philosophy
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The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time
- £30.00
- Cynicism is usually seen as a provocative mode of dissent from conventional moral thought, casting doubt on the motives that guide right conduct. When critics today complain that it is ubiquitous but lacks the serious bite of classical Cynicism, they express concern that it can now only be corrosively negative.…
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The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah
- £12.00
- The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and others all emerge in…
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The Idea of a Christian Society
- £25.00
- The three lectures Eliot gave at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in March 1939.
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The Last Years [The First English Translation Of The Kierkegaard Journals, 1853-1855]
- £22.00
- One of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century, Søren Kierkegaard (1814-55) often expressed himself through pseudonyms and disguises. His private reflections reveal the development of his own thought and personality with a freedom not seen in works he published during his lifetime. A combination of theoretical argument, vivid natural…
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The Nicomachaean Ethics
- £9.00
- Everyman's Library #547 What does it mean to be a good person? Aristotle's famous series of lectures on ethical topics ranges over fundamental questions about good and bad character; pleasure and self-control; moral wisdom and the foundations of right and wrong; friendship and love in all their forms - all…
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The Principles Of Art (Galaxy Books)
- £10.00
- This treatise on aesthetics begins by showing that the word "art" is used as a name not only for "art proper" but also for certain things which are "art falsely so called." These are craft or skill, magic, and amusement, each of which, by confusion with art proper, generates a…
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The Re-Inherited Mind: Recovering The Judaeo-Christian Inheritance In Western Christendom
- £15.00
- In this book, Reverend Doctor Scott argues that the Judaeo-Christian tradition contains many excellent insights into what we are as human beings, which we are in grave danger of forgetting, but which we can recall to our infinite advantage if we seek to do so. The book is filled with…
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The Rebel (L’Homme Révolté)
- £250.00
- A philosophical exploration of the idea of 'rebellion' by one of the leading existentialist thinkers, Albert Camus' The Rebel looks at artistic and political rebels throughout history, from Epicurus to the Marquis de Sade. Translated by Anthony Bower with an introduction by Sir Herbert Read. The Rebel is Camus' 'attempt…
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The Recovery of Belief: a Restatement of Christian Philosophy
- £100.00
- From the dustjacket: Joad is not a sentimental preacher, exhorting us to 'return to religion'. He is a thinker, a philosopher, who has found himself slowly compelled by his reason to concede the unique claim of the Christian religion. He has set out to tell us what has happened in…
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The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
- £12.00
- The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book (published in the US as Science Set Free), Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that…
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The Sickness unto Death
- £65.00
- One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may…
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The Sun Shines Bright
- £12.00
- Essays discuss the sun, stars, planets, the moon, elements, the cell, scientists, human nature, secret weapons, population growth, and altruism
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The World Turned Upside Down
- £20.00
- The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle Over God, Truth, And Power. In what we tell ourselves is an age of reason, we are behaving increasingly irrationally. An astonishing number of people subscribe to celebrity endorsed cults, Mayan armageddon prophecies, scientism, and other varieties of new age, anti-enlightenment philosophies.…
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There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
- £7.00
- In There Is a God, one of the world's preeminent atheists discloses how his commitment to "follow the argument wherever it leads" led him to a belief in God as Creator. This is a compelling and refreshingly open-minded argument that will forever change the atheism debate.
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Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
- £40.00
- How can one European capital be responsible for most of the WestÕs intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens_every aspect of our…
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The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time
- £30.00
- Cynicism is usually seen as a provocative mode of dissent from conventional moral thought, casting doubt on the motives that guide right conduct. When critics today complain that it is ubiquitous but lacks the serious bite of classical Cynicism, they express concern that it can now only be corrosively negative.…
- Add to basket
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The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah
- £12.00
- The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and others all emerge in…
- Add to basket
-
The Idea of a Christian Society
- £25.00
- The three lectures Eliot gave at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in March 1939.
- Add to basket
-
The Last Years [The First English Translation Of The Kierkegaard Journals, 1853-1855]
- £22.00
- One of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century, Søren Kierkegaard (1814-55) often expressed himself through pseudonyms and disguises. His private reflections reveal the development of his own thought and personality with a freedom not seen in works he published during his lifetime. A combination of theoretical argument, vivid natural…
- Add to basket
-
The Nicomachaean Ethics
- £9.00
- Everyman's Library #547 What does it mean to be a good person? Aristotle's famous series of lectures on ethical topics ranges over fundamental questions about good and bad character; pleasure and self-control; moral wisdom and the foundations of right and wrong; friendship and love in all their forms - all…
- Add to basket
-
The Principles Of Art (Galaxy Books)
- £10.00
- This treatise on aesthetics begins by showing that the word "art" is used as a name not only for "art proper" but also for certain things which are "art falsely so called." These are craft or skill, magic, and amusement, each of which, by confusion with art proper, generates a…
- Add to basket
-
The Re-Inherited Mind: Recovering The Judaeo-Christian Inheritance In Western Christendom
- £15.00
- In this book, Reverend Doctor Scott argues that the Judaeo-Christian tradition contains many excellent insights into what we are as human beings, which we are in grave danger of forgetting, but which we can recall to our infinite advantage if we seek to do so. The book is filled with…
- Add to basket
-
The Rebel (L’Homme Révolté)
- £250.00
- A philosophical exploration of the idea of 'rebellion' by one of the leading existentialist thinkers, Albert Camus' The Rebel looks at artistic and political rebels throughout history, from Epicurus to the Marquis de Sade. Translated by Anthony Bower with an introduction by Sir Herbert Read. The Rebel is Camus' 'attempt…
- Add to basket
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The Recovery of Belief: a Restatement of Christian Philosophy
- £100.00
- From the dustjacket: Joad is not a sentimental preacher, exhorting us to 'return to religion'. He is a thinker, a philosopher, who has found himself slowly compelled by his reason to concede the unique claim of the Christian religion. He has set out to tell us what has happened in…
- Add to basket
-
The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
- £12.00
- The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book (published in the US as Science Set Free), Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that…
- Add to basket
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The Sickness unto Death
- £65.00
- One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may…
- Add to basket
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The Sun Shines Bright
- £12.00
- Essays discuss the sun, stars, planets, the moon, elements, the cell, scientists, human nature, secret weapons, population growth, and altruism
- Add to basket
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The World Turned Upside Down
- £20.00
- The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle Over God, Truth, And Power. In what we tell ourselves is an age of reason, we are behaving increasingly irrationally. An astonishing number of people subscribe to celebrity endorsed cults, Mayan armageddon prophecies, scientism, and other varieties of new age, anti-enlightenment philosophies.…
- Add to basket
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There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
- £7.00
- In There Is a God, one of the world's preeminent atheists discloses how his commitment to "follow the argument wherever it leads" led him to a belief in God as Creator. This is a compelling and refreshingly open-minded argument that will forever change the atheism debate.
- Add to basket
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Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
- £40.00
- How can one European capital be responsible for most of the WestÕs intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens_every aspect of our…
- Add to basket