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David Hume (Great Thinkers)
- £8.00
- Through his pursuit of a naturalistic grounding for morality and his forceful critique of supernaturalism, Scottish philosopher David Hume significantly undermined confidence in orthodox Christianity. Professor, minister, and philosopher James Anderson summarizes the major points of Hume's thought and offers a critical assessment from a distinctively Reformed perspective. He shows…
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Existentialism and Humanism
- £50.00
- Over the past 70 years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher and literary figure. In his theoretical writings, Sartre laid the foundation for an original doctrine of Existentialism. His concern, however, was to relate his theory to…
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Immortality: the quest to live forever
- £9.00
- Who wants to live forever? According to Stephen Cave, we all do - every single one of us. And the evidence is all around. Eluding the Grim Reaper is humanity's oldest and most pervasive wish. It is embedded in our very nature and provides the real driving force behind every…
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Impossible People: Christian Courage And The Struggle For The Soul Of Civilization
- £15.00
- The church in the West is at a critical moment. While the Gospel is exploding throughout the global South, Western civilization faces militant assaults from aggressive secularism and radical Islam. Will the church resist the seductive shaping power of advanced modernity? More than ever Christians must resist the negative cultural…
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Lessing’s Theological Writings
- £20.00
- From A & C Black's A Library of Modern Religious Series which reprinted writing of historical importance; each contains an introduction, in this case by Lessing's translator and future Regius Professor, Henry Chadwick.
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Life’s Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy
- £35.00
- Life's Ultimate Questions is unique among introductory philosophy textbooks. By synthesizing three distinct approaches -- topical, historical, and worldview/conceptual systems -- it affords students a breadth and depth of perspective previously unavailable in standard introductory texts. Part One, Six Conceptual Systems, explores the philosophies of: naturalism, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine,…
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Liquid Love: On The Frailty Of Human Bonds
- £16.00
- This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, Ôliquid modernÕ times Ð the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the fixed or durable bonds that would allow the effort of self-definition and self-assertion to come to a rest. Having no permanent bonds, the…
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Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
- £20.00
- Standard Edition of Complete Works: Shaw began writing MAN AND SUPERMAN in 1901 and determined to write a play that would encapsulate the new century's intellectual inheritance. Shaw drew not only on Byron's verse satire, but also on Shakespeare, the Victorian comedy fashionable in his early life, and from authors…
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On Language
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- Shaw was almost as prolific in his writing on politics, philosophy and linguistics as he was as a playwright. This posthumous anthology of his writing on language was published 13 years after his death in 1950.
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Orphan Black and Philosophy: Grand Theft DNA
- £15.00
- In Orphan Black, several apparently unconnected women discover that they are exact physical doubles Ñ they're illegally produced clones, and someone is having them killed. Law enforcement is powerless to help. The clones are forced to form their own Clone Club to defend themselves. Orphan Black raises philosophical issues, as…
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Philosophical Fragments by Johannes Climacus
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- A Christian philosophical work written by Danish philosopher S¿ren Kierkegaard in 1844. It was the second of three works written under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus; the other two were De omnibus dubitandum est in 1841 and Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments in 1846.
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Pooh And The Philosophers (Wisdom Of Pooh)
- £14.00
- This work sets out to prove that the whole of of Western philosophy, from the cosmologists to the existentialists, may be found in the pages of "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". It shows how the "Great Bear" explains the most profound ideas of great thinkers such as Plato…
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The Age Of Nothing: How We Have Sought To Live Since The Death Of God
- £15.00
- From one of EnglandÕs most distinguished intellectual historians comes Òan exhilarating rideÉthat will stand the test of time as a masterful account ofÓ (The Boston Globe) one of the WestÕs most important intellectual movements: Atheism. In 1882, Friedrich Nietzche declared that ÒGod is deadÓ and ever since tens of thousands…
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The Clue to Pascal
- £10.00
- Pascal was a great scientific thinker and inventor from whose work mankind still profits. He was also a great religious thinker and this is being recognised afresh today. The author of this study of his personality and work claims that Pascal was 'one of the profoundest thinkers of all time.'
