The Spinoza-Machiavelli Encounter: Time and Occasion (Morfino Vittorio)(Paperback)

The Spinoza-Machiavelli Encounter: Time and Occasion (Morfino Vittorio)(Paperback)

Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) was an influential continental philosopher whose ideas are still relevant and widely studied today. But the influence of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) on Spinoza's political philosophy has only recently begun to be explored. Now, Vittorio Morfino draws out the

The Ethics (Spinoza Benedict De)(Paperback)

One of the most original and penetrating philosophers of all time, Spinoza is also one of the clearest and easiest to understand. In The Ethics, sometimes viewed structurally as an attempt to apply the methods of Euclid to philosophy, Spinoza develops a far-reaching deductive system based on his

Betraying Spinoza (Goldstein Rebecca)(Paperback)

Part of the Jewish Encounter seriesIn 1656, Amsterdam's Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty-three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already germinating a secularist challenge to religion that would be as radical as it was original. He went

Machiavelli: The Prince (Machiavelli Niccolo)(Paperback)

Niccol Machiavelli is arguably the most famous and controversial figure in the history of political thought and one of the most iconic names of the Renaissance. The Prince remains his best-known work, and is the first place that Machiavelli presented his fundamental belief that rulers must always

Spinoza (Scruton Roger)(Paperback)

Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Ostracized by the Jewish

The Portable Machiavelli (Machiavelli Niccolo)(Paperback)

In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli's death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing itself upon the lively debate over the meaning of his works. Yet there has never been any doubt about the fundamental importance of Machiavelli's

Machiavelli: His Life and Times (Lee Alexander)(Paperback)

'A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' - Jessie Childs, author of God's Traitors.'A notorious fiend', 'generally odious', 'he seems hideous, and so he is.'

Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Deleuze Gilles)(Paperback)

A concise and illuminating book about the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, one of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism.Spinoza's theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. This book,

Spinoza (Steinberg Justin)(Paperback)

Benedict de Spinoza is one of the most controversial and enigmatic thinkers in the history of philosophy. His greatest work, Ethics (1677), developed a comprehensive philosophical system and argued that God and Nature are identical. His scandalous Theological-Political Treatise (1670) provoked

The Art of War (Machiavelli Niccolo)(Paperback)

Florentine statesman, writer, and political theorist, Niccol Machiavelli (1469-1527) considered The Art of War his most important work. Five centuries later, after serving as a guide to Frederick the Great, Napoleon, and countless other military leaders, it remains an authoritative treatise on the

Ethics - with The Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect and Selected Letters (Spinoza Baruch)(Paperback / softback)

Divine Encounter with the Holy Spirit (Maldonado Guillermo)(Paperback)

When was the last time you had a supernatural encounter with the Holy Spirit? All believers can have powerful divine encounters with the Spirit--not as isolated events but as a lifestyle in which...The supernatural realm is

Spinoza and Relational Autonomy: Being with Others (Armstrong Aurelia)(Paperback)

This collection of 13 new essays shows what Baruch Spinoza can add to our understanding of the relational nature of autonomy. By offering a relational understanding of the nature of individuals centred on the role played by emotions, Spinoza offers not only historical roots for contemporary debates

Ethics (Spinoza Benedict De)(Paperback)

A profoundly beautiful and uniquely insightful description of the universe, Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics is one of the masterpieces of Enlightenment-era philosophy. Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived

The Prince (Machiavelli Niccol)(Paperback)

When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe,

See Me (Sparks Nicholas)(Paperback)

In this suspenseful New York Times bestseller, a chance encounter between a successful lawyer and a rebellious bad boy will change life as they know it forever, as their pasts catch up with them . . . Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad

Discourses on Livy (Machiavelli Niccol)(Paperback)

Discourses on Livy is the founding document of modern republicanism, and Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov have provided the definitive English translation of this classic work. Faithful to the original Italian text, properly attentive to Machiavelli's idiom and subtlety of thought, it is

Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain (Damasio Antonio)(Paperback)

A 'clear, accessbile' investigation into the philosophical and scientific foundations of human life, from one of the world's leading neuroscientists (San Francisco Chronicle).Joy, sorrow, jealousy, and awe--these and other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. In the seventeenth century, the

Social Work: A Very Short Introduction (Holland Sally)(Paperback)

Social workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. They encounter the extreme casualties of social inequality: the victims of poverty, illness, addiction, and abuse; they work with abusers and offenders; and operate in the space between the state and the poor or marginalized. Social

Prince (Machiavelli Niccolo)(Paperback / softback)

Today The Prince is still seen as the Bible of realpolitik, read by strategists, businessmen and political animals everywhere as the ultimate guide to gaining and maintaining power in a dangerous

The Mafia Manager: A Guide to the Corporate Machiavelli (V.)(Paperback)

Expanded from Playboy magazine's 'Axioms of the Mafia Manager' The world's oldest and best-organized conglomerate now reveals management techniques everyone can use. Unlike other guides to business, The Mafia Manager shuns theoretical verbiage to present the philosophy of leadership that founded

Machiavelli: The Chief Works and Others, Vol. I (Gilbert Allan)(Paperback)

From praise for the 1965 edition: Allan Gilbert is unquestionably the most accurate and reliable translator of Machiavelli into English; the publication of this edition is an altogether happy occasion. Students of the history of political thought owe a particular debt of gratitude to Allan

Hollywood (Bukowski Charles)(Paperback)

Hank and his wife, Sarah, agree to write a screenplay, and encounter the strange world of the movie industry

Spinoza and the Politics of Renaturalization (Sharp Hasana)(Paperback)

There have been many Spinozas over the centuries: atheist, romantic pantheist, great thinker of the multitude, advocate of the liberated individual, and rigorous rationalist. The common thread connecting all of these clashing perspectives is Spinoza's naturalism, the idea that humanity is part of