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  • Peeters Publishers De Mens ... in Samenspraak ... in Tegenspraak ...

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  • Peeters Publishers Dimensions De L'exister. Etudes D'anthropologie

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    £44.65

  • Peeters Publishers Omne Ens Est Aliquid: Introduction a La Lecture

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    £20.13

  • The Sense Of The Past

    Double 9 Booksllp The Sense Of The Past

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    £12.59

  • Chapters of spirituality

    Bihar School of Yoga Chapters of spirituality

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    Book SynopsisSprituality is a process of attaining inner purity, harmony, peace and contentment, through modification and transformation of the behaviours and attitudes that split the personality. this context is the process of purification that drive out inner disturbances and brings inner peace.

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    £11.63

  • Abhinavagupta Paratrisikavivarana

    Motilal Banarsidass Publications Abhinavagupta Paratrisikavivarana

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    Book SynopsisThe Paratrisika (or Paratrimsika) is a short Tantra which has been held in the highest esteem by Kashmir Saivism or Trika. After Somananda, Abhinavagupta has written two commentaries on it, a short one (Laghuvrtti) and an extensive one the present Vivarana which is presented here for the first time in an english translation. The Paratrisika Vivarana is one of the most fascinating but also most difficult texts of the Kashmir Saiva School and of the mystical philosophical literature of India as a whole. It deals with Ultimate Reality (anuttara or para) and with the methods of realization, centred above all in the theory and practice of the mantra. Abhinavagupta displays here his great exegetical genius and presents a penetrating metaphysics of language, of the Word (vak) and its various stages in relation to consciousness. His language reflects in a luminous fashion the mystical experience contained in this text.

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    £31.34

  • Candipathah: Incorporating Sridurgasaptasati

    Motilal Banarsidass, Candipathah: Incorporating Sridurgasaptasati

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    Book SynopsisCandipatha in Markandeya Purana celebrates Feminine Power as Durga-Sakti, the ultimate Life Force. She is the source of all beings and elements, creating, sustaining, and dissolving the universe. As Mother, she loves and protects, as Kali, she destroys evil to maintain righteousness and peace for her devotees.

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    £34.19

  • Karma, Reincarnation & Our Moral Compass: Ethics

    Motilal Banarsidass, Karma, Reincarnation & Our Moral Compass: Ethics

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    Book SynopsisKarma & Reincarnation by Robert Sachs explores spiritual transformation through global unity, drawing from Tibetan Buddhism and diverse faiths. It guides readers to be compassionate and interconnected, transcending barriers for a free and unified world.

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    £15.19

  • Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology: The

    Motilal Banarsidass, Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology: The

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    £45.12

  • Thirteen Plays of Bhasa: (2 Vols. Bound in One)

    Motilal Banarsidass, Thirteen Plays of Bhasa: (2 Vols. Bound in One)

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    Book SynopsisTranslation of 13 Sanskrit plays discovered in South India by Pandit Ganapati Sastri, edited in Trivandrum Sanskrit Series. Plays attributed to Bhasa, translated by two scholars, first published in 1930. Reprint due to scholar demand.

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    £26.59

  • Consciousness is Everything

    Motilal Banarsidass, Consciousness is Everything

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    £18.99

  • History of Indian Philosophy: Philosophy of

    Motilal Banarsidass, History of Indian Philosophy: Philosophy of

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    £24.69

  • History of Indian Philosophy: Sankara School of

    Motilal Banarsidass, History of Indian Philosophy: Sankara School of

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    £28.49

  • History of Indian Philosophy: The Philosophy of

    Motilal Banarsidass, History of Indian Philosophy: The Philosophy of

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    Book SynopsisThe work covers Buddhist, Jaina, and Hindu philosophies across five volumes. It includes discussions on various Hindu systems like Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vedanta, and others, as well as the philosophies of Sankara, Bhagavadgita, and different schools of Vedanta, Saivism, and Puranas.

