Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 books

It includes entries on philosophers, problems, terms, historical periods, subjects and the cultural context of Renaissance...  Read More >>

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"""One can only hope that this edition becomes standard in colleges and universities."" -- Irving Louis Horowitz,...  Read More >>

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Seeking to uncover and reaffirm the discourse of truth in public life, Peter Steinberger sets out a conception of...  Read More >>

"This ""AhHa Guide..."" is a curious combination of a 'Joy ride' of discovery, bizarre insights, and a mythic ""Hero's...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates the crucial role played by Homer as a philosophic thinker in the thought of Plato, Machiavelli,...  Read More >>

Kant’s defence of religion and attempts to reconcile faith with reason position him as a moderate Enlightenment...  Read More >>

Objective Imperatives defends the validity of Kant's Categorical Imperative as an account of objective moral imperatives....  Read More >>

The standard biography of the great seventeenth-century philosopher, now updated to draw on the latest archival...  Read More >>

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Olivier returns from New York to Paris to find his sister Constance in pieces. Trying to fulfil his brotherly duty,...  Read More >>

"Romantic love is a defining phenomenon in human existence, and an object of heightened interest for literature,...  Read More >>

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Der dritte Band der Gesammelten Schriften von Hermann Schweppenhäuser enthält im ersten Teil systematische Erörterungen...  Read More >>

This book reinterprets Friedrich Schelling's (1775–1854) positive philosophy as humanity's striving for truth. It...  Read More >>

"""A man who isolates himself gives up to his destiny; he does not care about the moral progress. Speaking in moral...  Read More >>

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In this book, Diego Lucci offers a thorough analysis and reassessment of Locke's unique, heterodox, internally coherent...  Read More >>

While Kant's philosophy of science is a growing field of study, his Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science...  Read More >>

"On the basis of an examination of Kant's, Maimon's and Schelling's metaphilosophies, this book investigates how,...  Read More >>

This book explores the intricate relationship between becoming an individual person and knowing oneself as such...  Read More >>

Jens Timmerman illuminates Immanuel Kant's answer to an age-old philosophical question: what happens when human...  Read More >>

Die ausgewählten Positionen verstehen menschliche Wahrnehmung ebenso gestalthaft wie die Forschungsgegenstände,...  Read More >>

"In Skipping Stones, Ryan writes about many things, long-dead saints, personal tragedy, everyday observations, and...  Read More >>