Medieval Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 4 (Adamson Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Medieval Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 4 (Adamson Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to

Classical Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 1 (Adamson Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more thoroughly but also more enjoyably than ever before. In short, lively chapters, based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, he offers an

Classical Indian Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 5 (Adamson Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world's richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literature, the Vedas, and the explanatory works that these inspired, known as Upani.sads. They also discuss

Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 2 (Adamson Peter)(Paperback)

Peter Adamson's History of Philosophy without any gaps series of podcasts is one of the most ambitious educational works on the web. It aims to do nothing less than take listeners through the entire history of philosophy 'without any gaps'. It assumes no prior knowledge making it ideal for

Classical Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 1 (Adamson Peter)(Paperback)

Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more thoroughly but also more enjoyably than ever before. In short, lively chapters, based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, he offers an

Philosophy in the Islamic World: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 3 (Adamson Peter)(Paperback)

Peter Adamson presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. He traces its development from early Islam to the 20th century, from Spain to Persia. He introduces Jewish and Christian thinkers as well as Muslim; theology, mysticism, and the history of

How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children (Chrastil Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

In How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children, Rachel Chrastil explores the long and fascinating history of childlessness, putting this often-overlooked legacy in conversation with the issues that childless women and men face in the twenty-first century. Eschewing two

A New History of Western Philosophy (Kenny Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as 'wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding' (Times Higher Education Supplement) and 'genial and highly accessible' (London Review of Books). Now these four splendid books have been combined into

Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Very Short Introduction (Adamson Peter)(Paperback)

In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among

The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy (Adamson Peter)(Paperback)

Representing one of the great traditions of Western philosophy, philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world was inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology. This collection of essays, by some of the leading scholars in Arabic philosophy, provides an

Early Greek Philosophy (Laks Andr)(Pevná vazba)

Volume VI of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy includes the later Ionian and Athenian thinkers Anaxagoras, Archelaus, and Diogenes of Apollonia, along with chapters on early Greek medicine and the Derveni

Philosophy of Gin (Peyton Jane)(Pevná vazba)

Few, if any, alcoholic drinks have the dramatic and multi-faceted history of gin. In this fascinating new installment of the British Library's pocket philosophies, gin is explored through its origins in Holland, where it was popularized by William of Orange; its roots in medicine; its capacity to

Ancient Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume I (Kenny Anthony)(Paperback)

Sir Anthony Kenny here tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the initial volume of a four-book set in which Kenny will unfold a magisterial new history of Western philosophy, the first major single-author

The Philosophy of Modern Song - Bob Dylan

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One - and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a masterclass on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over 60 essays

A New History of Western Philosophy: In Four Parts (Kenny Anthony)(Paperback)

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as 'wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding' (Times Higher Education Supplement) and 'genial and highly accessible' (London Review of Books). Now these four splendid books have been combined into

The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science (Bakar Osman)(Paperback)

The essays in this volume cover a wide range of topics in the history and philosophy of Islamic science. The main aim is to reveal the different dimensions of the link that exists between spiritual and scientific

Science Under Scrutiny: The Place of History and Philosophy of Science (Home R. W.)(Pevná vazba)

Only in fairly recent years has History and Philosophy of Science been recognized - though not always under that name - as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour. Previously, in the Australasian region as elsewhere, those few individuals working within this broad area of inquiry found their base,

Philosophy in 40 Ideas: Lessons for Life (The School of Life)(Pevná vazba)

A thought-provoking introduction to philosophy; spanning the history of thought in 40 key ideas. Philosophy is a discipline committed to helping us live wiser and less sorrowful lives. This book artfully draws together forty of the greatest and most useful ideas found in philosophy, taking us on a

Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy (Ambury James M.)(Pevná vazba)

Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy is the first volume of essays dedicated to the whole question of self-knowledge and its role in Platonic philosophy. It brings together established and rising scholars from every interpretative school of Plato studies, and a variety of texts

A Little History of Philosophy (Warburton Nigel)(Paperback)

For readers of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history's greatest philosophers to life Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the

Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 2, 1928-29 (Beauvoir Simone)(Pevná vazba)

Simone de Beauvoir, still a teen, began a diary while a philosophy student at the Sorbonne. Written in 1926-27--before Beauvoir met Jean-Paul Sartre--the diaries reveal previously unknown details about her life and times and offer critical insights into her early intellectual interests, philosophy,

The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments (Catapano Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when The Stone was launched in The New York Times. First appearing as an online series, the column quickly attracted millions of readers

The Philosophy of Illumination (Suhrawardi)(Pevná vazba)

Phenomenology, Transversality, and World Philosophy (Jung Hwa Yol)(Pevná vazba)

Phenomenology, Transversality, and World Philosophy explores the concept of world philosophy (Weltphilosophie) to take into account the reality of today's multicultural and globalizing world. It challenges the assumption that the particular in the West is universalizable, but the particular in the