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An anthology of essential writings that cover some of the most influential ideas about the philosophical implications of Darwinism, since the publication of "On the Origin of Species".

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In these proceedings of the 1992 Budapest "Monist" Colloquium, leading philosophers of Eastern Europe and the West examine the past and future of philosophy in the formerly socialist countries.

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This new edition of Philosophy Before Socrates includes chapter edits and updates reflecting the many advancements and changes in Presocratic study that have occurred since the 1st edition printing in 1994. The second edition also includes an Appendix containing translation of three Hippocratic writings and the Derveni papyrus.

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Suitable for the teaching of medieval philosophy, this title features judicious selections and translations based on critical editions.

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A revision of the most comprehensive and richly diverse anthology available for the teaching of medieval philosophy, the third edition features judicious new selections, a completely redesigned page, and greatly improved translations based on new critical editions.

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Surveys the direction of modern philosophy and combines discussion of cutting-edge topics with an introductory survey of analytic philosophy. The author traces the historical background of the analytical movement along with its current applications.

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Surveys the direction of modern philosophy and combines discussion of cutting-edge topics with an introductory survey of analytic philosophy. The author traces the historical background of the analytical movement along with its current applications.

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This volume brings together academics from a variety of disciplines to discuss Collingwood's contributions to philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of history, political philosophy and archaeological theory. It begins with a general survey of his contribution to history, politics and philosophy.

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This collection provides the essential readings for a course on Plato's views of sex and love, or a main component of more general courses on ideas of sex and love. Featured are the preeminent translations of Paul Woodruff, Alexander Nehamas,D. S. Hutchinson, Stanley Lombardo, and C.D. C. Reeve.

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A work on the Timaeus that takes Plato's Cosmology as starting point.

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The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M.A. 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.

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A translation of Aristotle's "Poetics". It features notes of both the "Tractatus Coislinianus", which is argued to be a summary of the lost second book of the "Poetics", and fragments of Aristotle's "Dialogue On Poets", including the texts about catharsis.

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A reconstruction of the philosophical thought of Henri Poincare, the mathematician who founded the field of topology and made important contributions to theoretical physics. It presents his thought as a unified system, reconciling apparent conflicts and examining its potential shortcomings.

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Does God play cards with the universe Do women have better poker faces than men These and other questions are pondered in this witty collection of essays that demonstrates what serious card sharks have long known: winning big takes more than a good hand and a straight face.

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The Focus Philosophical Library's edition of Aristotle's Politics is a lucid and useful translation for the student of undergraduate philosophy, as well as for the general reader interested in the major works of western civilization. Includes an introductory essay and glossaries of names and important Greek words.

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Sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. This title appends Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683) - relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time - with notes and a short commentary.

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Sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. This title appends Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683) - relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time - with notes and a short commentary.

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Offers reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life - and not simply an intellectual discipline. This book traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studied or even used to solve particular practical problems.

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Exploring the work of Howard Stein, these essays treat such topics as: Plato's conception of exact science; the structure of argumentation in Newton's "Principia"; imagery in the work of Descartes and Newton; patterns of reasoning in Maxwell; and Mach's conception of space, time and motion.

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A comprehensive English-language collection of the writings of the pivotal period in Chinese intellectual history. This volume provides translations of key works, arranged chronologically within topics, and accompanied by headnotes, a glossary, and a bibliography.