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Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was the greatest intellectual historian of the twentieth century. But his work also made an original and important contribution to moral and political philosophy and to liberal theory. In 1921, at the age of eleven, Isaiah Berlin arrived in England from Riga, Latvia. By the time he was thirty he was at the heart of British

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Can traditional Japanese life concepts--like loyalty, harmony, meticulousness--make sense in Western societies Here aredozens ofideas for "decluttering the spirit."

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A journey in search of the Holocaust's present-day meaning in today's Australian political culture. This is Higgins' travel diary, with all its disturbing reflections on his own country's moral condition at the turn of the 21st century.

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This study looks at the relationship between the two thinkers and demonstrates the viable alternative to Hobbes' orthodoxy that can be found in Kant's political writings. It also shows how Kant anticipated the development of a world-wide political order.

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A collection of essays by Kierkegaard scholars, representing the new consensus on Kierkegaard and his conception of moral selfhood. It answers the charges of one of Kierkegaard's biggest critics, Alasdair MacIntyre, and shows how some of Kierkegaard's insights may support MacIntyre's ideas.

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Explaining the nature of knowledge, this book presents an account of the author's views on epistemic normativity as a form of performance normativity on two levels. It shows how experience should be understood if it is to figure in the epistemic competence that must be manifest in the truth of any belief apt enough to constitute knowledge.

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Starting with a chapter centered on Plato, but also discussing the pre-Socratics as well as Aristotle, this book moves to social contract theory as discussed by Hobbes, Locke, and Hume, and then continues with chapters on Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche.

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My dear Reader, within this book are one hundred and twenty-four letters on the subject of morals written from the philosopher Seneca to his friend, Lucilius Junior. Masterfully crafted, this insightful collection is a fantastic introduction to the school of Stoicism that covers everything from saving time to the value of good advice.

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Featuring a riveting collection of anarcho-communist poetry, essays, articles, and diary entries, this translation of Erich Meuhsam's legendary writings introduces the German revolutionary's ideas to English speakers for the first time.

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This study considers Lyotard's notion of a "grand" narrative and analyzes his critique of modernity. In the light of Lyotard's views, it goes on to examine the work of seven political thinkers whose ideas represent different stands of a distinctively modern perspective.

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This study considers Lyotard's notion of a "grand" narrative and analyzes his critique of modernity. In the light of Lyotard's views, it goes on to examine the work of seven political thinkers whose ideas represent different stands of a distinctively modern perspective.

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Original Greek text of speeches 1, 2, 3, 4 and 24, with notes, vocabulary and introductory essay. Intended for beginning Greek readers, it contains all the standard apparatus of a traditional commentary which can work in conjunction with tools from the Perseus Digital Library.

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Written for philosophers as well as general readers interested in social and moral issues, "Mapping Responsibility" is a thoughtful exploration of the ambiguous terrain of moral responsibility.

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