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    £20.89

  • The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age

    Manohar Publishers and Distributors The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age

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    £26.24

  • Eternal Stories from the Upanishads

    Motilal Banarsidass, Eternal Stories from the Upanishads

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    £11.99

  • Cross and Crucible Johann Valentin Andreae (1586–1654) Phoenix of the Theologians: Volume I Andreae’s Life, World-View, and Relations with Rosicrucianism and Alchemy Volume II The Chymische Hochzeit with Notes and Commentary

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    £237.49

  • Knowledge and the Known: Historical Perspectives in Epistemology

    Springer Knowledge and the Known: Historical Perspectives in Epistemology

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    Book SynopsisA word of warning concerning the aims of this volume is in order. Other­ wise some readers might be unpleasantly surprised by the fact that two of the chapters of an ostensibly historical book are largely topical rather than historical. They are Chapters 7 and 9, respectively entitled 'Are Logical Truths Analytic?' and 'A Priori Truths and Things-In-Them­ selves'. Moreover, the history dealt with in Chapter 11 is so recent as to have more critical than antiquarian interest. This mixture of materials may seem all the more surprising as I shall myself criticize (in Chapter I) too facile assimilations of earlier thinkers' concepts and problems to later ones. There is no inconsistency here, it seems to me. The aims of the present volume are historical, and for that very purpose, for the purpose of understanding and evaluating earlier thinkers it is vital to know the conceptual landscape in which they were moving. A crude analogy may be helpful here. No military historian can afford to neglect the topo­ graphy of the battles he is studying. If he does not know in some detail what kind of pass Thermopylae is or on what sort of ridge the battle of Bussaco was fought, he has no business of discussing these battles, even if this topographical information alone does not yet amount to historical knowledge.Table of Contents1 / Knowledge and Its Objects in Plato.- 2/ Plato on Knowing How, Knowing That, and Knowing What.- 3 / Time, Truth, and Knowledge in Aristotle and Other Greek Philosophers.- 4/ Practical vs. Theoretical Reason — An Ambiguous Legacy.- 5/ ‘Cogito, Ergo Sum’ : Inference or Performance ? 98.- 6/ Kant’s ‘New Method of Thought’ and His Theory of Mathematics.- 7/ Are Logical Truths Analytic ?.- 8/ Kant on the Mathematical Method.- 9 / A Priori Truths and Things-In-Themselves.- 10 / ‘Dinge an sich’ Revisited.- 11 /Knowledge by Acquaintance — Individuation by Acquaintance.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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    £42.74

