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Aristotle by Kenneth McLeish
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The ideas Aristotle outlined in his poetics have formed the foundation for the whole history of Western critical theory, No work has had more influence upon the literature of centuries - neither has any been so profoundly, so perversely misunderstood. Kenneth Mcleish's introduction cuts through centurie ...Show more
Aristotle (The Great Philosophers) by Kenneth Mcleish
Category: Science | Series: The\Great Philosophers Ser.
'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all' Aristotle'Knowing yourself is the mark of all wisdom''You will never do anything in this world without courage'Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers that has ever lived. Taught by Plato, he was the first genuine scientist i ...Show more
Ayer by Oswald Hanfling
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According to Ayer, philosophy is an activity of analysis, not a means to truth. First principles and metaphysical truths can neither be established or denied byphilosophical enquiry. He tried to prove that verifibility (whether a proposition can be shown to be true or false) was the key principle of phi ...Show more
Berkeley by David Berman
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A short book combining extracts from one of the world's greatest thinkers with commentary from one of Britain's most distinguished writers on philosophy.
Bertrand Russell by Ray Monk
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A short book combining extracts from the work of one of the greatest thinkers with commentary from one of Britain's most distinguished writers on philosophy.
Democritus by Paul Cartledge
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The Renaissance's 'Laughing Philosopher': ourown age's 'prophet of quark': throughout modern philosophical traditions, Democritushas been a man little known beyond his labels. Yet if the image of the cheerful ironist understates his true seriousness, that of father of modern nuclear physics - though by ...Show more
Derrida by Christopher Johnson
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A short book combining extracts from the work of one of the world's greatest thinkers with commentary by one of Britain's most distinguished writers on philosophy.
Hegel (The Great Philosophers) by Raymond Plant
Category: Science | Series: The\Great Philosophers Ser.
'What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it''What and how much I possess is a matter of indifference so far as rights are concerned''Education is the art of making man ethical'Without Hegel, moder ...Show more
Hume by Anthony Quinton
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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Kant by Ralph Walker
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'Dry, obscure...Prolix.' That was Kant's own critique of his first Critique - and exasperated students since having it extended to the rest of his work. Yet despite it's sprawling for and forbidding content, Kant's moral philosophy has continued to compel the attention of every serious thinker in the fi ...Show more
Kant (The Great Philosophers) by Ralph Walker
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Great Philosophers Ser.
'Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.' KantIn today's increasingly fractured world of oppression and uncertainty, Kant's moral philosophy is more important than ever before. And never has the need for moral absolutes been more pressing than in this age of doubt, disillusion and cynic ...Show more