Philosophers

Don Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508) was a major historical figure during the waning of the Middle Ages. Statesman, diplomat, courtier, and financier, he was, at the same time, a scholar of encyclopedic learning, a philosopher, an exegete, a prolific author,...

A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the twentieth century to mentor a generation of young artists like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro--the gender...

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This comprehensive volume captures one of the twentieth century's greatest philosopher's lifelong battle with the forces of injustice, ignorance, and cruelty - a crusade not always welcomed by his own government, which twice imprisoned him. Russell used...

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Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He tackled many puzzles--how our minds work, how we experience the world, and what the true nature of meaning is. In "Introducing Bertrand Russell "we meet a passionate eccentric, active in world...

Two high-voltage scholars engage in a bitter conflict in this irresistible tale of principle and politics in the Cold War years Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal...

Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets shaped the conservative movement from its earliest days...

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Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is the father of modern philosophy, and one of the greatest of all thinkers. This is the first intellectual biography of Descartes in English; it offers a fundamental reassessment of all aspects of his life and work. Stephen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061768927Author Ross KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

This revealing autobiography of the Hungarian Marxist philosopher Georg Lukacs is centered on a series of interviews that he gave in 1969 and 1971, shortly before his death on 4 June 1971.Stimulated by the sympathetic yet incisive questioning of the...

"Here is the first Kant-biography in English since Paulsen's and Cassirer's only full-scale study of Kant's philosophy. On a very deep level, all of Cassirer's philosophy was based on Kant's, and accordingly this book is Cassirer's explicit coming...

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Decades after his death, Albert Camus (1913-60) is still regarded as one of the most influential and fascinating intellectuals of the twentieth century. This biography by Stephen Eric Bronner explores the connections between his literary work, his...

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Alexandre Kojeve (1902-1968) was an important and provocative thinker. Born in Russia, he spent most of his life in France. His interpretation of Hegel and his notorious declaration that history had come to an end exerted great influence on French...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805092486Author Tristram HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495370342Author ConfuciusFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806530789Author Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Philosophical LibraryPublisher Philosophical LibraryWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986058608Author Katheen B. JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Thinking Women BooksPublisher Thinking Women BooksWeight(grams) 491g

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Few people thought as deeply or incisively about Germany, Jewish identity, and the Holocaust as Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem. And, as this landmark volume reveals, much of that thinking was developed in dialogue, through more than two decades of...

Encounters with Kierkegaard is a collection of every known eyewitness account of the great Danish thinker. Through many sharp observations of family members, friends and acquaintances, supporters and opponents, the life story of this elusive and...

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Translated from the French by Benjamin Ivry, Simone Weil was one of the twentieth century's most original philosopher-critics, and as a result her legacy has been claimed by many. This memoir by Weil's niece is strong-willed and incisive and as close as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561845699Author Aleister CrowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint New Falcon Publications,U.S.Publisher New Falcon Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 184g

The first comprehensive history of John Venn's life and work. John Venn (1834-1923) is remembered today as the inventor of the famous Venn diagram. The postmortem fame of the diagram has until now eclipsed Venn's own status as one of the most...

The first biography of Kierkegaard's literary muse, from the author of the definitive life of the philosopherKierkegaard's Muse-the first biography of Regine Olsen (1822-1904), the inspiration and one-time fiancee of Danish philosopher Soren...

Focusing as much on Marx's private life as on his public persona and work, this classic biography looks into detail at his relationship with his mother and father, wife and friends, and includes generous quotations from a wide range of correspondence in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956735065Author Pino DeufemiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Pino DeufemiaPublisher Pino DeufemiaWeight(grams) 152g

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Alexander Herzen-philosopher, novelist, essayist, political agitator, and one of the leading Russian intellectuals of the nineteenth century-was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. While he is remembered for his masterpiece My Past and...