Dialogues and Essays, Paperback - ***

Alain de Botton's bestselling The Consolations of Philosophy--later made into a six-part TV series--has helped popularize ancient philosophy and es...

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Reducere. This volume contains new translations of two dialogues of Plato, the Protagoras and the Meno, together with explanatory notes and substantial inter...

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Reducere. This book consists of literal English translations of ten Socratic dialogues that have been largely neglected for the last century. Although everyo...

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To Write Like a Woman is a rare example of a feminist tackling science fictuion using postmodern theory, which makes for a much more sophisticated ...

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Critical writings and commentary by the Los Angeles based artist Mike Kelley.The work of artist Mike Kelley (b. 1954) embraces performance, install...

Reducere. Japanese for American High School Students: Book 2 continues to provide a precisely-programmed comprehensive instruction built on the foundation st...

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Contributor(s): Author: XunziTranslator: Eric L. HuttonIntroduction by: Eric L. HuttonThis is the first complete, one-volume English translation of...

In today's image-saturated culture, the visual documentation of suffering around the world is more prevalent than ever. Yet instead of always deepe...

DescriptionThis compact collection of Taoism's greatest masterpieces introduces its most fundamental teachings and reveals the essential spirit of ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: PlutarchTranslator: John DrydenPlutarch, later named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, c. 46 - ...

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What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci's notion of Hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have been so t...

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World-renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our percept...

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