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Kraut explores the intellectual milieu that gave rise to Plato's thinking and emphasises the influence of Socrates.

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A comprehensive anthology of Soren Kierkegaard's works. Drawn from the volumes of Princeton's "Kierkegaard's Writings" series, it represents various major aspects of Kierkegaard's career. It reveals the mix of philosophy, psychology, theology, and literary criticism that made Kierkegaard one of the compelling writers of the 19th century.

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Philosophy explores the deepest, most fundamental questions of reality. This accessible and entertaining chronology presents 250 of the most important theories, events and seminal publications in the field.

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"The eminent and award-winning historian Robert A. Gross presents his long-awaited, immersive journey through Concord in the age of Emerson and Thoreau"--

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First published in a posthumous edition of 1677, this work by Spinoza is a systematic attempt to work out the nature of God, the relation between mind and body, human psychology, and the best way to live.

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An in-depth comparison of Wittgenstein and Heidegger shows how the views of both philosophers emerge from a fundamental attempt to dispense with the transcendent.

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Rene Descartes has been described as the "father" of modern philosophy. This selection of Descartes' writings attempt to answer central questions surrounding self, God, free-will and knowledge, using the science of thought as opposed to received wisdom based on the tenets of faith.

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Often quoted yet highly divisive, Nietzsche remains an enigma long after his death. This title examines the philosopher's work in the context of his tumultuous childhood and Christian upbringing. It discusses his infamous declaration that God is dead, his posthumous association with Nazism, and his criticisms of conventional morality.

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In both a philosophical and a practical work, Clausewitz defines the essential nature of war, debates the qualities of a great commander, assesses the relative strengths of defensive and offensive war, and - in highly controversial passages - considers the relationship between war and politics.

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"The Republic" deals with almost the whole range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument with myth to advocate a life organized by reason rather than dominated by leisures and appetites.

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In the analysis of rhythms Lefebvre shows the interrelation of space and time in the understanding of everyday life. He discusses music, the commodity, measurement, the media and the city to show how a non- linear conception of time and history balanced his theory of the question of space.

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Now available in its complete form, including the Chinese characters and English text, this essential examination of the art of strategic thinking features extensive commentary and an insightful historical introduction written by Lionel Giles, its original translator

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New in paperback: Master philosopher and cultural theorist tackles the founder of modern dialectics

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A collection of essays examining the topicality of Kants thought and its impact on the development of contemporary philosophy.

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This work contains Artistotle's views on what makes a good human life. It has served as an influence on the history of ideas and offers insights into the human condition.

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Though an Englishman by birth, he reacted violently against the political order of eighteenth-century England and in favour of radical reform. RIGHTS OF MAN and COMMON SENSE are the two short books in which he elaborates his political and social theories in vivid, simple prose which can still be read with pleasure and excitement today.

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Marc Crpon pursues a path toward a cosmopolitics of mourning through readings of works by Freud, Heidegger, Sartre, Derrida, and Ricoeur, and others. The movement among these writers marks a way through--and against--twentieth-century interpretation to argue that no war, genocide, or neglect of people is possible without suspending how one relates to the death of another human being.