Western Philosophy

Reducere. World Religions: Western Traditions, Fifth Edition, provides students with a thought-provoking survey of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, ancient, indige...

Saint Thecla, an immensely popular figure of early Christianity, inspired bishops, saints, emperors, church fathers, ordinary readers, and hagiogra...

The Veda in Kashmir presents a detailed history and the current state of Veda tradition in Kashmir. Included in this two-volume set is a DVD that c...

Academics tend to look on 'esoteric', 'occult' or 'magical' beliefs with contempt, but are usually ignorant about the religious and philosophical t...

This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity s first thousand years of history features a new preface, addition...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Prof. Noel CarrollIllustration(s): several word diagrams (no halftones)Number of pages: 344Publicat...

Reducere. Volume 35 of Heidegger's Complete Works comprises a lecture course given at the University of Freiburg in 1932, five years after the publication of...

Encompassing the 16th to the 18th centuries, this volume charts the philosophical understanding of religion at a time of intellectual and spiritual...

Reducere. The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the identity and historical influence of one of the world...

DescriptionPlato. Aristotle. Augustine. Hume. Kant. Hegel.

The new standard anthology of nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy.

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Jeffrey J. KripalNumber of pages: 568Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 227 x 164 x 33Cover type: Pape...

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Reducere. Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in its beliefs and manifestations. This fascinati...

In all its triumphs and innovations, evils and errors, the Reformation left a lasting double legacy--a divided church in need of unity and the poss...

Reducere. DescriptionThe traditional date of the beginning of the Oriental Schism is 1054. Congar shows that the seeds of this break were sown centuries befo...

Reducere. From Socrates and the Sophists to Kant, from Augustine to Aquinas and the Reformers, Colin Brown traces the turbulent, often tension-filled, always...

Reducere. Time magazine called Mortimer J. Adler a "philosopher for everyman." In this guide to considering the big questions, Adler addresses the topics all...

A gripping exploration of thirty notable travel memoirs, each recounting a journey to a Buddhist culture. These Western travel narratives, the best...

Reducere. Difficult philosophy made easy. The universe and our place in it, the meaning of life, the nature of justice and the good society, and the powers o...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor John S. StrongIllustration(s): 9 halftones, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 352Collection: ...

Uses and Abuses of the Classics examines the various ways in which the different periods of the history of philosophy have approached these texts. ...

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Reducere. Ours is an age full of desires but impoverished in its understanding of where those desires lead--an age that claims mastery over the world but als...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Remi BragueTranslator: Teresa Lavender FaganNumber of pages: 306Publication date: 2004Dimensio...

Reducere. This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte's authoritative historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the...

Unlike monks and nuns, clergy have hitherto been sidelined in accounts of the Middle Ages, but they played an important role in medieval society, i...

Richard Popkin has assembled 63 leading scholars to forge a highly approachable chronological account of the development of Western philosophical t...

A new and expanded edition of the classic introduction to the development of Western Philosophy, from the Ancient Greeks to the 20th Century.Publis...

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Reducere. "The Awakening of the West" is an insightful and elegantly written history chronicling the developing relationship between Buddhism and Western cul...

Reducere. The formation of the modern state, the rise of capitalism, the Renaissance and Reformation, the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment ...

The essays in this book turn to the major figures and texts of the Buddhist tradition in order to expand and enrich our thinking on enduring philos...

DescriptionIn 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny's comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise...

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as "wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding" ...

Charting a sweeping history of evil within the Western philosophical tradition, Gavin Rae shows that the problem of evil - as a conceptual problem ...

The fascinating story of the so-called "Prayer Book Rebellion" of 1549 which saw the people of Devon and Cornwall rise up against the CrownPublishe...

Description"Burned-over District was a name applied to a small region, during a limited period of history, to indicate a particular phase of develo...

Presents th portrait we have to date of goddesses and sacred female imagery in Western culture - from prehistory to contemporary goddess movements....

The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the Presocratics) have always been not only a fundamental source for un...

The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often known as the pre-Socratics) have always been not only a fundamental source for ...

Reducere. Reframing the House continues the conversation of global theology as the future of the church. Jennifer Buck tells how women's voices from Africa, ...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Michael MassingNumber of pages: 1008Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 230 x 48Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory. She traces the development of the Western tradition from...

Reducere. The Tree of Visions brilliantly traces the lineage of thought and practice of western esotericism. Winding throughout our history and within many c...

DescriptionWhat does it mean to be a Muslim philosopher, or to philosophize in Islam? In Open to Reason, Souleymane Bachir Diagne traces Muslims' i...

Reducere. By the end of the nineteenth century, almost all the great writers, artists, and intellectuals had abandoned Christianity, and many abandoned belie...

DescriptionThe Song of Songs, eight chapters of love lyrics found in the collection of wisdom literature attributed to Solomon, is the most enigmat...

Reducere. The Wheel of Life is the spiritual autobiography of John Blofeld (1913-1987), a world-renowned British scholar and writer who devoted his life to t...

Reducere. Hailed as "lucid and magisterial" by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western ...

Reducere. In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots ac...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Philip J. SampsonIn this book Philip J. Sampson dispels six myths about Christianity and Western civilization and results i...

Reducere. There has been an explosion of recent discoveries in biblical archaeology. These finds have shed powerful light on figures and stories from the Bib...

Reducere. Lucifer s transgression is examined, as well as the penetrating and trangressive nature of his radiance. In the popular imagination, the fallen ang...

Reducere. THE AFRICAN ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION, RELIGION AND YOGA SPIRITUALITY AND ETHICS PHILOSOPHY VOLUME 2, African Origins of Greek Religion, Judaism, Chr...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Prof. Noel CarrollIllustration(s): several word diagrams (no halftones)Number of pages: 344Publicat...

Does the existence of evil call into doubt the existence of God? Show me the argument. Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers ar...

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Reducere. Is Islam neutral towards the idea of biological evolution? Does it support it or categorically reject it? Can it accept certain aspects while rejec...

DescriptionIn this volume Sangharakshita approaches communicating Buddhism in the West from two very different, but equally illuminating, angles. I...

Sakyamuni Buddha taught the Amitabha Sutra over 2000 years ago. It is one of the most important Sutras in Mahayana Buddhism. It teaches how a perso...

The conversion of the emperor Constantine to Christianity in 368 AD brought a transformation to Christianity and to western civilization, the effec...

Reducere. St. Antony of the Desert, St. Benedict of Nursia, and St. Bernard of Clairvaux rise above all other figures in Catholic history as guides. To trave...

Reducere. " This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of...

Reducere. Christianity Today Book AwardThe 2014 Christianity Today Book Award of Merit Winner (Missions/Global Affairs)2014 Outreach Magazine Resource of the...

DescriptionA timely and accessible guide to 100 of the most infamous logical fallacies in Western philosophy, helping readers avoid and detect fals...

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Reducere. DescriptionA complete manual of Egyptian Magical Practices, including safe and simple rituals adapted for present-day use. Provides both background...

DescriptionFairies are a challenging subject, intertwining culture, folklore, and anecdotal accounts across centuries and millennia. Focusing prima...

The Golden Thread traces the interconnectedness of esoteric wisdom in the Western world, from classical antiquity to contemporary Europe and Americ...