Mismeasure of the Self. A Study in Vice Epistemology, Hardback - Alessandra Tanesini

This book is about vices of superiority, characteristic of those who feel entitled and have an inflated opinion of themselves, and vices of inferio...

DescriptionBestselling author and columnist Christopher Booker considers whether we have found ourselves in the grip of self-delusion and the menta...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)Author(s): Booker Christopher BookerNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 227 x 161 x 20Cover ...

These two volumes are the first presentation of his comprehensive theory in book form as it has developed since 1994.

Reducere. Prejudiced beliefs may certainly seem like defective beliefs. But in what sense are they defective? Many will be false and harmful, but philosopher...

DescriptionThe Chapter of the Self forms part of Apastambam, an ancient Indian Law-book dated from around 500 BCE. The main theme of this text is y...

Reducere. In Cosmic Consciousness, R. M. Bucke identifies and explores three forms, or degrees, of consciousness: * Simple consciousness, possessed by both a...

Reducere. Offers a philosophical treatise on the nature of self and God. This book includes chronicles of the author's own spiritual journey. It explains her...

Reducere. This classic book on mystical experience was originally published in 1901. Bucke's personal experience with divine illumination led to his theory t...

Reducere. Shortly before his death in 1984, Michel Foucault spoke of an idea for a new book on "technologies of the self." He described it as "composed of di...

When facing cancer, far from her family and country, alone, Danielle found the strength she needed to fight, in personal expression. She confided h...

Reducere. King Arthur would get advice from his magician, Merlyn, in the mythic stories. The real Arthur (who lived over 500 years before the period of the m...

Reducere. Fresh from a battle against monarchy, the American Founders were wary of a strong executive, but they were equally conscious that unchecked legisla...

Vic Lee's Corona Diary is an exquisitely illustrated graphic novel-style memoir chronicling the dramatic events around the global spread of the cor...

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'Doctor Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes' - The most famous introduction in the history of crime fiction tak...

A Study in Scarlet - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"Smart guide to a wide range of theories of the social self"--

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): WacquantNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 177 x 216 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

A Voyage Within. Representations of the Self in Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, Leon Wieseltier - Cristina Nicolae

Reducere. This is a volume of philosophical studies, centred on problems of personal identity and extending to related topics in the philosophy of mind and m...

Reducere. DescriptionHalf a millennium after they lived and wrote, Teresa and John continue to inspire and confound readers: How can the turn inward to solit...

With these two classic novels in one, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, you will gain a brilliant foundation of the Sherlock Holmes cano...

Reducere. Traditionally, 'Who am I' has been the central quest of Vedic texts. Knowing 'I' without any external attributes such as body, mind, age, etc. is t...

Reveals the mind boggling neuroscience connecting brain, body, mind, and society, by examining a range of brain disorders, in the tradition of Oliv...

Remarkable for its vast assembly of facts and its charm of presentation, it offers the thesis that man progresses from magic through religious beli...

The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition - C. S. Lewis

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - William James

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating graded material that encourages students to read. S...

Reducere. Based on the Sherlock Holmes film: Ellery Queen matches wits with the Baker Street sleuth to unmask Jack the Ripper. Ellery Queen is struggling ove...

Reducere. The revolution of Catalonia in 1640 was a signal event in seventeenth-century Europe. Its causes and antecedents - essential for an understanding o...

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved c...

In 'Psychobabble', Dr Stephen Briers exposes the self-help myths that make us all more miserable. This is the information your psychologist would t...

Reducere. Shame influences more of our thoughts and actions than many other emotions. Used as a punishment for bad behavior, shame acts as an incentive for u...

In his foundational work The Restoration of the Self, noted psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut boldly challenges what he called "the limits of classical ana...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Three of the enthralling novels that brought us the world's greatest fictional detective are gathered here in one volume. In 1887, Sir Arthur Conan...

A TV tie-in edition of Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes novel, a genre-defining work in which popular crime fiction was born. Features contempor...

First published in 1887, A Study in Scarlet introduced to the reading public Sherlock Holmes, the master of science detection, and John H. Watson, ...

Through the attentive examination of a single case study, this book weaves together the lived experiences of a clinician in training with those of ...

Provides a succinct philosophical introduction to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit for non-specialists and students, focusing on Hegel's unique and ...

Reducere. The Secrets of the Self is a book-length, philosophical poem rooted in metaphysical thought and ideology, as well as Islamic theology. Originally p...

Reducere. "After years of walking around with a heavy heart and a longing for something sacred, Amber, a woman in her twenties, living in a big city, gets in...

First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and h...

Offers a study of the sources of the Tristan romance, tracing them through the various versions of the legend. Sigmund Eisner makes the claim that ...

Reducere. After a youthful infatuation went terribly wrong, Lady Samantha Lennox gave up all thought of suitors and happily-ever-after. But when she angers h...