Religion & Philosophy; Linguistics
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THE POCKET CANONS II
Books of the BibleEdited by CANONGATE
£16.95A set of nine books taken from the King James Bible and packaged as individual, beautifully designed and boxed paperbacks, featuring introductions by prominent literary figures, from crime writer P D ... Learn More -
PAUL
The Pagans’ ApostlePAULA FREDRIKSEN
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You Save: 54%The apostle Paul heatedly maintained that he lived and worked in history’s closing hours. His letters propel his readers into two ancient worlds, one Jewish, one pagan. The first was incandescent wi... Learn More -
NOBILITY OF SPIRIT
A Forgotten IdealROB RIEMAN
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You Save: 41%In a series of three essays, the author identifies nobility of spirit in the life and work of Spinoza and of Thomas Mann; explores the quest for the good society in our own times; and addresses the pu... Learn More -
WYCLIF
Political Ideas and PracticePapers by MICHAEL WILKS
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You Save: 77%Wilks’ research into Wyclif and fourteenth-century England was very much rooted in Wyclif’s own prolific writings, a perspective that differed from the more traditional Reformation viewpoint. The ... Learn More -
THE ROUTLEDGE GUIDEBOOK TO MILL’S ON LIBERTY
JONATHAN RILEY
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You Save: 64%One of the world’s leading John Stuart Mill scholars reads, reconstructs and defends On Liberty to show its importance for today’s most contentious political debates. He introduces the ma... Learn More -
THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION READER
Edited by CHAD MEISTER
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You Save: 51%This volume explores classic and contemporary writings from both the Western theistic tradition and from non-Western, non-theistic sources. The nine sections cover: Religious Diversity; The Nature and... Learn More -
THE PHILOSOPHER’S DOG
Friendships with AnimalsRAIMOND GAITA
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You Save: 51%Gaita tells poignant, sometimes funny but never sentimental stories of the dogs, cats and cockatoos that lived and died within his family. He asks: Is it wrong to attribute the concepts of love, devot... Learn More -
THE FOUCAULT READER
An Introduction to Foucault’s ThoughtMICHEL FOUCAULT
Edited By :PAUL RABINOW
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You Save: 58%Foucault’s influential books have affected the teaching of half a dozen disciplines ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology. This volume contains lengthy selections from each a... Learn More -
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Philosophical MeditationsROBERT NOZICK
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You Save: 40%One of the last century’s most original philosophical thinkers renews Socrates’s quest to uncover the life that is worth living. In meditations on love, creativity, happiness, sexuality, parents a... Learn More -
WHY DOES THE WORLD EXIST?
An Existential Detective StoryJIM HOLT
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You Save: 55%Whether framed philosophically as ‘Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?’ or more colloquially as ‘But, Mommy, who made God?’, the metaphysical mystery about how we came into existe... Learn More
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