  • Summa (Quaestiones ordinariae) art. XXV-XXVII

    Leuven University Press Summa (Quaestiones ordinariae) art. XXV-XXVII

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    Book SynopsisFirst critical edition of articles XXV–XXVII of the Summa (Quaestiones ordinariae) of Henry of GhentDas Buch bietet die erste kritische Edition der Artikel XXV-XXVII der Summa (Quaestiones ordinariae) des Heinrich von Gent. Dabei leistet es einen Beitrag zur Geschichte der Formen und Pfade der Ideenvermittlung im Mittelalter und zur mittelalterlichen Buchkultur.Die Kollationierung der Handschriften der Artikel XXV-XXVII und die Untersuchung ihrer materiellen Überlieferung haben der Editorin erlaubt, den Prozess der Ausarbeitung, Publikation und Verbreitung einer Portion von Heinrichs Summa über einen längeren Zeitraum in großer Detailgenauigkeit zu rekonstruieren.Die hier edierten Artikel enthalten ein Kernstück von Heinrichs theologischem und metaphysischem System. In der Behandlung von Einheit, Natur und Leben Gottes entfalten sie eine rationale Darstellung des ersten Prinzips. This book offers the first critical edition of articles XXV–XXVII of the Summa (Quaestiones ordinariae) of Henry of Ghent. At the same time, it contributes to our understanding of the forms and trajectories through which ideas were transmitted throughout the Middle Ages and to medieval book culture.Collating the manuscripts of articles XXV–XXVII and studying their material tradition allowed the editor to reconstruct in great detail how a portion of Henry’s Summa was prepared, published and disseminated over a considerable number of years.The primary text presents an authoritative overview of Henry's theological and metaphysical system. In dealing with the unity, nature, and life of God, it unfolds a rational explanation of the first principle.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Table of ContentsDanksagungVorwortHistorisch-kritische untersuchungEditionen und Handschriften§ 1. Die Editionen der Artikel XXV–XXVII§ 2. Die Handschriften der Artikel XXV–XXVIIHistorische und kodikologische Gegebenheiten: Untersuchung äußerlicher Merkmale§ 1. Zur Datierung der Artikel XXV–XXVII§ 2. Exemplare der Summa und pecia-Angaben in den Artikeln XXV–XXVII§ 3. Paratextuelle Elemente 1) Rand-Schema 2) Inhaltsverzeichnisse der Artikel XXV–XXVIITextkritik: Statistiken und Textevidenz für die Bewertung und Gruppierung der Handschriften§ 1. Quantitative Darstellung der singulären Lesarten§ 2. Gemeinsame Lesarten und Handschriftengruppierungen 1) Gruppe 1: AT' = Handschriften, die nicht von den exemplaria abhängen 2) Gruppe 2: A''D'E'G'I'J'M'P°R'S'W'X'Y'Z'Z° = Handschriften, die direkt oder indirekt vom ersten Exemplar abhängen 3) Gruppe 2.1: I'X'Y'Z' 4) Gruppe 3: K'P' = Handschriften, die vom zweiten Exemplar abhängen 5) Verwandtschaften zwischen den HandschriftengruppenDie universitäre ÜberlieferungDie Handschrift Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, ms. lat. 15355 (A) und ihre Marginalia§ 1. Die Sonderstellung der Handschrift A§ 2. Das Leben des Buches: Ein Überblick vor dem Hintergrund der bisherigen Forschung§ 3. Die Marginalien in der Handschrift A: Bisherige Forschungsergebnisse§ 4. Die Marginalglossen in der Handschrift A zu den hier edierten Artikeln XXV–XXVII 1) Die Marginalglossen zu den Artikeln XXV–XXVI 2) Die Marginalglossen zu Artikel XXVII§ 5. Rückschlüsse zur Handschrift A bezüglich der Artikel XXV–XXVII 1) Hypothese zur Beschaffenheit von A, I. Teil (Art. XXV–XXVI) 2) Handschrift A (I. Teil) als nach der endgültigen Revision des Exemplars weiter korrigierte Kopie? 3) Hypothese zur Beschaffenheit von A, II. Teil (Art. XXVII) 4) Zusammenfassende Bemerkung zur Beschaffenheit von A für die Artikel XXV–XXVIIDie Handschrift Toulouse, Bibliotheque Municipale, ms. 199 (T')§ 1. Der Kodex§ 2. Beziehung zwischen T' und A und Hypothesen bezüglich ihrer Vorlage 1) Artikel XXV–XXVI: A und T' 2) Artikel XXVII: A und T'Die Handschriften I'X'Y'Z': Die Summa zwischen Paris, Bologna und Rom§ 1. Die Handschrift I' von Paris nach Bologna 1) Die Herstellung der Handschrift auf Grundlage des ersten Exemplars und seine Marginalkorrekturen 2) Die Marginalien in I' und der Abgleich der Handschrift mit dem Manuskript Gottfrieds von Fontaines 3) Aimericus de Placentia und das Studium in Bologna§ 2. Von Bologna nach RomZur Textgenese der Summa§ 1. Das Apograph als Referenztext der Überlieferung der Artikel XXV–XXVII§ 2. Entstehung und Veröffentlichung der Summa mit den Artikeln XXV-XXVII: Versuch einer zusammenfassenden Darstellung§ 3. Darstellung der Handschriftenverhältnisse für Artikel XXV–XXVIIErschließung und Erläuterung der Editionsprinzipien für die Textkonstitution§ 1. Kriterien für die Konstitution des kritischen Textes§ 2. Editorische Anmerkungen zu den von Heinrich zitierten Autoritäten§ 3. Orthographische und graphische Entscheidungen im Text und in den Apparaten 1) Orthographie 2) Typographische Entscheidungen 3) Typographische Entscheidungen bezüglich der von Heinrich zitierten oder verwendeten QuellenZeichen1. Im Text selbst2. Im kritischen ApparatAbkürzungen1. Im kritischen Apparat2. Im QuellenapparatSiglen der Handschriften und Abkürzungen der EditionenReproduktionenSUMMA XXV-XXVIIArticulus xxv: De Dei unitateq. 1 Utrum Deus sit unusq. 2 Utrum Deus sit tantum unusq. 3 Utrum possibile est plures deos esseArticulus xxvi: De natura et essentia Deiq. 1 Utrum Deus sit res et natura aliqua sub enteq. 2 Utrum Deus sit res alicuius praedicamentiArticulus xxvii: De vivere et vita in Deoq. 1 Quid sit vita in viventeq. 2 Utrum Deo conveniat vitaI. Quellen (von Heinrich von Gent zitiert oder im Apparat der Edition vermerkt)II. NamensregisterIII. HandschriftenverzeichnisIV. Zitierte LiteraturV. ReproduktionenVI. Inhaltsverzeichnis

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  • The Democratization of Knowledge in Renaissance

