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Sub-Categories of History of Western philosophy
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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: A Critical Guide
Jon Miller (Queen's University, Ontario)
Philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ethics & moral philosophy
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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most important ethical treatises ever written, and has had a profound influence... [more]
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A Thousand Plateaus
Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari
Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
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This book has set the agenda for contemporary Continental philosophy, arguing for a new theory of radical democracy in politics... [more]
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Poetics
Aristotle
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative... [more]
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Is God Happy?: Selected Essays
Leszek Kolakowski
Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
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Features essays about communism and socialism, the problem of evil, Erasmus and the reform of the Church, reason and truth,... [more]
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Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Social & political philosophy
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Considers the issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint... [more]
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Utopia
Saint Thomas More
Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory
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Offers a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island (Utopia) where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural... [more]
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Republic, Volume II: Books 6-10
Plato
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; History; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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Plato's Republic concerns righteousness both in individuals and in communities, and proposes an ideal state organized and... [more]
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A New History of Western Philosophy
Anthony Kenny (University of Oxford)
Philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Christian theology; History of ideas
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Sir Anthony Kenny presents a fascinating and authoritative new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad... [more]
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On Living and Dying Well
Cicero
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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Includes treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry. [more]
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The Greek Philosophers: from Thales to Aristotle
W. K. C. Guthrie
Philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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Originally published: London: Methuen, 1950. [more]
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The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1870-1945
Thomas Baldwin (University of York)
Philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; History of ideas
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Specially commissioned essays tracing the remarkable flowering of philosophy in the 1870s, with the start of German neo-Kantianism,... [more]
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Sayings and Anecdotes: with Other Popular Moralists
Diogenes
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ethics & moral philosophy; Popular philosophy
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A unique edition of the sayings of Diogenes, whose biting wit and eccentricity inspired the anecdotes that express his Cynic... [more]
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Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology
Edmund Husserl
Philosophy; Phenomenology & Existentialism
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First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. [more]
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Descartes: A Biography
Desmond M. Clarke (University College Cork)
Biography: historical, political & military; Philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; History of ideas
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Descartes' main contribution was positing a philosophy that would be sympathetic to the key concepts of the Scientific Revolution.... [more]
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How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
Quintus Tullius Cicero
History; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Social & political philosophy; Elections & referenda
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A Roman guide for campaigning. It is suitable for politicians and those who enjoys watching them try to manipulate their way... [more]
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The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
Bettany Hughes
Biography: historical, political & military; History; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. In The Hemlock Cup, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes gives... [more]
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Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction
Paul Cartledge (A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Cambridge University, and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge)
History; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Classical history & classical civilisation; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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A highly stimulating Very Short Introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of... [more]
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The Roger Scruton Reader
Mark Dooley
Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
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This is the first comprehensive collection of Scruton's writings, a mix of published and new essays spanning a period of thirty... [more]
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Meditations: with selected correspondence
Marcus Aurelius
Classical history & classical civilisation; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ethics & moral philosophy
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Marcus Aurelius' Meditations is a private notebook of philosophical reflections with universal significance. Drawing on Stoic... [more]
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Meditations: Popular Penguins
Marcus Aurelius
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Popular philosophy
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Features the spiritual reflections of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) that show a leader trying to make sense of... [more]
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A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary
Voltaire
Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Comparative religion; Religion & politics
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Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It consists of a series of short... [more]
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Introducing Kant: A Graphic Guide
Christopher Kul-Want
Philosophy; Western philosophy: Enlightenment
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Illustrated INTRODUCING guide to the pre-eminent philosopher of the Enlightenment [more]
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Introducing Derrida: A Graphic Guide
Jeff Collins
Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
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Brilliant illustrated guide to the best-known and most controversial continental philosopher of the latter 20th century [more]
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
Sir Karl Popper
Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory
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Written in political exile in New Zealand during the Second World War and published in two volumes in 1945, The Open Society... [more]
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On What Matters: Volume One
Derek Parfit (All Souls, University of Oxford)
Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Ethics & moral philosophy
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This is the first volume of a major work in moral philosophy, the long-awaited follow-up to Parfit's classic Reasons and Persons,... [more]
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