Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins
 Best of the series: Blackburne's book is the best of the series, yet they all tend to be of a high calibre. It is highly readable yet carefully researched. As with all the books in the series, it is quite short and can be read in a sitting or two. The [... more]
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Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Simon Blackburn Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 170 EAN: 9780192804426 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0192804421 Number Of Pages: 150 Publication Date: 2003-05 [... more]
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Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning
Can Passions Rule?: The book is accessible to the lay person and keeps the reader's attention. Perhaps the strongest element of the book is the sense one gets that Blackburn is wrestling with ethical matters in a direct way. That is, he doesn't let [... more]
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Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
okay for a first book: There seem to be two main kinds of "introduction to philosophy" books out there. The first kind, like Anthony Gottlieb's The Dream of Reason, Will Durant's Story of Philosophy, and Bertrand Russell's A History of Western [... more]
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Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins
Best of the series: Blackburne's book is the best of the series, yet they all tend to be of a high calibre. It is highly readable yet carefully researched. As with all the books in the series, it is quite short and can be read in a sitting or two. The [... more]
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Platos Republic a Biography
Author: Simon Blackburn Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9781843543503 ISBN: 1843543508 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2006-07-13 [... more]
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The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
Witty? Yes. But vague and insufficient as well.: I own and have been extremely happy with Oxfords "Dictionary of World Religions" (J. Bower ed.) and was hoping for something similar with Blackburn's dictionary. However, I'm sadly disappointed. [... more]
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Truth: A Guide
Tough Read!: I heard about this book on a NPR radio Podcast. If you have no education in Philosphy, then make sure you have a dictionary handy. Author: Simon Blackburn Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 121 EAN: 9780195168242 ISBN: 0195168240 [... more]
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Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics
From Amazon.co.uk: Being Good is not your typical ethics book: its sleek physical dimensions mirror Simon Blackburn's intelligent but unencumbered treatment of the main threats and origins of ethics. Blackburn addresses the fear that "ethical claims [... more]
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Truth: A Guide
Tough Read!: I heard about this book on a NPR radio Podcast. If you have no education in Philosphy, then make sure you have a dictionary handy. Author: Simon Blackburn Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 121 EAN: 9780195315806 Edition: 1 ISBN: 01953 [... more]
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Plato's Republic: A Biography
Author: Simon Blackburn Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 321.07 EAN: 9780871139573 ISBN: 087113957X Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 2007-06 [... more]
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The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
Witty? Yes. But vague and insufficient as well.: I own and have been extremely happy with Oxfords "Dictionary of World Religions" (J. Bower ed.) and was hoping for something similar with Blackburn's dictionary. However, I'm sadly disappointed. [... more]
CDN$22.50
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