    Amsterdam University Press The Democratization of Knowledge in Renaissance

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    Book SynopsisThe book identifies to what extent it is possible to speak of a democratization of knowledge in Renaissance Italy. It establishes the boundaries of the present investigation within the Aristotelian tradition, and outlines democratization as a process capable of assigning power to people. It deals with how the democratization of knowledge historically is invested equally in ideas from religion and philosophy, involving the same democratizers, moved by similar intentions, employing identical techniques of vulgarization and targeting equivalent communities of recipients.Table of ContentsTable of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Tug of War 3 Figures of Democratizers 4 Intentions for Democratizing 5 Tools of the Trade 6 Communities of Recipients 7 Epilogue Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Acknowledgements Bibliography

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  • The Modern Idea of History and its Value: An

    Amsterdam University Press The Modern Idea of History and its Value: An

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    Book SynopsisThis is an original and accessible introduction to the modern idea of history and its value, and an indispensable companion to the study of history and its philosophical underpinnings. The book answers two basic questions: What is history? And what is its value? It also shows how the answers to these questions are mutually dependent. The old view that history is the teacher of life, for instance, assumes that the past is a reservoir of examples from which moral lessons for the present can be drawn. The subjects discussed include history as the teacher of life, the need for truth and objectivity, the moral standards of the historian, realism and the value of historical insight, historical explanation and understanding, the intelligibility of the historical process, the tragedy of history, the politics of history-writing, and the close connection between history, narrative, and the desire for justice. These topics are discussed with the help of inspiring and influential historians and philosophers such as Thucydides, Ranke, Hegel, Nietzsche, Collingwood, Arendt, White, Hunt, and Ankersmit.Trade Review"Van den Akker’s discussion of historical insight raises questions of subjectivity, objectivity, and normativity, and the different points of view from which these may be understood. [...] [The book] is accurately subtitled "An Introduction" so I surmise its intended readership is mainly second-or third-year history majors in order to give them a brief overview of the nature of their discipline. And indeed, it is admirably suited to that purpose."- Karl Pfeifer, University of Saskatchewan & Monash University, International Network for the Theory of History, 2021 " [...] a very good and inspiring introduction to substantive and classic questions of philosophy of history from the point of view of somebody who takes seriously the challenges of the New Philosophy of History (post White and Ankersmit). Van den Akker, certainly himself a new philosopher of history, manages very well to lead the reader unfamiliar with authors from various traditions and different times in a keen and accessible way to show their relevance to our contemporary concerns." - Verónica Tozzi Thompson, Journal of the Philosophy of History, Vol. 16, Iss. 2Table of Contents1. Introduction: the use and abuse of history 2. The first historian 3. Historicism 4. Causes and reasons 5. Talent and insight 6. The historical sublime 7. Conclusion: the historian's responsibility

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  • Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of

    Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of

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    Book SynopsisOne of the most iconoclastic philosophers of all time, Nietzsche dramatically rejected notions of good and evil, truth and God. Beyond Good and Evil demonstrates that the world is steeped in false piety and infected with a slave morality. With wit and subversive energy, Nietzsche demands that the individual impose their own will to power upon the world.

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  • Lysa Publishers In Pursuit of the Muses: The Life and Work of

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    £71.00

  • Lysa Publishers Augustine and the Humanists: Reading the City of

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    £77.90

  • Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

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    £9.36

  • Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities On the Thought of Isaiah Berun: Papers Presented

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  • Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Intellectual Revolt Against Liberal

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  • Maimonides -- Reason Above All

    Gefen Publishing House Maimonides -- Reason Above All

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  • VIVAT The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's

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    Book SynopsisIn The Geography of Genius, acclaimed travel writer Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas. He explores the history of places, like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Song Dynasty Hangzhou, and Silicon Valley, to show how certain urban settings are conducive to ingenuity.

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  • African Culture and Civilization

    Ibadan University Press African Culture and Civilization

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  • Confucianism and the Chinese Self: Re-examining Max Weber’s China

    Springer Verlag, Singapore Confucianism and the Chinese Self: Re-examining Max Weber’s China

