The Philosopher's Dog
The philosopher Raimond Gaita has always been fascinated by animals- their obvious intelligence and disturbing brutality, their uncanny responsiveness to our moods and needs, the deep feelings they elicit from us and seem to return. In this ... [... more]
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Martin Heidegger from HarperCollins Publishers
Martin Heidegger, Influential 20th-century philosopher and professor, Heidegger is renowned for his work Being and Time, What Is Called Thinking?, and "On the Way to Language." [... more]
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David Macey
When he died of an AIDS-related condition in 1984, Michel Foucault had become the most influential French philosopher since the end of World War II. His powerful studies of the creation of modern medicine, prisons, psychiatry, and other methods ... [... more]
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Mary Shelley
The daughter of Mary Wollestonecraft, the ardent feminist and author of A Vindication on the Right of Women, and William Goodwin, the Radical-anarchist philosopher and author of Lives of the Necromancers, Mary Goodwin was born into a ... [... more]
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Marc Sautet
The unorthodox life and ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche come alive in this documentary history. Here is a clear picture of the time in which this revolutionary philosopher lived and worked. We meet the luminaries of the age: Richard Wagner, Bismark, ... [... more]
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S.E. Frost
Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers S.E. Frost A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers in Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry comprises a separate chapter for greater accessibility. ... [... more]
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The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through ...
 Writing for general public is not THIS easy: Professor McGinn seems to be rather proud of his writings for the general public. I haven't seen the other popularizations, but I suspect that he has got a little carried away with his earlier successes. This [... more]
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Jennifer Hecht
Jennifer Michael Hecht is a philosopher, historian, and award-winning poet. She is the author of Doubt: A History and The End of the Soul; the latter won the Phi Beta Kappa Society's 2004 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award. Hecht's books of poetry include ... [... more]
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Unknown Philosopher: The Life of Louis Claude de St. ...
In Light of Martinism-Best you can find: The book is an awesome biography of the Mystical life of Louise Claude de St. Martin. The author fully described the sequence of events of the life of this Unknown Philosopher. Excellent reference for the students [... more]
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Philosopher: A Kind of Life
Ponderous: a kind of writing: Being a fan of the philosophy Honderich does, I admit to being dissapointed at the sort of re-telling his life has recieved. The clarity and knowledge that exist in his professional work are translated here...to the most [... more]
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Sartre: The Philosopher of the Twentieth Century
Insightful, essential reading for students of Sartre's life: Sartre: The Philosopher Of The Twentieth Century is an impressively researched biography by French provocateur Bernard-Henri Levy of Sarte, the famous French novelist whose existential works [... more]
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Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think Like a Philosopher
From Amazon.com: Think of Zeno and the Tortoise as a toolbox for aspiring thinkers. Author Nicholas Fearn aims to leave readers with an array of handy instruments at their disposal, whether Ockham's razor, Hume's fork, or Nietzsche's hammer. "The [... more]
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