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Nevertheless, the tractatus contains philosophical insights, achieved despite his early preconceptions, that form the foundation of his later philosophymcginn takes as a guiding principle the idea that we should see wittgenstein's early work as an attempt to eschew philosophical theory and to allow language itself to reveal how it functionsmarie mcginn's principal aim in this book is to develop an alternative interpretative line, which rejects the idea, central to the metaphysical reading, that wittgenstein sets out to ground the logic of our language in features of an independently constituted reality, but which allows that he aims to provide positive philosophical insights into how language functionsoxfam bookshop hampstead elucidating the tractatus: wittgenstein's early philosophy of language and logic discussion of wittgenstein's tractatus is currently dominated by two opposing interpretations of the work: a metaphysical or realist reading and the 'resolute' reading of diamond and conantin very good condition, though there is a faint erased pencil mark on the first endpaperhowever, the early wittgenstein undertakes this descriptive project in the grip of a set of preconceptions concerning the essence of language that determine both how he conceives the problem and the approach he takes to the task of clarification see oxfam website for delivery information read moreby this account, the aim of the work is to elucidate what language itself makes clear, namely, what is essential to its capacity to express thoughts that are true or false
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Its aim is not to persuade readers to accept one particular philosophical point of view or theory, but to help us consider the wonderful range of insights which can be drawn from an immeasurably rich history of philosophical thoughta life truly worth living is one that is informed and considered so a degree of philosophical insight into the inevitabilities of the human condition is inherently important and such an approach will help us to deal with real personal dilemmasthis will be a wonderfully stimulating read and act as an invaluable guide as to what is truly important in living life, whether facing success, failure, justice, wrong, love, loss or any of the other profound experience life throws outthinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not have to be a despondent experience, but rather can be enlightening and upliftingconcepts covered include courage, love, betrayal, ambition, cruelty, wisdom, passion, beauty and deathgrayling's 'the last word' column in the guardianthis book is an accessible, lively and thought-provoking series of linked commentaries, based on asee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham a refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the best-known and most popular philosophers in the uk
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It contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectivelydom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's workskarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th centuryvery occasional spots of foxing noted  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between pp our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacket  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedownin he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'oxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, trans dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegethe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedownthe yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the backtitle etc in black lettering on spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has been widely translated, and remains in print todayclothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those years
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No inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop holmfirth 2 volumes togetherhomeopathy classics
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The volumes: a joy for ever (and its price in the market), being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art delivered at manchester, july 10th and 13th the two paths, being lectures on art and its application to decoration and manufacture delivered in a joy for ever: corners slightly rubbed, spine faded (the title lettering remains bright), binding sound with hinges secure, contents clean and brightcombined weight 275gcombined size 15ribbon marker in placesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames two uniform volumes bound in green leather with gilt titles to front and spine and gilt initials to frontribbon marker in place but shortenedthe two paths: corners and edges (including gilt top edge) a little rubbed, spines faded (the title lettering remains bright), front hinge cracked, contents clean and bright
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Five lectures on psycho-analysis, leonardo da vinci and other works ()this collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of the complete psychological works of sigmund freud in englishincludes:five lectures on psycho-analysis ()leonardo da vinci and a memory of his childhood ()the future prospects of psycho-analytic therapy ()the antithetical meaning of primal words ()a special type of choice of object made by men ()on the universal tendecy to debasement in the sphere of love ()the taboo of virginity ()the psycho-analytic view of psychogenic disturbance of vision ()'wild' psycho-analysis ()shorter writings () see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Pages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of ageoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturefrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigerfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedwe are all potential targetsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow it is much more complex
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For berli, the romantics set in train a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity's view of itselfoxfam bookshop cheltenham the roots of romanticism is the long-awaited text of isaiah berlin's most celebrated set of lectures, the mellon lectures, delivered in washington in and heard since by a much wider audience on bbc radiothey destroyed the traditional notion of objective truth in ethicsm with incalculable, all-pervasive resultssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein his unscripted tour de force berlin surveys the myriad attempts to define romanticism, distils its essence, traces its development, and shows how its legacy permeates our outlook today
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Bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada, the world's most distinguished teacher of indian religious and philosophical thoughtoxfam shop macclesfield srimad-bhagavatam, an epic philosophical and literary classic, holds a prominent position in india's voluminous written wisdomhis sanskrit scholarship and intimate familiarity with vedic culture combine to reveal to the west a magnificent exposition of this important classicthis work is the product of the scholarly and devotional effort of his divine grace a" after compiling the vedas, srila vyasadeva was inspired by his spiritual master to present their profound essence in the form of srimad-bhagavatamthe timeless wisdom of india is expressed in the vedas, ancient sanskrit texts that touches upon all fields of human knowledgesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginally preserved through oral tradition, the vedas were first put into writing by srila vyasadeva, the "literary incarnation of godthis edition of bhagavatam is the only complete english translation with an elaborate and scholarly commentary, and it is the first edition widely available to the english-reading publicknown as "the ripened fruit of the tree of vedic literature," srimad-bhagavatam is the most complete and authoritative exposition of vedic knowledge
