BC, is set at a drinking party (symposium) attended by some of the leading intellectuals of the day, including Aristophanes, the comic dramatist, Socrates, Plato's mentor, and Alcibiades,... -
Anthropology, History, and Education by Immanuel Kant 9780521181211
RRP: €47.59€42.07Anthropology, History, and Education, first published in 2007, contains all of Kant's major writings on human nature. Some of these works, which were published over a thirty-nine year period between 1764 and 1803, had never before been translated into... -
Atmosphere/Atmospheres: Testing A New Paradigm by Tonino Griffero 9788869771231
RRP: €16.66€14.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869771231Author Tonino GrifferoFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Mimesis InternationalPublisher Mimesis International -
Rhetoric by Aristotle 9781624667336
RRP: €26.17€21.42This new translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric, noteworthy for its consistency and accuracy, is the latest addition to the New Hackett Aristotle series. Fitting seamlessly with the others in the series, it enables Anglophone readers to read Aristotle's... -
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death by Ben Bradley 9780190271459
RRP: €51.75€51.37Death has long been a pre-occupation of philosophers, and this is especially so today. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death collects 21 newly commissioned essays that cover current philosophical thinking of death-related topics across the entire... -
Enjoying it: Candy Crush and Capitalism by Alfie Bown 9781785351556
RRP: €9.51€8.35Using a range of 'case studies' from Critical Theory to Candy Crush, 'Gangnam Style' to Game of Thrones and Football Manager to Hieronymus Bosch, this book argues that we need to rethink our enjoyment. Inspired by psychoanalysis, the book offers a new... -
Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon by Francis E. Peters
RRP: €30.93€26.23Isolates terms and offers an evolutionary history of the concept instead of a mere definitionIsolates terms and offers an evolutionary history of the concept instead of a mere definitionBook InformationISBN 9780814765524Author Francis E. PetersFormat... -
Philosophy of Music: An Introduction by R.A. Sharpe 9780773529281
€30.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780773529281Author R.A. SharpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint McGill-Queen's University PressPublisher McGill-Queen's University PressWeight(grams)... -
Directival Theory of Meaning: From Syntax and Pragmatics to Narrow Linguistic Content by Pawel Grabarczyk 9783030187811
€108.56This book presents a new approach to semantics based on Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz's Directival Theory of Meaning (DTM), which in effect reduces semantics of the analysed language to the combination of its syntax and pragmatics. The author argues that the DTM... -
Mas Alla del Bien y del Mal by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 9788471666147
RRP: €15.41€13.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788471666147Author Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Edaf AntillasPublisher Edaf Antillas -
Evolutionary Intuitionism: A Theory of the Origin and Nature of Moral Facts by Brian Zamulinski 9780773531581
RRP: €23.79€18.69A marriage of ethical intuitionism and evolutionary ethics that explains the origin of morality in a previously value-free world.Book InformationISBN 9780773531581Author Brian ZamulinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint McGill-Queen's University... -
Philosophy: A Quickstudy Laminated Reference Guide by M C O'Donnell
RRP: €8.27€6.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423239932Author M C O'DonnellPage Count 6Imprint Barcharts, IncPublisher Barcharts, IncWeight(grams) 45g -
The Return of the King: The Intellectual Warfare Over Democratic Athens by Victorino Tejera
€79.44Contents: Introduction: on the Intellectual History of Democratic Athens. A Modern Defense of Xenophon's Oligarchic Socrates. The Prelude to the Timaeus and the Atlantis Story. On the Ambivalence and Ideology of the Aristotelian Politics. In Search of... -
Understanding Principia and Tractatus: Russell and Wittgenstein Revisited by A. P. Rao
€87.27A. P. Rao is considered to be one of India's leading, modern philosophers. In this compelling new monograph, he discusses the unique philosophical energies and synergies between Russell and Wittgenstein's seminal works and re-interprets the... -
How Philosophy Works by DK
RRP: €26.18€16.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781465482228Author DKFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)Publisher DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)Weight(grams) 930g