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Death, Contemplation and Schopenhauer

by R. Raj Singh

The connections between death, contemplation and the contemplative life have been a recurrent theme in the canons of both western and eastern philosophical thought. This book examines the classical sources of...


Beyond the Philosopher's Fear: A Cavellian Reading of Gender, Origin and Religion in Modern Skepticism

by Ludger H. Viefhues-Bailey

Based on a detailed analysis of gender in Stanley Cavell's treatment of the skeptical problem, this book addresses the relationship between gender and religion in modern skepticism. Engaging in dialogue with...


Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged: A Philosophical and Literary Companion

by Edward W. Younkins

Celebrating the fiftieth year of Atlas Shrugged's publication, this companion is an exploration of this monumental work of literature. Contributions have been specially commissioned from a diversity of eminent...


Aristotle, Emotions, and Education

by Kristján| Kristjánsson

In a formidable display of boundary-breaking scholarship, Kristján Kristjánsson analyzes and dispels misconceptions about Aristotle's views on morality, emotions and education that abound in the current literature...


Liberty, Games and Contracts: Jan Narveson and the Defence of Libertarianism

by Malcolm Murray

Jan Narveson is one of the most significant contemporary defenders of the libertarian political position. Unlike other libertarians who typically defend their view with reference to natural rights or an appeal...


Representation and Objects of Thought in Medieval Philosophy

by Henrik Lagerlund

The notions of mental representation and intentionality are thought to have originated with Descartes in the seventeenth century. The authors in this book challenge this assumption and show that the history...


Plotinus on the Appearance of Time and the World of Sense: A Pantomime

by Deepa Majumdar

In this book, Majumdar investigates Plotinian "emanation," its laws of poiesis and the roles of nature, matter, logos and contemplation. She highlights the subtler details of Plotinus' cosmology by disentangling...


Truth and Normativity: An Inquiry into the Basis of Everyday Moral Claims

by Iain Brassington

By posing the question of what it is that marks the difference between something like terrorism and something like civil society, Brassington argues that commonsense moral arguments against terrorism or political...


Balancing Reasonable Justice: John Rawls and Crucial Steps Beyond

by Ville Päivänsalo

John Rawls' pioneering work of political philosophy A Theory of Justice has had far reaching influence on modern liberal political philosophy. In this book, Päivänsalo presents a deep analysis of Rawlsian...


Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia

by Samuel Clark

This book defends the bold claim that humans can organize themselves to live peacefully and prosperously together in an anarchist utopia. Clark refutes errors about anarchism, utopianism and human sociability...


Hellenic Philosophy: Origin and Character

by Christos C. Evangeliou

Radical and revisionary in nature, this work challenges many of the long cherished myths about the influence of Classical Hellenic philosophy on the tradition of Western thought. Tracing the historical origin...


The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge

by Valentin Y. Mudimbe

A study of an African system of philosophy and knowledge, as oriented within and without European systems of thought. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...


A Written Republic: Cicero's Philosophical Politics

by Yelena Baraz

In the 40s BCE, during his forced retirement from politics under Caesar's dictatorship, Cicero turned to philosophy, producing a massive and important body of work. As he was acutely aware, this was an unusual...


Philosophy Looks at Chess

by Benjamin Hale

Chess, the ancient strategy game, meets the latest, cutting-edge philosophy in this unique book. When 12 philosophers weigh in on one of the world's oldest and most beloved pastimes, the results are often surprising....


Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche & Marianne Cowan

For Nietzsche the Age of Greek Tragedy was indeed a tragic age. He saw in it the rise and climax of values so dear to him that their subsequent drop into catastrophe (in the persons of Socrates—Plato) was as...


A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls

by Stephen P. Schwartz

A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls presents a comprehensive overview of the historical development of all major aspects of analytic philosophy, the dominant Anglo-American philosophical...


Philosophic Pride: Stoicism and Political Thought from Lipsius to Rousseau

by Christopher Brooke

Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's...


Plato's Political Philosophy

by Evangelia Sembou

The aim of the book is to introduce the reader to Plato's political philosophy. The book is directed towards an audience that approaches Plato for the first time. In Plato politics cannot be dissociated from...


The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys

by David Benatar

Does sexism against men exist? What it looks like and why we need to take it seriously

This book draws attention to the "second sexism," where it exists, how it works and what it looks like, and responds to those...


Introduction to Presocratics: A Thematic Approach to Early Greek Philosophy with Key Readings

by Giannis Stamatellos

Introduction to Presocratics presents a succinct introduction to Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th century BCE and a thematic exploration of the topics and enquiries opened by these first philosophers and scientists...