The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy, Third Edition
ISBN: 1592573614 Binding: Paperback Edition: 3 Author(s): Jay Stevenson Ph.D. Publisher: Alpha Number of Pages: 384
Socratess admonition that "the unexamined life is not worth living" still resonates with many people and this guide is a great introduction to that mental exercise The author skillfully covers the subject both historically and topically and brings the reader all the way up to the present with insights into 21st-century philosophical thought Essential philosophers and philosophies from ancient times right up to today New information on such topics as Eastern philosophy women philosophers postmodernism and critical theory The relevance of philosophy to a variety of other subjects and to todays world
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Author(s): S. J.Joseph Rickaby Publisher: Public Domain Books Number of Pages: 197
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ISBN: 1240118783 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Roscoe Pound Publisher: Gale, Making of Modern Law Number of Pages: 310
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926 includes over 20000 analytical theoretical and practical works on American and British Law It includes the writings of major legal theorists including Sir Edward Coke Sir William Blackstone James Fitzjames Stephen Frederic William Maitland John Marshall Joseph Story Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr and Roscoe Pound among others Legal Treatises includes casebooks local practice manuals form books works for lay readers pamphlets letters speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law government and politics legal history business and economics criminology and much more ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Connecticut State Library
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Addresses delivered in the William L Storrs Lecture Series 1921 before the Law School of Yale University"--Half-tp
New Haven : Yale University Press 1922 307 1 p ; 19 cm
ISBN: 0521626579 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Chris Horner, Emrys Westacott Publisher: Cambridge University Press Number of Pages: 288
Chris Horner and Emrys Westacott present a clear and accessible introduction to some of the central problems of philosophy through challenging and stimulating the reader to think beyond the conventional answers to fundamental questions No previous knowledge is assumed and in lively and provocative chapters the authors invite the reader to explore questions about the nature of science religion ethics politics art the mind the self knowledge and truth Each chapter includes inset boxes providing links to classic philosophy texts on the issues discussed In addition the book relates the adventure of philosophy to some of the key principles of critical thinking
ISBN: 1153621029 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Benedictus De Spinoza Publisher: General Books LLC Number of Pages: 202
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ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Author(s): Immanuel Kant Publisher: Number of Pages: 600
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ISBN: 038503007X Binding: Paperback Edition: Revised Author(s): S.E. Frost Publisher: Anchor Number of Pages: 320
A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers in Western civilization Each major field of philosophic inquiry comprises a separate chapter for greater accessibility Includes Plato Descartes Spinoza Kant Hegel Dewey Sartre and many others
ISBN: 0679779175 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Alain De Botton Publisher: Vintage Number of Pages: 272
From the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this remarkable new book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles
Solace for the broken heart can be found in the words of Schopenhauer The ancient Greek Epicurus has the wisest and most affordable solution to cash flow problems A remedy for impotence lies in Montaigne Seneca offers advice upon losing a job And Nietzsche has shrewd counsel for everything from loneliness to illness The Consolations of Philosophy is a book as accessibly erudite as it is useful and entertaining
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
ISBN: 0805086587 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1st Author(s): N/A Publisher: Holt Paperbacks Number of Pages: 320
"A welcome change from the sloganeering political mudslinging and products of spin doctors"--The Philadelphia Inquirer
Based on the NPR series of the same name This I Believe features eighty Americans--from the famous to the unknown--completing the thought that the book's title begins Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others Featuring many renowned contributors--including Isabel Allende Colin Powell Gloria Steinem William F Buckley Jr Penn Jillette Bill Gates and John Updike--the collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer; a part-time hospital clerk in Rehoboth Massachusetts; a woman who sells yellow pages advertising in Fort Worth Texas; and a man who serves on Rhode Island's parole board The result is a stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people whose beliefs--and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them--reveal the American spirit at its best
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Author(s): Rudolf Schmid Publisher: Number of Pages:
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