The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy, Paperback - Colin McGinn

Reducere. Description Part memoir, part study, The Making of a Philosopher is the self-portrait of a deeply intelligent mind as it develops over a life on bo...

A revisionist biography of Socrates, looking at the passions of the philosopher's younger life and the way these influenced his status as one of th...

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The twentieth century was one of the most significant period ever witnessed in philosophy. This title presents a picture of the period: major theme...

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Medieval theological ideas had an important influence on later philosophy. This book explores the legacy of these ideas and shows how key figures i...

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An introduction to philosophy of language through systematic and accessible explanations of ten classic texts by such thinkers as Frege, Kripke, Ru...

It's Plato, it's Hume, Baudrillard and the concept of the Nietzschean superman!' Keanu Reeves on The MatrixThe Philosopher at the End of the Univer...

Menu from the Midi explores French gastronomy from the farmer's field to the dining room table.Publisher: Troubador PublishingAuthor(s): Colin Dunc...

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Reducere. In this first volume of the highly-acclaimed Presence of God series, Bernard McGinn explores the origins of Christian mysticism, from early Jewish ...

"[This book] charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonizat...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Colin McGinnNumber of pages: 208Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 138 x 203 x 15Cover t...

Pithy, direct, and bold: essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics.

A Short History of Ethics is a significant contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. For the second edition Alasdair M...

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For four decades Sources of Chinese Tradition has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic wri...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Annabella PitkinIllustration(s): 7 halftonesNumber of pages: 288Collection: Buddhism and Moder...

'Almost a prerequisite for any serious study of Sufism in European languages': this was the verdict of Seyyed Hossein Nasr in his review of the fir...

Reducere. Two brothers grow up on the Jewish streets of Warsaw. At the turn of the twentieth century, Adolphe leaves to seek work and start a family in Switz...

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Traces of War examines how the trauma of the Second World War influenced the work of the brilliant generation of writers and intellectuals who live...

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Seven-year-old James wants to be a brave and noble knight like his father. He dreams of the day that he too will wear the golden spurs that symboli...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Annabella PitkinIllustration(s): 7 halftonesNumber of pages: 280Collection: Buddhism and Moder...

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A celebration of the best journeys that ordinary passengers could take by rail, road, sea and air throughout the twentieth century, by the bestsell...

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This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverma...

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Thomas A. Noble and Jason S. Sexton offer a thorough introduction to and appraisal of twelve leading British evangelical theologians of the twentie...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Company of Critics provides a fascinating survey of the terrain of social criticism in the last century. Organizing the book as a se...

Reducere. Pastor Nick Seniour shares his spiritual journey as he battled pancreatic cancer and won. He offers how he sunk into depression, but through prayer...

From the First World War to the waning days of the Cold War, a poignant exploration on what it means to be European at the end of the twentieth-cen...

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