Philosophy
Explore our collection of philosophy books at our online bookstore, featuring the best books on philosophy, philosophical novels, and famous works on stoicism and political philosophy. Discover must-read and best-selling titles that offer deep insights into the world of philosophy.
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Human Dignity and Liberal Politics: Catholic Possibilities for the Common GoodA deeply considered examination of the "common good" reconciling Catholic Social Thought with secular politics and philosophyThe Second Vatican Council invites dialogue about the common good as the set of economic, political, legal, and cultural conditions for human flourishing, whether as individuals or as...
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How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the StateAn expert on the writing of constitutions argues that the path to a thriving society begins with forgetting about them In 2009, constitutional scholar C. L. Skach went to Iraq to help revise the constitution. She survived a missile barrage in the Green Zone--an...
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Hellenica (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)Xenophon's Hellenica is a Classical Greek historical narrative divided into seven books that describe Greco-Persian history in the years BCE 411-362. The first two books narrate the final years of the Peloponnesian War from the exact moment in time at which Thucydides' history ends....
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Great Man TheoryGreat Man Theory: History is the echo of individual men who have shouted. I have hummed the tune of Great Man Theory so that you may recognize it when you hear it. Look for Great Men, be worthy of them for your own sake....
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Gadamer and the Social Turn in EpistemologyCarolyn Culbertson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida Gulf Coast University. She is the author of Words Underway: Continental Philosophy of Language.Author: Carolyn CulbertsonPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 06/01/2024Pages: 206Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00dISBN: 9781438498164
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of MoralsThe book "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals" was written by the famous German philosopher Immanuel Kant. It is a work of moral philosophy that explores the nature of morality, the principles that underlie it and the duties that individuals have towards one...
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First Philosophy Last Philosophy: Western Knowledge Between Metaphysics and the SciencesWhat is at stake in that form of inquiry which the Western philosophical tradition has called first philosophy or metaphysics? Is this an abstract, now outmoded branch of philosophy, or does it address a problem that is still of great interest - namely, the...
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Fichte in Berlin: The 1804 Wissenschaftslehre Volume 1When the celebrated German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte lost his position at the University of Jena and moved to Berlin, it looked as if his career was over. In 1799 Berlin had no university, and Fichte was consigned to lecturing in his home. In...
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Fate and Life: Who's Really in Charge?Some believe that fate rules our lives, while others dismiss the idea outright. Fate remains central to many cultural outlooks, and in our age of conflict, climate change, and pandemic, it features conspicuously in debates about the future. A careful examination of this important...
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Does Explicit Concern Help Women Compete For Prestige?Research on women's competition, indirect aggression, and gossip has uncovered a perplexingpattern: women deny their own competitiveness and gossip, but openly acknowledge that ofother women. The current investigation proposed one solution to this paradox: women'sunawareness of their competitive and malicious motivations grants a competitive...
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Discourses of the Elders: The Aztec Huehuetlatolli a First English TranslationWestern philosophers have long claimed that God, if such a being exists, is a personal force capable of reason, and that the path to a good human life is also the path to a happy one. But what if these claims prove false, or...
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Dionysos SpeedAs the digitization of every aspect of existence grows more pervasive and absolute, from the monitoring of thought to the tracking even of genitals, the central nervous system of the human body has been completely rewired. In the mapping of space-time, the species has...
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Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure: The Meaning of Civilization and its Role in The Development of Humanity and MoralityIn this book, the American philosopher Edward Carpenter reassesses the meaning of civilization and its role in the development of humanity and morality. As the author says: "hospitality of the wild Arab, the courage of the North American Indian, and the faithful friendships of...
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Challenging ModernityFrom the 1960s until his death in 2013, Robert N. Bellah was the preeminent figure in the study of religion and society. He broke new ground in mapping the religious dimensions of human experience, from the great breakthroughs of the first millennium BCE to...
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Atheist's Bible: An Illustrious Collection of Irreverent ThoughtsA wise and witty collection of quips, quotes, and musings from the world's greatest geniuses and jokers, proving once again that "all thinking men are atheists" (Ernest Hemingway)"The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of...
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Aníbal Quijano: Foundational Essays on the Coloniality of PowerThe Peruvian sociologist Aníbal Quijano is widely considered to be a foundational figure of the decolonial perspective grounded in three basic concepts: coloniality, coloniality of power, and the colonial matrix of power. His decolonial theorizations of these three concepts have transformed the principles and...
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A Migraine in the LightTony Peluso began having migraines as a child but developed headaches every day in the year 2000, which have persisted to the present day. Living a life in and out of hospitals since he was a teenager. It is a life so surreal it...
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America's Forgotten Poet-Philosopher: The Thought of John Elof Boodin in His Time and OursMichael A. Flannery is Professor Emeritus of UAB Libraries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of Nature's Prophet: Alfred Russel Wallace and His Evolution from Natural Selection to Natural Theology, among other books.Author: Michael A. FlanneryPublisher: State University of...
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Algorithm Image ArtAlgorithm, Image, Art examines the history, processes, and ideas behind visual culture. Machine learning algorithms now have a pervasive influence on the aesthetics and meaning of images. But while novel in some respects, these recent developments are connected to much earlier, even analog, geometrical,...
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Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the DeadAbandon Every Hope mournfully investigates the literatures of the slaughterhouse and a world motivated by profitable death, to ultimately ask: where does this horror begin and how can it end?Can anyone smell the suffering of souls? Of sadness, of hell on earth? Hell, I...
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