wyszukanych pozycji: 37
Justifying Law: The Debate Over Foundations, Goals, and Methods
ISBN: 9781566392037 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Entering the perennial debate about the role and definition of law, this book presents a critical survey of a number of philosophical approaches to law and judicial decision-making. Confronting the conflicting orientations represented by legal formalism and legal realism, it discusses the relationship between law and society.
Entering the perennial debate about the role and definition of law, this book presents a critical survey of a number of philosophical approaches to la...
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203,46 zł |
Why Philosophy Matters: 20 Lessons on Living Large
ISBN: 9781443876438 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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250,36 zł |
Nietzsche's Will to Power: Eagles, Lions, and Serpents
ISBN: 9781443882835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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208,62 zł |
Watching Baseball, Seeing Philosophy: The Great Thinkers at Play on the Diamond
ISBN: 9780786433032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. There are uncanny connections between nine baseball greats and the great thinkers of the West. This book offers a very practical application of Western philosophy by examining these icons of American sport and culture.The intensity and single-mindedness of Ted Williams breathes life into Camus' Sisyphus; Billy Martin's maniacal competitiveness recalls Niccolo Machiavelli's take on politics, which he characterized as a zero-sum game; the homespun philosophy of Satchel Paige echoes the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius; and the many facets of Joe DiMaggio's personality cry out for the resolution that...
There are uncanny connections between nine baseball greats and the great thinkers of the West. This book offers a very practical application of Wester...
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157,71 zł |
Dante's Inferno: Moral Lessons from Hell
ISBN: 9783030407735 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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388,20 zł |
Dante's Inferno: Moral Lessons from Hell
ISBN: 9783030407704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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388,20 zł |
Nietzsche's Will to Power: Eagles, Lions, and Serpents
ISBN: 9781443899758 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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276,44 zł |
Seeking Identity: Individualism Versus Community in an Ethnic Context
ISBN: 9780700607303 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Raymond Belliotti was twelve, he stole from a local merchant. After making restitution and apologies, he was faced with his mother's Italian-American pride and wrath--he had besmirched the family name, reinforced stereotypical criminal images of Italian-Americans, and repaid the sacrifices of his parents and grandparents with disgrace. The message was clear--his self-indulgent greed had taken down an entire family network. But later that night his mother symbolically welcomed him back into the fold by baking his favorite cookies. The family survived and he never stole again. In...
When Raymond Belliotti was twelve, he stole from a local merchant. After making restitution and apologies, he was faced with his mother's Italian-Amer...
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157,65 zł |
Roman Philosophy and the Good Life
ISBN: 9780739139691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Raymond Angelo Belliotti's Roman Philosophy and the Good Life provides an accessible picture of these major philosophical influences in Rome and details the crucial role they played during times of major social upheaval. Belliotti demonstrates the contemporary relevance of some of the philosophical issues faced by the Romans, and offers ways in which today's society can learn from the Romans in our attempt to create meaningful lives.
Raymond Angelo Belliotti's Roman Philosophy and the Good Life provides an accessible picture of these major philosophical influences in Rome and detai...
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560,13 zł |
Good Sex: Perspectives on Sexual Ethics
ISBN: 9780700606054 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Rules about sexuality, written and unwritten, have existed in every culture as have disagreements over what is and isn't acceptable. Must morally permissible sex have only one function? Must it be heterosexual? Must it occur within the confines of the institution of marriage? Must it be accompanied by requisite emotions such as love and intimacy? Addressing questions of sexuality that philosophers have pondered for centuries, Raymond Belliotti covers a myriad of issues, including the origin of gender and reproductive roles, the function of morally permissible sex, heterosexuality and...
Rules about sexuality, written and unwritten, have existed in every culture as have disagreements over what is and isn't acceptable. Must morally perm...
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187,93 zł |
Power: Oppression, Subservience, and Resistance
ISBN: 9781438459554 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Frequently understood in simplistic and often highly negative terms, the concept of power has proven to be both uncommonly intriguing and maddeningly elusive. In Power, Raymond Angelo Belliotti begins by fashioning a general definition of power that is refined enough to capture the numerous types of power in all their multifaceted complexity. He then proceeds in a series of discrete yet thematically connected meditations to explore the meaning of power in ancient, modern, and contemporary thought. In grappling with the critical questions surrounding the accumulation, distribution, and...
Frequently understood in simplistic and often highly negative terms, the concept of power has proven to be both uncommonly intriguing and maddeningly ...