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    Book SynopsisSetting the context for the upheavals and transformations of contemporary China, this text provides a re-assessment of Max Weber’s celebrated sociology of China. Returning to the sources drawn on by Weber in The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, it offers an informed account of the Chinese institutions discussed and a concise discussion of Weber’s writings on ‘the rise of modern capitalism’. Notably it subjects Weber’s argument to critical scrutiny, arguing that he drew upon sources which infused the central European imagination of the time, constructing a sense of China in Europe, whilst European writers were constructing a particular image of imperial China and its Confucian framework. Re-examining Weber’s discussion of the role of the individual in Confucian thought and the subordination, in China, of the interests of the individual to those of the political community and the ancestral clan, this book offers a cutting edge contribution to the continuing debate on Weber’s RoC in East Asia today, against the background of the rise of modern capitalism in the “little dragons” of Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea, and the “big dragons” of Japan and the People’s Republic of China.Trade Review“The book is an interesting and reliable contribution to the discourses on contemporary Chinese sociology of religion; as a result, it is warmly recommended to all specialists in the field and to the general reader of Chinese culture, as well.” (Lehel Balogh, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 45 (2), June, 2019)“Max Weber's fascination with China has been well documented … . It is a must read for both Weber scholars and China specialists, and will be of great interest to comparative-historical sociologists. Summing Up: Essential. Graduate students/faculty.” (J. Li, Choice, Vol. 55 (9), May, 2018)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- China in Germany.- Confucianism.- Daoism.- Self-interest.- Magic.- Capitalism.

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    £75.99

  • Stoicism and the Western Political Tradition

    Springer Verlag, Singapore Stoicism and the Western Political Tradition

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    Book SynopsisThis book uniquely recovers and assesses Stoic political thought by tracking its uptake into Western modernity and exploring the extent of its impact. Classical Stoicism has lately seen a popular resurgence inspiring self-help books and therapeutic treatments for anxiety and depression. As a scholarly source for the Western political tradition, it is even more important. Yet, as A.A. Long once observed: “[o]f all the ancient philosophies, Stoicism has probably had the most diffused” yet least “adequately acknowledged influence on Western thought.” This close textual study not only provides the first systematic study of the political content of Stoic thought but also establishes the hitherto under-appreciated influence of classical Stoicism on the political thought of the long eighteenth century and beyond in Europe and particularly Britain. The Stoic ideas upon which we focus include their cosmopolitanism, their contribution to sociability and self-interest debates, their influence on modern feminism and utilitarianism, and their prefiguration of modern conceptions of personal rights.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Stoic Political Thought and its Relevance for the Early-Modern PeriodChapter 2: Eighteenth Century Sociability Debates: Stoicism and the Battle with Modern EpicureanismChapter 3: Stoic Cosmopolitanism and Enlightenment InternationalismChapter 4: Stoicism and Utilitarian ThoughtChapter 5: Stoicism, Proto-rights, Self-ownership and John LockeChapter 6: Stoic Feminism and Early Modern Women Writers.Chapter 7: Conclusion.Bibliography

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  • Doing Science: In The Light Of Philosophy

    World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Doing Science: In The Light Of Philosophy

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    Book Synopsis'The originality of this book is that it reverses the tables on all current schools of philosophy, where philosophy and metaphysics are separated and isolated from the sciences. The punch line for Bunge is that practitioners in all intellectual fields need to adopt the appropriate form of metaphysics. Only then will they be enabled to create scientistic research projects.'Marx & Philosophy Review of BooksNearly all philosophers have dealt with the outcomes of scientific research, and have overlooked its philosophical presuppositions, such as those of rationality and realism. Although these presuppositions are mostly tacit and thus easily overlooked, actually they are supremely important, since some of them favor research whereas others hamper it. For instance, whereas subjectivism leads to navel gazing and uncontrolled fantasy, realism encourages us to explore the world and check our conjectures.This book examines science in the making, a process it illustrates with many examples from the natural, social, and biosocial sciences. Therefore it centers on the research process and its philosophical presuppositions. It claims that the latter constitutes a sort of matrix for conceiving and nurturing scientific projects.

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  • Dear Martin / Dear Marcello: Gardner And Truzzi

    World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Dear Martin / Dear Marcello: Gardner And Truzzi

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    Book SynopsisIn 1952, Martin Gardner wrote the book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which has become a modern classic of the skeptical movement. He is best known as the Father of Recreational Mathematics, but was also a frank critic of pseudoscientists and a contributor to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.Marcello Truzzi was one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal in 1976. He left that and founded the Center for Scientific Anomalies Research, which was more aligned with his views.Dana Richards presents the unedited, colorful correspondence between these two well-known figures within the skeptical movement as they probed and wrestled with fundamental questions such as:

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  • Dear Martin / Dear Marcello: Gardner And Truzzi

    World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Dear Martin / Dear Marcello: Gardner And Truzzi

