Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 books

Schon damals stellten sich viele drängende Fragen unserer Zeit: zum Wahrheitsanspruch in Wissenschaft und Politik,...  Read More >>

By situating his evolving ideas in pan-European debates on the problems and prospects of modern European politics,...  Read More >>

This book is more than a field guide to all major testimonies about Thales. It does not merely contain a summary...  Read More >>

This rich, expansive book reaches beyond philosophy to literature and the history of ideas. Nihilism is associated...  Read More >>

Written in 1686, Leibniz'sDiscourse on Metaphysics is one of the most important and widely published works in the...  Read More >>

Written in 1686, Leibniz'sDiscourse on Metaphysics is one of the most important and widely published works in the...  Read More >>

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Locke scholarship has been flourishing in Japan for several decades, but its output is largely unknown to the West....  Read More >>

Robert Boyle, well known in scientific circles, has still not received the credit he deserves in philosophy. A...  Read More >>

Over recent decades, Spinoza scholarship has significantly developed in both France and the United States, shedding...  Read More >>

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René Descartes revolutionized the method of intellectual inquiry. Tarek Dika presents a systematic interpretation...  Read More >>

A surprising look at how Rousseau defended the philosophic life as the most natural and best of lives.   Dreaming...  Read More >>

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This book examines Diderot’s and d’Holbach’s views on determinism to illuminate some of the most important debates...  Read More >>

This is the fourth volume of Models of the History of Philosophy, a collaborative work on the history of the history...  Read More >>

This book examines the figure of the public intellectual through the work of Emile Zola in the Dreyfus Affair. It...  Read More >>

Indem sie den postkantischen Idealismus und den platonisch-christlichen Realismus kombiniert, entwickelte sie einen...  Read More >>

A sweeping tour of French history from the 17th century to the present day from the highly acclaimed author of The...  Read More >>

This book examines the figure of the public intellectual through the work of Emile Zola in the Dreyfus Affair. It...  Read More >>

Science and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right?  Read More >>

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This book tells a great philosophical tale. In his will, Wittgenstein entrusted three of his former students – Elizabeth...  Read More >>

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