Critical Essays on the Classics Series – serie
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Heidegger's Being and Time
Critical Essays
Av Richard Polt
E-bok, 2005
405 kr
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Heidegger''s Being and Time: Critical Essays provides a variety of recent studies of Heidegger''s most important work. Twelve prominent scholars, representing diverse nationalities, generations, and interpretive approaches deal with general methodological and ontological questions, particular …
Plato's Republic
Critical Essays
E-bok, 2000
608 kr
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Designed for courses in the history of philosophy, social and political theory, government, and Plato specifically, Plato''s Republic: Critical Essays will enrich students'' understanding of this profoundly influential work. The comprehensive collection covers Plato''s social and political thought, …
Social Contract Theorists
Critical Essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
E-bok, 2000
655 kr
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This reader introduces students of philosophy and politics to the contemporary critical literature on the classical social contract theorists: Thomas Hobbes (1599-1697), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Twelve thoughtfully selected essays guide students through the …
Aristotle's Ethics
Critical Essays
E-bok, 2000
935 kr
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The ethics of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), and virtue ethics in general, have seen a resurgence of interest over the past few decades. No longer do utilitarianism and Kantian ethics on their own dominate the moral landscape. In addition, Aristotelian themes fill out that landscape, with such issues as …
Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment
Critical Essays
Av Paul Guyer
E-bok, 2003
779 kr
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Kant''s Critique of the Power of Judgment , first published in 1790, was the last of the great philosopher''s three critiques, following on the heels of Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and Critique of Practical Reason (1788). In the first two, Kant dealt with metaphysics and morality; in the third, …
Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito
Critical Essays
Inbunden, 2004
1838 kr
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Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by …
Aristotle's Politics
Critical Essays
Av Richard Kraut, Steven Skultety
Inbunden, 2005
1556 kr
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Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any contribution to make to contemporary …
Aristotle's Politics
Critical Essays
Av Richard Kraut, Steven Skultety
Häftad, 2005
556 kr
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Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any contribution to make to contemporary …
Mill's The Subjection of Women
Critical Essays
Inbunden, 2005
1838 kr
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John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women is a landmark work both in the long history of women's struggles for political, legal, economic, and personal equality, and in the shorter history of rigorous intellectual analyses of women's subordination. One of the lasting legacies of Mill's The …
Mill's The Subjection of Women
Critical Essays
Häftad, 2005
556 kr
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John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women is a landmark work both in the long history of women's struggles for political, legal, economic, and personal equality, and in the shorter history of rigorous intellectual analyses of women's subordination. One of the lasting legacies of Mill's The …
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
Critical Essays
Inbunden, 2006
1556 kr
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Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is one of the great works of 20th Century philosophy, destined to join the philosophical canon. Like all great works of philosophy, it poses new problems, while creating new forms of argument and persuasion. But unlike most contemporary philosophy …
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
Critical Essays
Häftad, 2006
613 kr
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Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations is one of the great works of 20th Century philosophy, destined to join the philosophical canon. Like all great works of philosophy, it poses new problems, while creating new forms of argument and persuasion. But unlike most contemporary philosophy …
Augustine's Confessions
Inbunden, 2006
1697 kr
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Unique in all of literature, the Confessions combines frank and profound psychological insight into Augustine's formative years along with sophisticated and beguiling reflections on some of the most important issues in philosophy and theology. The Confessions discloses Augustine's views about the …
Augustine's Confessions
Häftad, 2006
613 kr
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Unique in all of literature, the Confessions combines frank and profound psychological insight into Augustine's formative years along with sophisticated and beguiling reflections on some of the most important issues in philosophy and theology. The Confessions discloses Augustine's views about the …
Heidegger's Being and Time
Critical Essays
Av Richard Polt
Häftad, 2005
373 kr
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Heidegger's Being and Time: Critical Essays provides a variety of recent studies of Heidegger's most important work. Twelve prominent scholars, representing diverse nationalities, generations, and interpretive approaches deal with general methodological and ontological questions, particular issues …
Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals
Critical Essays
Inbunden, 2006
1697 kr
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This astonishingly rich volume collects the work of an international group of scholars, including some of the best known in academia. Experts in ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, political theory, aesthetics, history, critical theory, and hermeneutics bring to light the best philosophical …
Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals
Critical Essays
Häftad, 2006
711 kr
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This astonishingly rich volume collects the work of an international group of scholars, including some of the best known in academia. Experts in ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, political theory, aesthetics, history, critical theory, and hermeneutics bring to light the best philosophical …
Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
Av Brian Davies
Inbunden, 2005
1556 kr
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Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was first and foremost a Christian theologian. Yet he was also one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages. Drawing on classical authors, and incorporating ideas from Jewish and Arab sources, he came to offer a rounded and lasting account of the origin of the …
Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
Av Brian Davies
Häftad, 2005
556 kr
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Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was first and foremost a Christian theologian. Yet he was also one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages. Drawing on classical authors, and incorporating ideas from Jewish and Arab sources, he came to offer a rounded and lasting account of the origin of the …
Augustine's Confessions
E-bok, 2006
670 kr
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Unique in all of literature, the Confessions combines frank and profound psychological insight into Augustine''s formative years along with sophisticated and beguiling reflections on some of the most important issues in philosophy and theology. The Confessions discloses Augustine''s views about the …
Mill's On Liberty
Critical Essays
Häftad, 1997
556 kr
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John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1860) continues to shape modern Western conceptions of individual freedom. In this volume, eight leading Mill scholars comment on this landmark work. Their essays, selected for their importance and accessibility, serve as an excellent introduction to this foundational …
Plato's Republic
Critical Essays
Häftad, 1997
640 kr
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Designed for courses in the history of philosophy, social and political theory, government, and Plato specifically, Plato's Republic: Critical Essays will enrich students' understanding of this profoundly influential work. The comprehensive collection covers Plato's social and political thought, …
Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Critical Essays
Av Paul Guyer
Inbunden, 1997
2113 kr
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Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important works in modern moral philosophy. This collection of essays, the first of its kind in nearly thirty years, introduces the reader to some of the most important studies of the book from the past two decades, arranged in the …
Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Critical Essays
Av Paul Guyer
Häftad, 1997
818 kr
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Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important works in modern moral philosophy. This collection of essays, the first of its kind in nearly thirty years, introduces the reader to some of the most important studies of the book from the past two decades, arranged in the …
Mill's Utilitarianism
Critical Essays
Av David Lyons
Inbunden, 1997
1556 kr
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John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism continues to serve as a rich source of moral and theoretical insight. This collection of articles by top scholars offers fresh interpretations of Mill's ideas about happiness, moral obligation, justice, and rights. Applying contemporary philosophical insights, they …
Mill's Utilitarianism
Critical Essays
Av David Lyons
Häftad, 1997
711 kr
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John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism continues to serve as a rich source of moral and theoretical insight. This collection of articles by top scholars offers fresh interpretations of Mill's ideas about happiness, moral obligation, justice, and rights. Applying contemporary philosophical insights, they …
Social Contract Theorists
Critical Essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
Häftad, 1998
598 kr
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This reader introduces students of philosophy and politics to the contemporary critical literature on the classical social contract theorists: Thomas Hobbes (1599-1697), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Twelve thoughtfully selected essays guide students through the …
Empiricists
Critical Essays on Locke, Berkeley, and Hume
Häftad, 1998
542 kr
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This collection of essays on themes in the work of John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume is intended to provide a deepened understanding of major issues raised in the Empiricist tradition. It introduces students to important metaphysical and epistemological issues including the theory of …
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Critical Essays
Inbunden, 1998
1697 kr
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The central project of the Critique of Pure Reason is to answer two sets of questions: what can we know and how can we know it? What can't we know and why can't we know it? The essays in this collection are intended to help students read the Critique of Pure Reason with a greater understanding of …
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Critical Essays
Häftad, 1998
556 kr
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The central project of the Critique of Pure Reason is to answer two sets of questions: what can we know and how can we know it? What can't we know and why can't we know it? The essays in this collection are intended to help students read the Critique of Pure Reason with a greater understanding of …
