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  • Primary and Secondary Precepts in Thomistic Natural Law Teaching

    by R.A. Armstrong ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Never before in the history of mankind has there been a period when hitherto accepted moral principles have been more severely tested. The agonized cry of a world smitten by two major wars in a handful of years leaves no doubt in the minds of many that natural law ethics, ifit is to have relevance and to survive, must provide at least the outline of an answer to the problems of every day living. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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  • The Life of the Mind

    The Groundbreaking Investigation on How We Think

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    "A passionate, humane intelligence addressing itself to the fundamental problem of how the mind operates." — NewsweekConsidered by many to be Hannah Arendt's greatest work, published as she neared the end of her life, The Life of the Mind investigates thought itself, as it exists in contemplative life. In a shift from her previous writings, most of which focus on the world outside the mind, this ... Read more

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  • God and Intelligence

    by Fulton J. Sheen ...
    In this book, Fulton Sheen addresses what G. K. Chesterton called �the most tremendous question in the world; perhaps the only question in the world:� how man, through the power of reason, can know the nature of God. Tracing the course of philosophy from the Middle Ages to modern times, he shows Thomistic realism to be an adequate response to modern ideals. Emphasizing reason as a way of attaining ... Read more

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  • The Use of Bodies

    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Translated by Adam Kotsko ...
    Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
    Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer was one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. It was also the beginning of a series of interconnected investigations of staggering ambition and scope, investigating the deepest foundations of Western politics and thought.The Use of Bodies represents the ninth and final volume in this twenty-year undertaking, breaking considerable new ground ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Concerning Being and Essence

    by St. Thomas Aquinas ...
    This early work of philosophy is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains metaphysical ideas of being and essence by influential philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in philosophy. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dictionary of Untranslatables

    A Philosophical Lexicon

    Edited by Barbara Cassin, Emily Apter, Jacques Lezra, Michael Wood ...
    Series series Translation/Transnation
    Characters in some languages, particularly Hebrew and Arabic, may not display properly due to device limitations. Transliterations of terms appear before the representations in foreign characters.This is an encyclopedic dictionary of close to 400 important philosophical, literary, and political terms and concepts that defy easy—or any—translation from one language and culture to another. Drawn ... Read more

    $104.49 CAD

  • The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics

    by Arthur Schopenhauer ...
    Translated by David Cartwright, Edward E. Erdmann ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'my philosophy is like Thebes with a hundred gates: one can enter from all sides and through each gate arrive at the direct path to the centre' Schopenhauer's two essays On the Freedom of the Will and On the Basis of Morals form his complete system of ethics. Their doctrines, continuous with those in his major work The World as Will and Representation, are presented here in more accessible, self ... Read more

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  • On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, and on the Will in Nature - Two Essays

    by Arthur Schopenhauer ...
    Originally published in 1813, this early work by German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Originally published as his doctoral dissertation and then later re-published, it outlines his cornerstone arguments on the subject of knowing. This fascinating work is highly recommended for anyone interested in 19th century philosophy and its ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Epictetus

    Edited by Theodore Scaltsas, Andrew S. Mason ...
    The Stoic philosopher Epictetus has been one of the most influential of ancient thinkers, both in antiquity itself and in modern times. Theodore Scaltsas and Andrew S. Mason present ten specially written papers which discuss Epictetus' thought on a wide range of subjects, including ethics, logic, theology, and psychology; explore his relations to his predecessors (including his two philosophical ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

  • The Stoic Sage

    The Early Stoics on Wisdom, Sagehood and Socrates

    by René Brouwer ...
    Series series Cambridge Classical Studies
    After Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics, from the third century BCE onwards, developed the third great classical conception of wisdom. This book offers a reconstruction of this pivotal notion in Stoicism, starting out from the two extant Stoic definitions, 'knowledge of human and divine matters' and 'fitting expertise'. It focuses not only on the question of what they understood by wisdom, but also ... Read more

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  • The Basis Of Morality

    by Arthur Schopenhauer ...
    The Basis Of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer. ... Read more

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  • Fundamental Philosophy

    by Jaime Luciano Balmes ...
    Jaime Luciano Balmes' 'Fundamental Philosophy' is a groundbreaking work that delves into essential philosophical concepts with a clear and concise style. Published in 1856, this influential text explores the relationship between faith and reason, touching on topics such as metaphysics, ethics, and theology. Balmes approaches these subjects with a logical and systematic approach, making complex ... Read more

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