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The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot
- £30.00
- Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four…
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David Hume (Great Thinkers)
- £8.00
- Through his pursuit of a naturalistic grounding for morality and his forceful critique of supernaturalism, Scottish philosopher David Hume significantly undermined confidence in orthodox Christianity. Professor, minister, and philosopher James Anderson summarizes the major points of Hume's thought and offers a critical assessment from a distinctively Reformed perspective. He shows…
- Add to basket
-
Existentialism and Humanism
- £50.00
- Over the past 70 years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher and literary figure. In his theoretical writings, Sartre laid the foundation for an original doctrine of Existentialism. His concern, however, was to relate his theory to…
- Add to basket
-
Immortality: the quest to live forever
- £9.00
- Who wants to live forever? According to Stephen Cave, we all do - every single one of us. And the evidence is all around. Eluding the Grim Reaper is humanity's oldest and most pervasive wish. It is embedded in our very nature and provides the real driving force behind every…
- Add to basket
-
Impossible People: Christian Courage And The Struggle For The Soul Of Civilization
- £15.00
- The church in the West is at a critical moment. While the Gospel is exploding throughout the global South, Western civilization faces militant assaults from aggressive secularism and radical Islam. Will the church resist the seductive shaping power of advanced modernity? More than ever Christians must resist the negative cultural…
- Add to basket
-
Lessing’s Theological Writings
- £20.00
- From A & C Black's A Library of Modern Religious Series which reprinted writing of historical importance; each contains an introduction, in this case by Lessing's translator and future Regius Professor, Henry Chadwick.
- Add to basket
-
Life’s Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy
- £35.00
- Life's Ultimate Questions is unique among introductory philosophy textbooks. By synthesizing three distinct approaches -- topical, historical, and worldview/conceptual systems -- it affords students a breadth and depth of perspective previously unavailable in standard introductory texts. Part One, Six Conceptual Systems, explores the philosophies of: naturalism, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine,…
- Add to basket
-
Liquid Love: On The Frailty Of Human Bonds
- £16.00
- This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, Ôliquid modernÕ times Ð the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the fixed or durable bonds that would allow the effort of self-definition and self-assertion to come to a rest. Having no permanent bonds, the…
- Add to basket
-
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
- £20.00
- Standard Edition of Complete Works: Shaw began writing MAN AND SUPERMAN in 1901 and determined to write a play that would encapsulate the new century's intellectual inheritance. Shaw drew not only on Byron's verse satire, but also on Shakespeare, the Victorian comedy fashionable in his early life, and from authors…
- Add to basket
-
On Language
- £20.00
- Shaw was almost as prolific in his writing on politics, philosophy and linguistics as he was as a playwright. This posthumous anthology of his writing on language was published 13 years after his death in 1950.
- Add to basket
-
Orphan Black and Philosophy: Grand Theft DNA
- £15.00
- In Orphan Black, several apparently unconnected women discover that they are exact physical doubles Ñ they're illegally produced clones, and someone is having them killed. Law enforcement is powerless to help. The clones are forced to form their own Clone Club to defend themselves. Orphan Black raises philosophical issues, as…
- Add to basket
-
Philosophical Fragments by Johannes Climacus
- £15.00
- A Christian philosophical work written by Danish philosopher S¿ren Kierkegaard in 1844. It was the second of three works written under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus; the other two were De omnibus dubitandum est in 1841 and Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments in 1846.
- Add to basket
-
Pooh And The Philosophers (Wisdom Of Pooh)
- £14.00
- This work sets out to prove that the whole of of Western philosophy, from the cosmologists to the existentialists, may be found in the pages of "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". It shows how the "Great Bear" explains the most profound ideas of great thinkers such as Plato…
- Add to basket
-
The Age Of Nothing: How We Have Sought To Live Since The Death Of God
- £15.00
- From one of EnglandÕs most distinguished intellectual historians comes Òan exhilarating rideÉthat will stand the test of time as a masterful account ofÓ (The Boston Globe) one of the WestÕs most important intellectual movements: Atheism. In 1882, Friedrich Nietzche declared that ÒGod is deadÓ and ever since tens of thousands…
- Add to basket
-
The Clue to Pascal
- £10.00
- Pascal was a great scientific thinker and inventor from whose work mankind still profits. He was also a great religious thinker and this is being recognised afresh today. The author of this study of his personality and work claims that Pascal was 'one of the profoundest thinkers of all time.'
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot
- £30.00
- Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four…
- Add to basket
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