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    Book SynopsisIn 1952, Martin Gardner wrote the book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which has become a modern classic of the skeptical movement. He is best known as the Father of Recreational Mathematics, but was also a frank critic of pseudoscientists and a contributor to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.Marcello Truzzi was one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal in 1976. He left that and founded the Center for Scientific Anomalies Research, which was more aligned with his views.Dana Richards presents the unedited, colorful correspondence between these two well-known figures within the skeptical movement as they probed and wrestled with fundamental questions such as:

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    £38.00

  • The Straits Philosophical Society & Colonial

    ISEAS The Straits Philosophical Society & Colonial

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    Book SynopsisFounded in Singapore in 1893, the Straits Philosophical Society was a society for the "critical discussion of questions in Philosophy, History, Theology, Literature, Science and Art". Its membership was restricted to graduates of British and European universities, fellows of British or European learned societies and those with "distinguished merit in the opinion of the Society in any branch of knowledge". Its closed-door meetings were an important gathering place for the educated elite of the colony, comprising colonial civil servants, soldiers, missionaries, businessmen, as well as prominent Straits Chinese members. Notable members included the botanist Henry Ridley, the missionary W.G. Shellabear and Straits Chinese reformers like Lim Boon Keng and Tan Teck Soon.Throughout its years of operation, the Society left behind a collection of papers presented by its members, the vast majority of which conformed to the Society's founding rule that its geographical position should influence its work. This produced a large corpus of literature on colonial Malaya which provides important insights into the logic and dynamics of colonial thought in the period before the First World War. In reproducing a collection of these papers this volume highlights the role of the Society in the development of ideas of race, Malayness, colonial modernization, urban government and debates over the political and socio-economic future of the colony.By republishing these papers, The Straits Philosophical Society & Colonial Elites in Malaya seeks to contribute to the intellectual history of colonial and post-colonial Malaysia and Singapore, and to expand our understanding of the ways in which colonial thought has shaped governing systems of the past and present.

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    £39.95

  • A Miscellany of Modern Musings

    Palgrave Macmillan A Miscellany of Modern Musings

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    Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: René Descartes.- Chapter 3: John Locke.- Chapter 4: Blaise Pascal.- Chapter 5: Mary Astell.- Chapter 6: Benedict Spinoza.- Chapter 7: David Hume.- Chapter 8: Immanuel Kant.- Chapter 9: Georg W.F. Hegel.- Chapter 10: Søren Kierkegaard.- Chapter 11: John Stuart Mill.- Chapter 12: Friedrich Nietzsche.- Chapter 13: Leo Tolstoy.- Chapter 14: Albert Einstein.

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    £28.49

  • El anticristo: Una maldición contra el

    Ediciones Lea El anticristo: Una maldición contra el

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    Book SynopsisIn El anticristo, Friedrich Niezsche presents his sharpest critique of Judeo-Christian morality. Under attack are compassion, weakness, and the beliefs that came to constitute Western society after the death of Christ, as Niezsche calls for a return to the values of aristocracy—power, force, and the search for truth beyond superstition. Polemical and a little mad, this book of Nietzsche's opened up new paths of thought, some of which have yet to be explored.

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  • El anticristo

    Ediciones Lea El anticristo

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    Book SynopsisEste es el má s certero de los ataques de Friedrich Nietzsche contra la moral judeocristiana. En este libro el filó sofo desdeñ a la compasió n, la debilidad y las creencias que dieron nacimiento a la sociedad occidental luego de la muerte de Cristo en la cruz, al tiempo que plantea la necesidad de recuperar los ?valores de la aristocracia?, es decir, el poder, la fuerza, el gusto por la bú squeda de la verdad má s allá de las supersticiones. El anticristo es la gé nesis de una religió n, el cristianismo, pero tambié n del mundo occidental tal cual lo conocemos. En é l, Nietzsche desentrañ a los sentimientos que llevaron a los primeros cristianos a tergiversar el mensaje de Jesú s, para convertirlo en una ?contradicció n de la vida?.

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  • Zhang Zhung Nyengyud Ngondro :: The Preliminary

    Vajra Books Zhang Zhung Nyengyud Ngondro :: The Preliminary

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    Book SynopsisPonlob Rinpoche discusses the nine Ngondro practices in Tibetan Bon and Buddhist traditions, stressing their role as foundational and purifying practices crucial for stable Dzogchen practice. Ngondro is essential for spiritual progression and supports advanced practices.

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  • Culturea Bhakti Yoga

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    £14.25

  • Viella Editrice Machiavelli, Un Uomo Di Parole

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  • Viella Editrice Erasmo Libero: Le Litterae E La Teologia

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