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Meddling
On the Virtue of Leaving Others Alone
Av John Lachs
Inbunden, 2014
621 kr
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John Lachs claims that we are surrounded by people who seem to know what is good for us better than we do ourselves. Lachs discusses the joy of choice and the rare virtue of leaving others alone to lead their lives as they see fit. He does not mean that we abandon them in their genuine hour of …
Meddling
On the Virtue of Leaving Others Alone
Av John Lachs
Häftad, 2014
216 kr
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John Lachs claims that we are surrounded by people who seem to know what is good for us better than we do ourselves. Lachs discusses the joy of choice and the rare virtue of leaving others alone to lead their lives as they see fit. He does not mean that we abandon them in their genuine hour of …
Cost of Comfort
Av John Lachs
Inbunden, 2019
677 kr
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Philosopher John Lachs observes that humans today live lives of comfort but also sees that these comfortable lives come at a cost: our increasing unhappiness. In The Cost of Comfort, Lachs contemplates what humans need in order to live fulfilled lives in today's world. While comfort has not always …
Cost of Comfort
Av John Lachs
Häftad, 2019
216 kr
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Philosopher John Lachs observes that humans today live lives of comfort but also sees that these comfortable lives come at a cost: our increasing unhappiness. In The Cost of Comfort, Lachs contemplates what humans need in order to live fulfilled lives in today's world. While comfort has not always …
Stoic Pragmatism
Av John Lachs
Häftad, 2012
272 kr
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John Lachs, one of American philosophy's most distinguished interpreters, turns to William James, Josiah Royce, Charles S. Peirce, John Dewey, and George Santayana to elaborate stoic pragmatism, or a way to live life within reasonable limits. Stoic pragmatism makes sense of our moral obligations in …
Community of Individuals
Av John Lachs
Inbunden, 2002
2506 kr
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Drawing on the spirit of classical American Philosophy, A Community of Individuals is an original, highly engaging, and important philosophical exploration of pressing personal and social problems. With clear, compelling, spirited writing, Lachs tackles a wide range of topics from the …
Community of Individuals
Av John Lachs
Häftad, 2002
646 kr
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Drawing on the spirit of classical American Philosophy, A Community of Individuals is an original, highly engaging, and important philosophical exploration of pressing personal and social problems. With clear, compelling, spirited writing, Lachs tackles a wide range of topics from the …
The Science of Knowledge
With the First and Second Introductions
Av J. G. Fichte, Peter Heath m. fl.
Häftad, 1982
781 kr
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A modern translation of J. G. Fichte's best known philosophical work (including his two explanatory Introductions), which contributed to the development of 19th Century German Idealism from Kant's critical philosophy.
Marxist Philosophy
A Bibliographical Guide
Av John Lachs
Häftad, 2012
458 kr
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Designed to guide the student or scholar through the maze of books and articles on the philosophy of Marx and Marxism-Leninism, this bibliography should be an essential aid, not only to students of Marxism and to professional philosophers, but also to scholars in every field in which Marxist …
Freedom and Limits
Inbunden, 2014
1563 kr
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Freedom and Limits is a defense of the value of freedom in the context of human finitude. A contribution to the American tradition of philosophy, it focuses attention on moral problems as we encounter them in daily life, where the search for perfection and the incessant drive to meet obligations …
Freedom and Limits
Häftad, 2014
431 kr
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Freedom and Limits is a defense of the value of freedom in the context of human finitude. A contribution to the American tradition of philosophy, it focuses attention on moral problems as we encounter them in daily life, where the search for perfection and the incessant drive to meet obligations …
Physical Order and Moral Liberty
Previously Unpublished Essays of George Santayana
Av George Santayana, John Lachs m. fl.
Häftad, 1969
601 kr
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This book is a collection of fifty-five essays and fragments by George Santayana, from the Santayana collections of the Columbia University Library and the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas.Although the essay included are largely philosophical in nature, none is narrowly …
Mind and Philosophers
Av John Lachs
Inbunden, 1987
920 kr
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The essays collected in this volume and written between 1959-1980 clearly belong to professional philosophy in both tone and context. Yet their ultimate aim is to explore larger problems and to set the groundwork for dealing with them. For the focus of attention throughout is human nature, not so …
Relevance of Philosophy to Life
Av John Lachs
Inbunden, 1995
463 kr
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With The Relevance of Philosophy to Life, eminent American philosopher John Lachs reminds us that philosophy is not merely a remote subject of academic research and discourse, but an ever-changing field which can help us navigate through some of the chaos of late twentieth-century living. It …
In Love with Life
Reflections on the Joy of Living and Why We Hate to Die
Av John Lachs
Inbunden, 1998
1306 kr
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In the VANDERBILT LIBRARY OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY, a book which reflects on the joy of living and the hatred of death. Written by the author of INTERMEDIATE MAN and THE COST OF COMFORT, it takes the view that delighting in small achievements will help provide courage to face the darker side of life.
Thinking in the Ruins
Wittgenstein and Santayana on Contingency
Av Michael P. Hodges, John Lachs
Inbunden, 2000
1188 kr
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While Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) and George Santayana (1863-1952) may never have met or even have studied one another's work, they experienced similar cultural conditions and their thinking took similar shapes. Yet, until now, their respective bodies of work have been examined separately and …
William Ernest Hocking Reader
with Commentary
Av John Lachs, D. Micah Hester
Inbunden, 2004
1613 kr
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Leading Harvard philosophy professor William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966), author of 17 books and in his day second only to John Dewey in the breadth of his thinking, is now largely forgotten, and his once-influential writings are out of print. This volume, which combines a rich selection of …
William Ernest Hocking Reader
with Commentary
Av John Lachs, D. Micah Hester
Häftad, 2004
675 kr
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Leading Harvard philosophy professor William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966), author of 17 books and in his day second only to John Dewey in the breadth of his thinking, is now largely forgotten, and his once-influential writings are out of print. This volume, which combines a rich selection of …
Community of Individuals
Av John Lachs
E-bok, 2014
676 kr
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Drawing on the spirit of classical American Philosophy, A Community of Individuals is an original, highly engaging, and important philosophical exploration of pressing personal and social problems. With clear, compelling, spirited writing, Lachs tackles a wide range of topics from the …
Community of Individuals
Av John Lachs
E-bok, 2014
676 kr
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Drawing on the spirit of classical American Philosophy, A Community of Individuals is an original, highly engaging, and important philosophical exploration of pressing personal and social problems. With clear, compelling, spirited writing, Lachs tackles a wide range of topics from the …
American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia
Av Robert B. Talisse, John Lachs
E-bok, 2008
4415 kr
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The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy provides coverage of the major figures, concepts, historical periods and traditions in American philosophical thought. Containing over 600 entries written by scholars who are experts in the field, this Encyclopedia is the first of its kind. It is a scholarly …
American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia
Av Robert B. Talisse, John Lachs
E-bok, 2008
4415 kr
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The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy provides coverage of the major figures, concepts, historical periods and traditions in American philosophical thought. Containing over 600 entries written by scholars who are experts in the field, this Encyclopedia is the first of its kind. It is a scholarly …
American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia
Av John Lachs, Robert B. Talisse
Inbunden, 2007
2383 kr
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The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy provides coverage of the major figures, concepts, historical periods and traditions in American philosophical thought. Containing over 600 entries written by scholars who are experts in the field, this Encyclopedia is the first of its kind. It is a scholarly …
