Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition (Harrison Robert Pogue)(Paperback)

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition (Harrison Robert Pogue)(Paperback)

Humans have long turned to gardens-both real and imaginary-for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh's garden of the gods or as near as our own backyard, but in their very conception and the marks they bear of

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition (Harrison Robert Pogue)(Pevná vazba)

Humans have long turned to gardens-both real and imaginary-for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh's garden of the gods or as near as our own backyard, but in their very conception and the marks they bear of

Forests: The Shadow of Civilization (Harrison Robert Pogue)(Paperback)

In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Consistently insightful and

An Analysis of Hannah Arendt's the Human Condition (Saeidnia Sahar Aurore)(Paperback)

Hannah Arendt's 1958 The Human Condition was an impassioned philosophical reconsideration of the goals of being human. In its arguments about the kind of lives we should lead and the political engagement we should strive for, Arendt's interpretative skills come to the fore, in a brilliant display

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Locke John)(Paperback)

John Locke's classic work An Essay Concerning Human Understanding laid the foundation of British empiricism and remains of enduring interest today. Rejecting doctrines of innate principles and ideas, Locke shows how all our ideas, even the most abstract and complex, are grounded in human

The Dominion of the Dead (Harrison Robert Pogue)(Paperback)

How do the living maintain relations to the dead? Why do we bury people when they die? And what is at stake when we do? In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison considers the supreme importance of these questions to Western civilization, exploring the many places where the dead cohabit

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Locke John)(Paperback)

This paperback edition reproduces the complete text of the Essay as prepared by professor Nidditch for The Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke. The Register of Formal Variants and the Glossary are omitted and Professor Nidditch has written a new

Gardening Basics for Dummies (National Gardening Association)(Paperback)

Cultivate your passion to grow In a 1625 essay, Francis Bacon called gardens 'the purest of human pleasures,' and what was true then is even more so today--gardening can give you a serene refuge from the short-lived (and noisy!) distractions of modern life and a fertile basis for satisfaction that

Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Locke John)(Paperback / softback)

In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, Locke argues that it

Free: The End of the Human Condition (Griffith Jeremy)(Paperback)

Griffith's first book that introduces the reader to the issue of the human condition and his biological explanation of it. It describes how the anger and selfishness felt by humans is the result of a conflict between two factions within ourselves -- the gene-based instinctive self struggling

The Making of the Indebted Man: An Essay on the Neoliberal Condition (Lazzarato Maurizio)(Paperback)

A new and radical reexamination of today's neoliberalist 'new economy' through the political lens of the debtor/creditor relation.'The debtor-creditor relation, which is at the heart of this book, sharpens mechanisms of exploitation and domination indiscriminately, since, in it, there is no

Fear of Life (Lowen Alexander)(Paperback)

Fear of Life is an in-depth study of the human condition within modern

How to Read Gardens - A crash course in garden appreciation (Harrison Lorraine)(Paperback / softback)

How to Read Gardens is the essential guide for the garden

An Essay on Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture (Cassirer Ernst)(Paperback)

One of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers presents the results of his lifetime study of man's cultural achievements. An Essay on Man is an original synthesis of contemporary knowledge, a unique interpretation of the intellectual crisis of our time, and a brilliant vindication of man's

The Human Chord / The Centaur (Blackwood Algernon)(Paperback)

THE HUMAN CHORD When Robert Spinrobin answers an ad in the paper from 'a retired clergyman' looking for someone with 'courage and imagination,' he enters into an adventure that is beyond all imagining. For Philip Skale is looking for the perfect tenor that will complete his quartet in an

Freedom - The End of the Human Condition (Griffith Mr Jeremy)(Paperback / softback)

Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition: An Anthology (Scharff Robert C.)(Paperback)

The new edition of this authoritative introduction to the philosophy of technology includes recent developments in the subject, while retaining the range and depth of its selection of seminal contributions and its much-admired editorial commentary. Remains the most comprehensive anthology on the

Rebel (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It also questions two events held sacred by the left wing, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of

Theory of Addiction 2e (West Robert)(Paperback)

The word addiction these days is used to refer to a chronic condition where there is an unhealthily powerful motivation to engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven by many different factors physiological, psychological, environmental and

Human Intelligence: An Introduction (Sternberg Robert J.)(Paperback)

Human Intelligence is the most comprehensive, current, and readable textbook available today. Written by leading experts in the field, the text includes IQ-test-based, biological, cognitive, cultural, and systems-based perspectives. It also addresses genetic and environmental influences, extremes

Empiricism and Subjectivity: An Essay on Hume's Theory of Human Nature (Deleuze Gilles)(Paperback)

At last available in paperback, this book anticipates and explains the post-structuralist turn to empiricism. Presenting a challenging reading of David Hume's philosophy, the work is invaluable for understanding the progress of Deleuze's

Prometheus Rising (Wilson Robert Anton)(Paperback)

Prometheus Rising describes the landscape of human evolution and offers the reader an opportunity to become a conscious participant. In an astoundingly useful road map infused with humor and startling insight, Robert Anton Wilson presents the Eight Circuits of the Brain model as an essential guide

100 Japanese Gardens: The Best Gardens to Visit in Japan (Mansfield Stephen)(Paperback)

100 Japanese Gardens is an ambitious attempt to profile the finest gardens in Japan, while also highlighting lesser known, but equally accomplished landscapes in less-visited parts of the country. A celebration of Japanese landscape design, this book features gardens from Kyoto and Tokyo, as well

Human Nature & de Corpore Politico (Hobbes Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Hobbes' timeless account of the human condition, first developed in The Elements of Law (1640), which comprises Human Nature and De Corpore Politico, is a direct product of the intellectual and political strife of the seventeenth century. His analysis of the war between the individual and