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  • Leviathan

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short'Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign - or 'Leviathan' - to enforce security and the rule of law, shocked his contemporaries, and his book was ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • Ideas of Education

    Philosophy and politics from Plato to Dewey

    Edited by Christopher Brooke, Elizabeth Frazer ...
    There has always been a strong relationship between education and philosophy - especially political philosophy. Renewed concern about the importance and efficacy of political education has revived key questions about the connections between the power to govern, and the power to educate. Although these themes are not always prominent in commentaries, political writings have often been very deeply ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Europe in the Central Middle Ages

    962-1154

    by Christopher Brooke ...
    Series series General History of Europe
    This wide-ranging introduction to medieval Europe has been updated and revised. In his popular survey Brooke explores the variety of human experience in the period. He looks at society, economy, religious life and popular religion, learning, culture, as well as political events; the rise of the Normans and the heyday of the medieval Empire. For the new edition there is increased coverage of the ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Rousseau, the Age of Enlightenment, and Their Legacies

    by Robert Wokler ...
    Robert Wokler was one of the world's leading experts on Rousseau and the Enlightenment, but some of his best work was published in the form of widely scattered and difficult-to-find essays. This book collects for the first time a representative selection of his most important essays on Rousseau and the legacy of Enlightenment political thought. These essays concern many of the great themes of the ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Philosophic Pride

    Stoicism and Political Thought from Lipsius to Rousseau

    by Christopher Brooke ...
    Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile in 1762, and concentrating on arguments originating from England, France, and the Netherlands, the book considers how political writers of the period engaged with the ideas of ... Read more

    $45.39 USD

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  • The Game of Logic

    by Lewis Carroll ...
    Transforming the complexities of formal logic into an engaging pastime, this book introduces a board game designed to teach the rules of clear thinking. Through the use of counters and diagrams, the reader learns to navigate the pitfalls of fallacious reasoning and embrace the clarity of valid arguments. It is a masterful example of how education can be seamlessly integrated with entertainment and ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem

    by J. Lesslie Hall ...
    It may be the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. A date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating pertains to the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the "Beowulf poet".The poem is ... Read more

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  • Moby Dick

    by Herman Melville ...
    Moby Dick by Herman Melville tells the captivating story of Captain Ahab who is on an epic quest on his whaling ship. Moby Dick is a masterpiece and widely considered to be one of the greatest novels ever written. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Practice and Science of Drawing

    by Harold Speed ...
    Permit me in the first place to anticipate the disappointment of any student who opens this book with the idea of finding "wrinkles" on how to draw faces, trees, clouds, or what not, short cuts to excellence in drawing, or any of the tricks so popular with the drawing masters of our grandmothers and still dearly loved by a large number of people. No good can come of such methods, for there are no ... Read more

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  • The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

    by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm ...
    Series series Knickerbocker Classics
    Originally titledChildren’s and Household Tales,The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Talescontains the essential bedtime stories for children worldwide for the better part of two centuries.The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German linguists and cultural researchers who gathered legendary folklore and aimed to collect the stories exactly as they heard them.2012 marked the 200th anniversary ofGrimm’s ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • A Treatise on Government

    by Aristotle ...
    The Politics of Aristotle is the second part of a treatise of which the Ethics is the first part. It looks back to the Ethics as the Ethics looks forward to thee Politics. For Aristotle did not separate, as we are inclined to do, the spheres of the statesman and the moralist. In the Ethics he has described the character necessary for the good life, but that life is for him essentially to be lived ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Plato: The Complete Works (31 Books)

    The Definitive Collection of Philosophical Classics

    by Plato ...
    Translated by Benjamin Jowett ...
    " Embark on a Philosophical Odyssey! Delve deep into the profound insights of Plato, one of history's greatest thinkers, with this meticulously curated collection of his complete works. "A timeless journey through wisdom, politics, and the nature of existence."✨ Why is this eBook ESSENTIAL for every thinker?Traverse the dialogues that have shaped centuries of thought, from the 'Republic' to the ... Read more

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