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396,87 zł |
Roman Philosophy and the Good Life
ISBN: 9780739139707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Raymond Angelo Belliotti's Roman Philosophy and the Good Life provides an accessible picture of these major philosophical influences in Rome and details the crucial role they played during times of major social upheaval. Belliotti demonstrates the contemporary relevance of some of the philosophical issues faced by the Romans, and offers ways in which today's society can learn from the Romans in our attempt to create meaningful lives.
Raymond Angelo Belliotti's Roman Philosophy and the Good Life provides an accessible picture of these major philosophical influences in Rome and detai...
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247,12 zł |
Values, Virtues, and Vices, Italian Style: Caesar, Dante, Machiavelli, and Garibaldi
ISBN: 9781683932772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Values, Virtues, and Vices, Italian Style illustrates the story of the evolution of Italian values, virtues, and vices is a narrative of longing, exhilaration, and devastation, a journey of the spirit that all human beings necessarily undertake but navigate with varying degrees of success. The lives of Caesar, Dante, Machiavelli, and Garibaldi demonstrate how we can lead staunchly meaningful lives even within an inherently meaningless universe. The ambition of this work is nothing more, nothing less, than entangling, through a careful examination of the values, virtues, and vices of four...
Values, Virtues, and Vices, Italian Style illustrates the story of the evolution of Italian values, virtues, and vices is a narrative of longing, exhi...
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278,78 zł |
Is Human Life Absurd? a Philosophical Inquiry Into Finitude, Value, and Meaning
ISBN: 9789004401594 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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624,83 zł |
Jesus the Radical: The Parables and Modern Morality
ISBN: 9781498516242 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Jesus the Radical: The Parables and Modern Morality connects the lessons of six parables of the New Testament with philosophical issues structured around contemporary morality and the art of leading a good human life. In this manner, Raymond Angelo Belliotti highlights just how radical was the historical Jesus' moral message and how enormous a challenge he raised to the conventional wisdom of his time. More important, this book demonstrates how deeply opposed is Jesus' moral message to the dominant moral understandings of our time. Although our conventional morality is generally profoundly...
Jesus the Radical: The Parables and Modern Morality connects the lessons of six parables of the New Testament with philosophical issues structured aro...
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247,12 zł |
The Philosophy of Baseball: How to Play the Game of Life
ISBN: 9780773408302 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Western philosophy began with two monumental aspirations: to unravel the mysteries of the universe and to construct the best recipe for living the good life. Today, sports play a major role in the lives of many people. A striking correlation exists between the noblest virtues of baseball and discussions of living the good life by the greatest thinkers in the history of philosophy. The book explains the nine virtues of playing and eleven commandments of coaching baseball. These virtues and commandments are then connected to the best ways to live the good life according to the wisdom of...
Western philosophy began with two monumental aspirations: to unravel the mysteries of the universe and to construct the best recipe for living the goo...
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402,47 zł |
Dante's Deadly Sins: Moral Philosophy in Hell
ISBN: 9780470671054 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Dante's Deadly Sins is a unique study of the moral philosophy behind Dante's master work that considers the Commedia as he intended, namely, as a practical guide to moral betterment. Focusing on Inferno and Purgatorio, Belliotti examines the puzzles and paradoxes of Dante's moral assumptions, his treatment of the 7 deadly sins, and how 10 of his most powerful moral lessons anticipate modern existentialism.
Dante's Deadly Sins is a unique study of the moral philosophy behind Dante's master work that considers the Commedia as he intended, nam...
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532,40 zł |
Niccolo Machiavelli: The Laughing Lion and the Strutting Fox
ISBN: 9780739130629 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book places Machiavelli in historical context but argues that his understanding of moral conflicts is well ahead of his time. Instead of arguing for the autonomy of politics, as is commonly supposed, Machiavelli grapples with the special problems of role-differentiated morality, where the duties of public office often conflict with the demands of conventional morality.
This book places Machiavelli in historical context but argues that his understanding of moral conflicts is well ahead of his time. Instead of arguing ...
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505,22 zł |
Why Philosophy Matters
ISBN: 9781443891288 / Miękka / 2015 / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book demonstrates that philosophy matters to everyday living and that people who ignore the enduring, fundamental questions of life thereby unwittingly relinquish part of their humanity.
This book demonstrates that philosophy matters to everyday living and that people who ignore the enduring, fundamental questions of life thereby unwit...
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192,15 zł |
Values, Virtues, and Vices, Italian Style: Caesar, Dante, Machiavelli, and Garibaldi
ISBN: 9781683932758 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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787,57 zł |