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Historical Introduction to Philosophy
ISBN: 9780131900059 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 695 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This text/anthology is designed to lead beginning students to an appreciation of Western philosophy through an exploration of its history, the problems (classical questions) it has dealt with, and the major philosophers and their works within that historical setting.
This text/anthology is designed to lead beginning students to an appreciation of Western philosophy through an exploration of its history, the problem...
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865,74 zł |
Cogitations: Recent Reflections on the State of Things
ISBN: 9781517267377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Presented in this volume, in no particular date or subject order, is a collection of some of my Rule of Reason columns. Included are excerpts from two of my Roaring Twenties detective novels, Stolen Words and An August Interlude. The subjects range from Islam to education to immigrations to censorship to our cultural malaise to book reviews. I have also written Sparrowhawk, a popular six-title historical series of novels set in England and Virginia in the pre-Revolutionary period that has been in continuous publication since 2001. His articles and reviews have been published in The Wall...
Presented in this volume, in no particular date or subject order, is a collection of some of my Rule of Reason columns. Included are excerpts from two...
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35,31 zł |
Essentials of Logic
ISBN: 9780132380348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Rendered from the 11th Edition of Copi/Cohen, "Introduction to Logic," the most respected introductory logic book on the market, this concise version presents a simplified yet rigorous introduction to the study of logic. It covers all major topics and approaches, using a three-part organization that outlines specific topics under logic and language, deduction, and induction. For individuals intrigued by the formal study of logic.
Rendered from the 11th Edition of Copi/Cohen, "Introduction to Logic," the most respected introductory logic book on the market, this concise version ...
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456,42 zł |
Philosophic Classics: Asian Philosophy, Volume VI
ISBN: 9780133523294 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Accessible to today s readers, this anthology of readings is a survey of Asian thought in India and China. It strikes a balance between major and minor figures, and features the best available translations of texts complete works or complete sections of works which are both central to each thinker or school and are widely accepted to be part of the emerging Asian canon. Introductions to each historical period and to each thinker, photographs, and a timeline help to keep learners focused throughout. For individuals interested in learning about World Religions, Asian thought, or Chinese and...
Accessible to today s readers, this anthology of readings is a survey of Asian thought in India and China. It strikes a balance between major and mino...
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550,92 zł |
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for None and All
ISBN: 9780140047486 / Angielski / Miękka / 1978 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Friedrich Nietzsche's most accessible and influential philosophical work, misquoted, misrepresented, brilliantly original and enormously influential Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche's utterance 'God is dead', his insistence that the...
Friedrich Nietzsche's most accessible and influential philosophical work, misquoted, misrepresented, brilliantly original and enormously influentia...
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74,26 zł |
The Portable Plato
ISBN: 9780140150407 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have haunted the moral, religious, and political imagination of the West for more than 2,000 years: what is virtue? How should we love? What constitutes a good society? Is there a soul that outlasts the body and a truth that transcends appearance? What do we know and how do we know it? Plato's inquiries were all the more resonant because he couched them in the form of dramatic and often highly comic dialogues, whose principal personage was the...
Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have...
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113,57 zł |
The Portable Nietzsche
ISBN: 9780140150629 / Angielski / Miękka / 1977 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, "Few writers in any age were so full of ideas," and few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The Portable Nietzsche includes Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Nietzsche Contra Wagner and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. In addition,...
The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. ...
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87,92 zł |
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
ISBN: 9780140159950 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."--The Christian Science Monitor.
"Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."--The Christian Science Monitor.
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109,20 zł |
Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
ISBN: 9780140172324 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defend any 'moral values' against the constant encroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? Here, drawing on a novelist's insight into art, literature and abnormal psychology, Iris Murdoch conducts an ongoing debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians--from Augustine to Wittgenstein, Shakespeare to Sartre, Plato to...
The decline of religion and ever increasing influence of science pose acute ethical issues for us all. Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels ...
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104,83 zł |
The Tao of Abundance: Eight Ancient Principles for Living Abundantly
ISBN: 9780140196061 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Through his intelligent, appealing integration of Eastern philosophy and practical advice, Laurence G. Boldt has helped thousands of readers find personal satisfaction in their work and personal lives. Now he applies these principles to the subject of abundance: How do we achieve material wealth without sacrificing our souls?In The Tao of Abundance, Boldt applies ancient wisdom to modern times, presenting eight guiding principles from Taoist philosophy geared to help readers make practical life changes that will bring them a truer and deeper sense of abundance. Boldt encourages...
Through his intelligent, appealing integration of Eastern philosophy and practical advice, Laurence G. Boldt has helped thousands of readers fi...
