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1	Five Dialogues more books like this by Plato add to wishlist This second edition of 'Five Dialogues' presents Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for 'Plato: Complete Works'. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography. see all copies from £2.02! new only from £4.43! \| first editions
2	The History of Sexuality: An Introduction more books like this by Michel Foucault add to wishlist The author turns his attention to sex and the reasons why we are driven constantly to analyze and discuss it. An iconoclastic explanation of modern sexual history. see all copies from £6.02! new only from £8.03!
3	Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of the Prison more books like this by Michel Foucault add to wishlist A history of the development of the science of penology in the West. Foucault, a celebrated French scholar and former professor at the College de France, examines the shift in Western attitudes towards criminal justice and punishment, tracing their shift from an emphasis upon divine justice and retribution in the Middle Ages to the faith in ... see all copies from £8.67! new only from £8.90!
4	Basic Writings of Nietzsche more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann (Editor) add to wishlist One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche's most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy; Beyond Good and Evil; On the Genealogy of Morals; The Case of Wagner; and Ecce ... see all copies from £7.86! new only from £10.38! \| first editions
5	Archetypes of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy more books like this by Douglas J Soccio add to wishlist This book should be of interest to introductory philosophy text. see all copies from £5.30! new only from £7.74! \| first editions
6	Of Grammatology more books like this by Jacques Derrida add to wishlist This is the foundational book for the literary critical movement known as deconstruction. It offers Derrida's most systematic exposition of the linguistic and philosophical principles that have made him one of the century's most talked-about philosophers and literary theorists. see all copies from £4.24! new only from £12.10! \| first editions
7	Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East more books like this by Baird T Spalding add to wishlist Abridged version of volume's 1-3 from Baird Spalding's Far East travels in 1894 that played a ground-breaking role in introducing to the Western world the knowledge that there are "Masters" assisting and guiding humanity. see all copies from £4.51! new only from £4.51! \| first editions
8	Philosophy, a Text with Readings more books like this by Manuel Velasquez add to wishlist Offering students an accessible, engaging complete introduction to philosophy, Velasquez combines clear prose and primary sources to provide a meaningful exploration of philosophy that relates to students' self-discovery. Covering a wide range of topics, such as human nature, feminist theory, diversity, and aesthetics, this text is organized to ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £21.03! \| first editions
9	Meditations more books like this by Aurelius Marcus add to wishlist In these personal reflections, the Roman emperor and second-century Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius discusses life, morality, duty, and community. Originally entitled "To Himself", the work did not surface until the fourth century, but it has inspired readers ever since. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.76! \| first editions
10	Republic more books like this by Plato add to wishlist In Plato?s "Republic", his most celebrated "dialogue," the philosopher condemns the justice and morality of Greek society after the trial and execution of his teacher, Socrates. Disillusioned with politics and politicians, Plato argued that civilization demanded truly enlightened government, led by philosopher-kings. He wrote that "...mankind will ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes more books like this by Thomas Cathcart, PhD, Daniel Klein add to wishlist This lively crash course in philosophy takes us on a hilarious - and at the same time, profound - tour through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts and thinkers. All with a light touch. As if being led on an intellectual adventure by a brilliant stand-up comic, the reader experiences light-hearted excursions through this ... see all copies from £5.98! new only from £6.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Voices of Wisdom: A Multicultural Philosophy Reader more books like this by Gary E Kessler add to wishlist Adopting a multicultural approach, this reader covers Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, African, Amerindian, Latin American, Islamic, Jewish, and feminist philosophies. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.43!
13 view cover	Fear and Trembling more books like this by Soren Kierkegaard add to wishlist In this rich and resonant work, Soren Kierkegaard reflects poetically and philosophically on the biblical story of God's command to Abraham, that he sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of faith. Was Abraham's proposed action morally and religiously justified or murder? Is there an absolute duty to God? Was Abraham justified in remaining silent? In ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.47!
14 view cover	Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist This new edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teaching edition. see all copies from £2.49! new only from £2.49!
15 view cover	Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium more books like this by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Robin Campbell (Translator) add to wishlist A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65) that the Stoics found their ... see all copies from £3.68! new only from £5.36!
16 view cover	Nicomachean Ethics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist Amongst the works of Aristotle, the Nicomachean Ethics stands virtually alone in speaking not only to classicists, historians of ideas, and technical philosophers, but to anyone trying to make sense of practical human ideals. In this major new presentation, Aristotle's most engaging work has been freshly translated by Christopher Rowe into ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.60! \| first editions
17 view cover	Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy more books like this by Joel Feinberg add to wishlist The tenth edition of this topically-organized anthology provides a balance of historical selections and recent material. The text covers reason and religious belief; human knowledge; mind and its place in nature; determinism; free will and responsibility; and morality and justice in five parts, with attention to opposing points of view. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £8.10! \| first editions
18 view cover	The consolations of philosophy more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist 'Witty, thoughtful, entertaining ...a stylish book, which manages to make philosophy both enjoyable and relevant, at the same time providing a very sensible digest of consolations for many of our current psychological ills' - Anthony Clare, "LiteraryReview". see all copies from £2.56! new only from £6.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Republic of Plato: Second Edition more books like this by Plato, Allan Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist In Plato?s "Republic", his most celebrated "dialogue," the philosopher condemns the justice and morality of Greek society after the trial and execution of his teacher, Socrates. Disillusioned with politics and politicians, Plato argued that civilization demanded truly enlightened government, led by philosopher-kings. He wrote that "...mankind will ... see all copies from £5.80! new only from £10.49!
20 view cover	Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter more books like this by Donald Palmer add to wishlist Distilled from Donald Palmer's more than 30 years of teaching experiences, this approachable, historically organized text exemplifies Dr. Palmer's very successful light-hearted approach to teaching introduction to philosophy. Through the use of humor, drawings, charts, and diagrams, serious philosophical topics come alive for the readers - without ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £22.90! \| first editions
21 view cover	Philosophy: The Power of Ideas more books like this by Brooke Noel Moore add to wishlist This text is a pedagogically innovative introduction to philosophy that is historically presented within a topical framework, allowing students to follow the thematic development of each major branch or subfield of philosophy. The authors make a strong case for the relevance of philosophy in today's world. 74 primary source readings are included, ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £39.17! \| first editions
22 view cover	The story of philosophy; the lives and opinions of the greater philosophers more books like this by Will Durant add to wishlist "The Story of Philosophy" chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and intellectual environments which influenced them, and the personal traits and adventures out of which each philosophy grew. see all copies from £2.95! new only from £3.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Great Dialogues of Plato more books like this by Plato add to wishlist Plato wrote approximately 25 dialogues--intellectual debates on such topics as law, virtue, love, and beauty--which are normally divided into three periods: those featuring Socrates, those in which the words of Socrates are most likely Plato's own, and the last several written during Plato's later years. This translation includes the complete ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.38! \| first editions
24 view cover	Classics of Western philosophy more books like this by Steven M Cahn add to wishlist The seventh edition of Steven Cahn's "Classics of Western Philosophy" features several major additions, including selections from Plotinus' "Enneads", Schopenhauer's "The World as Will and Representation", Husserl's "Paris Lectures", Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations", and a new selection from Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit". ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £19.93! \| first editions
25 view cover	Theory of Moral Sentiments more books like this by Adam Smith add to wishlist "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" clearly demonstrates that besides mundane economic pursuits, Smith was just as interested, if not more so, in the capacity of people to bestow and to esteem benevolence, and to strive for virtue even while they are pursuing their own self-interest. The root of our motivation to act benevolently toward others, says ... see all copies from £6.12! new only from £6.12! \| first editions

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