How To Read Ancient Philosophy, Paperback - Miriam Leonard

An introduction to the thinkers who laid the basis of all Western philosophy.Publisher: Granta BooksAuthor(s): Miriam LeonardNumber of pages: 128Co...

A magisterial mappa mundi of the terrain that Pierre Hadot has so productively worked for decades, this ambitious work revises our view of ancient ...

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Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most influential modern political thinkers. This work argues that, far from being a justifier of political immora...

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David Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and essayist and a central figure o...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): AristotleNumber of pages: 168Collection: Ancient Wisdom for Modern ReadersPublication date: 2021Dim...

A smart and accessible introduction to the most important works of ancient Chinese philosophy--the Analects of Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Laozi, Zhu...

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How to Read Paul provides an incisive, yet brief, examination of Paul as a writer and theologian steeped in the cultural, intellectual, and religio...

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A compact introduction and reader's guide to the Qur'an.

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Ancient fayerie is a place of pilgrimage... to the heart of an enchanted kingdom... to the heart of your soul.Publisher: John Hunt PublishingAuthor...

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Most students encounter drama as they do poetry and fiction - as literature to be read - but never experience the performative nature of theater. H...

"Do we still know how to read a novel?" John Sutherland, Chairman of the 2005 Booker Prize Committee, asks. His answer is an unequivocal, "No." But...

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