History of Western philosophy books

A COMPANION TO WITTGENSTEIN The most comprehensive survey of Wittgenstein’s thought yet compiled, this volume of...  Read More >>

The first modern commentary on Cicero's last dialogue, written in the months after Caesar's assassination. Designed...  Read More >>

The Elements of Greek Philosophy (1922) is an overview of the basic principles of Ancient Greek philosophy, tracing...  Read More >>

In the Beginning (1957) represents a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University, examining the...  Read More >>

First Published in 1985, the aim of this book is to define an aspect of Orwell’s literary identity which underlies...  Read More >>

The Collective Spirit (1925) lays down a rough outline of what science can tell us as to the progress of evolution,...  Read More >>

The Elements of Law (1640) presents a complete but succinct version of Hobbes's political theory and of his more...  Read More >>

The first modern commentary on Cicero's last dialogue, written in the months after Caesar's assassination. Designed...  Read More >>

This book’s essays aim subversively and resolutely to replace the hegemonic discursive frame governing comparative...  Read More >>

This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on...  Read More >>

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Focusing on the relationship between the Eudemian and the Nicomachean Ethics, this collection of essays studies...  Read More >>

This volume demonstrates how Wittgenstein’s philosophy can illuminate our understanding of politics and open new...  Read More >>

The problem of how psychology relates to philosophy led Santayana to posit literary psychology as an alternative...  Read More >>

Numerous thinkers have considered the Principle of Non-Contradiction, but none has clearly identified its inherent...  Read More >>

This volume shows how Nancy was able ‘to deconstruct’ the founding sign of all metaphysics and all transcendence...  Read More >>

Within the context of W.E.B. Du Bois’ question “How does it feel to be a problem?”, this volume examines the “problem”...  Read More >>

This Element outlines issues in the study of speech acts. Discursive approaches shift the focus to interaction and...  Read More >>

This long-awaited volume of The Collected Writings of John Sallis presents his lectures on Martin Heidegger's monumental...  Read More >>

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind presents cutting-edge work in the philosophy of mind, combining invited articles...  Read More >>

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This long-awaited volume of The Collected Writings of John Sallis presents his lectures on Martin Heidegger's monumental...  Read More >>