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It contains excellent short histories of evolutionary biology and of systematics (the science of classifying living things); an important and original account of modern systematic controversy; a counter-attack against the philosophical critics of evolutionary philosophy; social-psychological evidence, collected by hull himself, to show that science does have the character demanded by his philosophy; and a philosophical analysis of evolution which is general enough to apply to both biological and historical change"-michael ruse, biology and philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read more"-philip kitcher, nature "in science as a process, david hull argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successful"-natalie angier, new york times book review"by far the most professional and thorough case in favour of an evolutionary philosophy of science ever to have been made"-mark ridley, times literary supplement"hull is primarily interested in how social interactions within the scientific community can help or hinder the process by which new theories and techniques get acceptedbecause of hull's deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, science as a process begins an important project in the study of sciencehull takes an unusual approach to his subjecti share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of legend and the facile charms of relativismthe claim that science is a process for selecting out the best new ideas is not a new one, but hull tells us exactly how scientists go about it, and he is prepared to accept that at least to some extent, the social activities of the scientists promoting a new idea can affect its chances of being acceptedbowler, archives of natural history "i have been doing philosophy of science now for twenty-five years, and whilst i would never have claimed that i knew everything, i felt that i had a really good handle on the nature of science, again and again, hull was able to show me just how incomplete my understanding washe applies the rules of evolution in nature to the evolution of science, arguing that the same kinds of forces responsible for shaping the rise and demise of species also act on the development of scientific ideasit is one of a distinguished series of books, which hull himself editsoxfam books & music crouch end "legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as hull has donemoreover, science as a process is one of the most compulsively readable books that i have ever encountered
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle the original self-help book: bestselling the prophet takes the reader on an unparalleled spiritual and philosophical journeythe time has come for the revered prophet to leave orphalesedivided into twenty-eight chapters covering sprawling topics such as love, marriage, children and friendship, the prophet forms a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual and inspirationalthe book was an instant bestseller on publication in and since then has been translated into more than 50 languagesbefore he departs, people gather around him and ask him to speak his wisdom'book of a lifetime, i have loved many books over the years, but the one i would never be parted from and read again and again is the prophet by kahlil gibran' independent see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford avicenna is the author of a gigantic philosophical encyclopedia entitled al-sifa, of many other philosophical works, authentic manuals beside the peripatetic systematization of his great encyclopedias and of the avicenian manuals, in the writings collected here the other face of the great thinker appears irani: the search for a sense of man's destiny, what is the fundamental condition of the human being, where we come from and where we are going, that there is beyond the strictly rational discourseas unamuno would later say, the important thing is not to die completely, without which human destiny would be meaninglessas the explanation is not simple or accessible to all and can be conflicting, avicenna has chosen the esoteric style and has sought symbolic and visionary stories, such as those related by the wise old man hayy bavicenna leaves to the reader's perspicacity the last and personal sense of what he has narrated in an esoteric waysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyaqzan or tayr, the bird of the spirit
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Oxfam bookshop ipswich  explores philosophical issues and is written specifically for the general readerthis book opens with a philosophical question relating to moral judgements and proceeds to explore it, while raising new questions with frequent reference to major philosopherssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam 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* 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 more
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Emphasizing in particular the influence of banville's major irish modernist precursor, samuel beckett, this book places the local elements of his writing alongside his wide-ranging literary and philosophical interestsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover this study explores the fiction of john banville within a variety of cultural, political, ethical and philosophical contextsthrough thematic readings of the novels, eoghan smith examines the complexity of banville's view of the artwork and explores the novelist's attraction and resistance to forms of authenticity, whether aesthetic, existential or ideologicalhighlighting the evolving nature of banville's engagement with varieties of authenticity, it explores the art of failure and the failure of art, the power and politics of the contemporary imagination, and the ways in which this important contemporary writer continues to redefine the boundaries of irish fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In this, it reflects the range of strawson's own philosophical interests and achievementsthe collection ranges from kant interpretation and the history of analytic philosophy through philosophical logic, metaphysics, and epistemology to the philosophy of mind and aestheticsin others, (grundmann and misselhorn, stern, hyman), the focus is more on strawson than on kantthe questions discussed are of central importance not just to kant scholarship but also to contemporary analytic philosophysome of them (strawson, glock, hacker, bird, cassam, stroud) deal with general questions concerning the nature of strawson's kantianism and of his rehabilitation of metaphysicssome (westphal, rosefeldt, de gaynesford, allison, förster) are devoted to more specific topics in kantit also inaugurated a distinctly kantian project - descriptive metaphysics - and placed the idea of transcendental arguments at the centre of epistemological, metaphysical, and methodological debateit combines strawson's own account of that relation with papers by eminent pupils, admirers and criticshis seminal individuals rehabilitated metaphysics as a respectable enterprise within analytic philosophythey include the question of whether philosophy can achieve a priori insights and whether these insights concern reality or our way of thinking about reality, the nature of the self, the character of aesthetic appreciation and of perception, and the prospects for meeting the challenge of scepticismwhile there have been anthologies on strawson and on transcendental arguments, this is the first book to cover strawson's relation to kant as a wholeamong the contributors are leading kant scholars, metaphysicians and historians of analytic philosophythe papers divide into three kindssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis was followed by the bounds of sense, a brilliant and provocative discussion of the first critique which continues to influence kant scholarship by way of inspiration and opposition alikeoxfam bookshop preston sir peter strawson is not just among the greatest living philosophers, but also the leading proponent of analytic kantianism