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104,83 zł |
The Te of Piglet
ISBN: 9780140230161 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Te of Piglet . . . in which a good deal of Taoist wisdom is revealed through the character and actions of A. A. Milne's Piglet. Piglet? Yes, Piglet. For the better than impulsive Tigger? or the gloomy Eeyore? or the intellectual Owl? or even the lovable Pooh? Piglet herein demonstrates a very important principle of Taoism: The Te--a Chinese word meaning Virtue--of the Small. Happy 90th birthday (October 14th), to one of the world's most beloved icons of literature, Winnie-the-Pooh
The Te of Piglet . . . in which a good deal of Taoist wisdom is revealed through the character and actions of A. A. Milne's Piglet. Pigl...
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78,62 zł |
The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
ISBN: 9780140243277 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From the 1920s when he watched his father, a general practitioner who made housecalls and wrote his prescriptions in Latin, to his days in medical school and beyond, Lewis Thomas saw medicine evolve from an art into a sophisticated science. The Youngest Science is Dr. Thomas's account of his life in the medical profession and an inquiry into what medicine is all about--the youngest science, but one rich in possibility and promise.
He chronicles his training in Boston and New York, his war career in the South Pacific, his most impassioned research projects, his work as an... From the 1920s when he watched his father, a general practitioner who made housecalls and wrote his prescriptions in Latin, to his days in medical sch...
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104,83 zł |
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
ISBN: 9780140243284 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This magnificent collection of essays by scientist and National Book Award-winning writer Lewis Thomas remains startlingly relevant for today's world. Luminous, witty, and provocative, the essays address such topics as "The Attic of the Brain," "Falsity and Failure," "Altruism," and the effects the federal government's virtual abandonment of support for basic scientific research will have on medicine and science. Profoundly and powerfully, Thomas questions the folly of nuclear weaponry, showing that the brainpower and money spent on this endeavor are needed much more urgently for the...
This magnificent collection of essays by scientist and National Book Award-winning writer Lewis Thomas remains startlingly relevant for today's world....
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104,38 zł |
Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey
ISBN: 9780140249071 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Philosopher Roger Scruton offers a wide-ranging perspective on philosophy, from logic to aesthetics, written in a lively and engaging way that is sure to stimulate debate. Rather than producing a survey of an academic discipline, Scruton reclaims philosophy for worldly concerns.
Philosopher Roger Scruton offers a wide-ranging perspective on philosophy, from logic to aesthetics, written in a lively and engaging way that is sure...
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87,36 zł |
Philosophy and Social Hope
ISBN: 9780140262889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A provocative figure in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate, Richard Rorty has sustained an influential attack on the methods and temper of conventional systematic philosophy. Rorty has argued that one's understanding of truth and value is essentially, historically and culturally contingent, and so philosophical discussion should aim to an open and edifying debate, not a systematic and final presentation of timeless truths. The book includes his most influential work along with some more polemical and less strictly philopophical essays.
A provocative figure in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate, Richard Rorty has sustained an influential attack on the methods and tempe...
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56,87 zł |
Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature
ISBN: 9780140264920 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays. Tracing Murdoch's journey to a modern Platonism, this volume includes incisive evaluations of the thought and writings of T. S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvior, and Elias Canetti, as well as key texts on the continuing importance of the sublime, on the concept of love, and the role great literature can...
Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Col...
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109,20 zł |
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy
ISBN: 9780140275162 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A renowned philosopher takes this enigmatic discipline beyond theory and intellectualism to present a user-friendly guide for practicing philosophy in the late twentieth century.
A renowned philosopher takes this enigmatic discipline beyond theory and intellectualism to present a user-friendly guide for practicing philosophy in...
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104,83 zł |
The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--And Its Implications
ISBN: 9780140275414 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) For David Deutsch, a young physicist of unusual originality, quantum theory contains our most fundamental knowledge of the physical world. Taken literally, it implies that there are many universes "parallel" to the one we see around us. This multiplicity of universes, according to Deutsch, turns out to be the key to achieving a new worldview, one which synthesizes the theories of evolution, computation, and knowledge with quantum physics. Considered jointly, these four strands of explanation reveal a unified fabric of reality that is both objective and comprehensible, the subject of this...
For David Deutsch, a young physicist of unusual originality, quantum theory contains our most fundamental knowledge of the physical world. Taken liter...
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78,62 zł |
The Age of Spiritual Machines
ISBN: 9780140282023 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Ray Kurzweil is the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and one of our greatest living visionaries. Now he offers a framework for envisioning the twenty-first century--an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live. Kurzweil's prophetic blueprint for the future takes us through the advances that inexorably result in computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain by the year 2020...
Ray Kurzweil is the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence...
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91,73 zł |
Autobiography
ISBN: 9780140433166 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand. Intellectually brilliant, fearless and profound, he became a leading Victorian liberal thinker, whose works - including On Liberty, Utilitarianism, The Subjection of Women and this Autobiography - are among the crowning achievements of the age. Here he describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood, the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man, his struggle to...
One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingl...
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71,75 zł |