Aristotelian
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* the culmination of 40 years of thought on the philosophy of mind and the nature of the mankind * written by one of the world's leading philosophers, the co-author of the monumental 4 volume analytical commentary on the philosophical investigations (blackwell publishing, ) * uses broad categories, such as substance, causation, agency and power to examine how we think about ourselves and our nature * platonic and aristotelian conceptions of human nature are sketched and contrasted * individual chapters clarify and provide an historical overview of a specific concept, then link the concept to ideas contained in other chapters see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston this major new study by one of the most penetrating and persistent critics of philosophical and scientific orthodoxy, returns to aristotle in order to examine the salient categories in terms of which we think about ourselves and our nature, and the distinctive forms of explanation we invoke to render ourselves intelligible to ourselves
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Irony, "dead"metaphor, icons and the idea that language is fundamentally metaphorical are among the topics discussed in an account which ranges from aristotle to the present day, from the analytic philosophy of davidson to the work of continental writers such as derrida, barthes, and gadamerrather the main function of metaphorical talk is a social one: the "cultivation of intimacy" among speakerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston what do metaphors mean? why do we use them so much? do they have a special kind of truth? these are among the many questions that david cooper discusses in his wide-ranging study of a subject of growing importance for philosophers and students of language and literaturethere is some slight wear to the cover and spine, and the edges of the book block are tanned and foxed, but the book is otherwise goodthe author argues that the notion of metaphorical meaning, semantic or pragmatic, is a misguided one and that metaphorical truth is of only limited use in the appraisal of metaphors
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The rise of modern science created a crisis for western moral and political philosophy, which has theretofore relied either on christian theology or aristotelian natural teleology as guarantors of an objective standard for the good lifeoxfam bookshop ludlow signed name to front of book, probably owner rather than author see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It was gutiérrez's most successful play, one which verdi scholar julian budden describes as 'a high flown, sprawling melodrama flamboyantly defiant of the aristotelian unities, packed with all manner of fantastic and bizarre incident'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop magdelen street il trovatore is an opera in four acts by giuseppe verdi to an italian libretto largely written by salvadore cammarano, based on the play el trovador () by antonio garcía gutiérrez
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