Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 books

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

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

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Does perception provide us with direct and unmediated access to the world around us? This book presents seven recent...  Read More >>

Intended for scholars in the fields of political theory, and the history of political thought, this two-volume examines...  Read More >>

The philosophical activity of modern Germany represents a peak in the history of philosophy beginning from Thales...  Read More >>

This book explores Kierkegaard’s significance for bioethics and discusses how Kierkegaard’s existential thinking...  Read More >>

This is the first book to trace the doctrine of the guise of the good throughout the history of Western philosophy....  Read More >>

Pierre Gassendi was a major figure in seventeenth-century philosophy whose philosophical and scientific works contributed...  Read More >>

This book offers an up-to-date insight into the early philosophical debate on Einsteinian relativity.  Read More >>

For anyone in search of the philosophers who influenced one of the richest moments in Western intellectual history,...  Read More >>

For anyone in search of the philosophers who influenced one of the richest moments in Western intellectual history,...  Read More >>

A Danger Which We Do Not Know tells a story about how philosophy and anxiety are tangled up with each other. David...  Read More >>

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This book provides first-time English translations of two chapters from Brucker's Latin work: The 'Preliminary Discourse',...  Read More >>

This volume looks to core ideas defining Goethe's work and influence on his contemporaries and inheritors. Contributions...  Read More >>

This edition’s thorough introduction, modernized translation, and unique interspersed commentary make it the most...  Read More >>

These essays showcase the incomparable contribution and enduring relevance of Schopenhauer's The World as Will and...  Read More >>

Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment offers an in-depth account of Kant's critical philosophical system, offering...  Read More >>

Organized around eight core themes in aesthetics today, this book uncovers the complex development of Kant's aesthetic...  Read More >>

The Routledge Guidebook to Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra is essential reading for students of nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

A sweeping intellectual biography that restores the Enlightenment polymath to the intellectual, scientific, and...  Read More >>

Reprint of a 1910 ed., published by J.M. Dent.  Read More >>

In late seventeenth-century Europe, scholars crafted the research university as a haven for critical inquiry in...  Read More >>

Reprint of a 1910 ed., published by J.M. Dent.  Read More >>