Religion & Philosophy; Linguistics
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRIENDSHIP
MARK VERNON
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You Save: 79%Friendship, we believe or hope, is elastic enough to connect us across the web of complex lives, and strong enough not to snap. But is it? Vernon examines the love called friendship upon which so much... Learn More -
THE WISDOM BOOKS
Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes: a Translation with CommentaryROBERT ALTER
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You Save: 41%This new translation of and commentary on the Hebrew Bible holds some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient me... Learn More -
THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY
Edited by DEAN MOYAR
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You Save: 75%The nineteenth century is a period of stunning philosophical originality, characterised by radical engagement with the emerging human sciences. Often overshadowed by twentieth-century philosophy that ... Learn More -
HOLY IGNORANCE
When Religion and Culture Part WaysOLIVIER ROY
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You Save: 51%Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularisation has encouraged a kind of holy ignorance to take root, an anti-intellectualism that promises immediate, emotional access to the sacred and pos... Learn More -
CHESTERTON AND THE ROMANCE OF ORTHODOXY
The Making of GKC, 1874-1908WILLIAM ODDIE
£9.50When Chesterton died in 1936, T S Eliot pronounced that 'Chesterton's social and economic ideas were the ideas for his time that were fundamentally Christian and Catholic'. This work is an exploration... Learn More -
SUPERSTITION
Belief in the Age of ScienceROBERT PARK
£8.50In this book, Park asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to be ill-founded. He takes on supernatural beliefs from religion and the afterlife to New Ag... Learn More -
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Why It MattersALEXANDER BROWN
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You Save: 54%Personal responsibility is now very much on the political agenda. But what is personal responsibility? Why do we care about it? What, if anything, should governments do to promote it? This book explo... Learn More -
THE KINGDOM OF INFINITE SPACE
A Portrait of Your HeadRAYMOND TALLIS
£9.95This is a journey around the part of our anatomy to which we feel most attached: our heads. Combining biological science and philosophical interrogation, Tallis takes the head apart, piece by piece, i... Learn More -
WHAT IS CIVILISATION?
And Other EssaysANANDA K COOMARASWAMY
£20.00The scholarship of A K Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) is legendary. But the range and depth of his knowledge were never used for the purpose of anything like a personal philosophy. In expounding in unparall... Learn More -
A HOLY TRADITION OF WORKING
Passages from the Writings of Eric GillERIC GILL
Edited by BRIAN KEEBLE£6.95A reappraisal of Gill's art — his sculpture, his engravings and his inscriptions — has led to renewed admiration for him. A new generation, recognising the necessity of a view of life in w... Learn More
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