History of Western Philosophy

The Elements of Greek Philosophy (1922) is an overview of the basic principles of Ancient Greek philosophy, tracing the developments of Greek thoug...

In the Beginning (1957) represents a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University, examining the views of the Ancient Greeks on the...

This book founds an other Platonist beginning by repositioning Plato and Neoplatonism in Heideggers history of metaphysics. This beginning begins w...

A group biography of five women who played path-breaking roles in the transcendentalist movement In November 1839, a group of young women in Bosto...

This book offers an explorative analysis of the intersections between Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault that challenges the prevailing notion of in...

From medieval to modern, exploring instrumental attitudes toward physical gadgets, diagrams, concepts, methods, and disciplines Opening up the inst...

Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy  [Rober...

Wide ranging and up to date, this is the single most comprehensive treatment of the most influential political philosopher of the 20th century, Joh...

First published in 1948, Philosophical Studies presents a collection of essays written by friends and colleagues of Professor L. Susan Stebbing in ...

The fifteen contributions to the multilingual volume together chart Ciceros presence in the cultural history of Basel from the citys foundation to...

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking The rapid pace of emerging technologie...

Understanding Plato's Republic is an accessible introduction to the concepts of justice that inform Plato's Republic, elucidating the ancient philo...

The Blackwell Companion to Aristotle provides in-depth studies of the main themes of Aristotle's thought, from art to zoology. The most comprehens...

This companion provides original, scholarly, and cutting-edge essays that cover the whole range of Hegels mature thought and his lasting influence....

Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philo...

The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism provides a systematic introduction to philosophical naturalism and its relation to other schools of thought. ...

A collection of more than 30 specially commissioned essays, this volume surveys the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarde...

The first comprehensive collection of the work of Richard Rorty (1931-2007), The Rorty Reader brings together the influential American philosophers...

The definitive exploration of C.S. Lewiss philosophical thought, and its connection with his theological and literary work Arguably one of the most...

Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the worlds first systematic political philosopher, but also the western worlds first think-tank acti...

Does the existence of evil call into doubt the existence of God? Show me the argument. Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers ar...

First published in 1931, L. T. Hobhouse is an amalgamation of the late social philosopher L. T. Hobhouses personal life and academic work. The firs...

W. V. Quines occasional references to his pragmatism have often been interpreted as suggesting a possible link to the American Pragmatism of Peirce...

Peirce's Pragmatism: A Radical Perspective situates Charles Sanders Peirces thought within his semiotic theory and its potential for application in...

Discover Sun Tz's The Art of War with this exquisite edition from Union Square & Co.s Signature Gilded Editions series! The stunning Art of War...

This collection of scholarly essays engages historical, theological, and exegetical dimensions of St. Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on Hebrews, treat...

International interest in the work of Avital Ronell has expressed itself in reviews, articles, essays, and dissertations. For Fighting Theory, psyc...

Tracking the development of Foucault's key conceptsLemke offers the most comprehensive and systematic account of Michel Foucault's work on power an...

The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view. From Plato...

Since antiquity the Phaedo has been considered the source of the twin pillars of Platonism the theory of ideas and the immortality of the soul. Tr...

This is the first new critical edition of this text since 1908, and the first to appear in the Oxford Classical Texts series. The edition is inform...