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The arguments make novel use of machinery from other areas of philosophical inquiry, including first-person epistemology and the free will debateit examines a variety of settings, including economic theory, quantum mechanics and philosophical thought-experiments, where causal knowledge seems to make a practical differencethe book also illustrates the applicability of decision theory itself to questions about the direction of time and the special epistemic status of agentsthis book argues against this theory and in favour of evidential or bayesian decision theory, which emphasises the symptomatic value of options over their causal rolesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston most philosophers agree that causal knowledge is essential to decision-making: agents should choose from the available options those that probably cause the outcomes that they want
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His work on the origins and development of the two great creations of the philosophical genius - the 'tractatus' and 'philosophical investigations' - will be of abiding interest to scholars and students who seek to understand the thinking of one of the most fertile and original minds in the history of philosophyavoiding interpretation, professor von wright concentrates on providing source material which will be of permanent value to anyone studying wittgensteinoxfam bookshop glossop road shelf wear and creasing to cover, otherwise very good condition gthe studies record the reliable facts of wittgenstein's life, and retrieve all the information which is still available relating to the chronology and composition of his writingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevon wright, a pupil and personal friend of ludwig wiggenstein and now one of the trustees of his literary estate, has here collected eight studies of wittgenstein's life and writings
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In the work we find a series of philosophical, religious and even legal dissertations, as pope benedict xiv throughout his pontificate was the author of many religious philosophical works, to try to combat the phenomenon of atheism increasingly rooted within the society of the timeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeautiful edition of "de synodo" written by pope benedict xiv (born prospero lambertini) published in ferrara in the remondiniana printing house inthe work is divided as follows: ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: books in good overall condition, without any particular flaws, only the top margin of the first volume is trimmed, some slight browning and signs of usexx, read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this beloved illustrated classic tells the tale of archy, a philosophical cockroach, and mehitabel, a cat in her ninth lifemarquis's satirical free-verse poems, which first appeared in his new york newspaper columns in , revolve around the escapades of archy, a philosophical cockroach who was a poet in a previous life, and mehitabel, a streetwise alley cat who was once cleopatra generations of readers have delighted in the work of the great american humorist don marquisfirst published in , archy and mehitabel has become a celebrated part of the twentieth-century american literary canonreincarnated as the lowest creatures on the social scale, they prowl the rowdy streets of new york city in between the world wars, and archy records their experiences and observations on the boss's typewriter late at nightsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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During the golden age of ancient indian civilization, dharmakirti articulated and defended buddhist philosophical principlesits perspective is mostly philosophical, but it also uses historical considerations as they relate to the evolution of ideasoxfam bookshop kingsbridge dreyfus examines the central ideas of dharmakirti, one of the most important indian buddhist philosophers, and their reception among tibetan thinkershe did so more systematically than anyone before his time (the seventh century ce) and was followed by a rich tradition of profound thinkers in india and tibetthe book has wear to the dust jacket edges, a slight lean to the binding, and a slightly sunned spinethis work presents a detailed picture of this buddhist tradition and its relevance to the history of human ideasthe pages are all clean and goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe page edges are lightly spottedblack cloth boards have light edge rubbing
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For sale coleridge sofa (2 seater) & one armchair in hand antiqued hidecan deliver locally for small fee to cover dieselcolouur of the suite is conquer tancondition is good, suite is approx 10 years old
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He examines the works of kant, burke, wollstonecraft, coleridge, wordsworth, shelley, and many other writers and philosophers of the periodannotation © ringgold, incthe author is a faculty member of lincoln college and university of oxford in the ukportland, or ()british romanticism and the critique of political reason, hardcover by michael, timothy, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk author timothy michael gives readers an in-depth examination of the political philosophy that dominated britain and france in the romantic periodhe argues over the book's eight chapters that a great deal of the period’s literary output takes the form of a critique of reason, its political value, and the types of knowledge attainable through it
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the english lake district is one of the most beautiful and unspoilt areas in britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea source of inspiration for both writers and painters, celebrated in the poetry of wordsworth and coleridge, the lake district became a popular destination for travellers as early as the c18th
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Arranged and editedfoxing to edges of text block, first and last few leaves, and sporadically withinlightly but evenly tannedvarious scuffs, marks and discolouration to boardssome pages uncutshelf wear to edges, and top and bottom of spine, which is faded and markedred cloth covered boards with blind embossed panel with central insignia to front, blind embossed panel to rear and gilt text to spinepencilled annotations within contents listsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport a collection of writings by the celebrated author's nephew, relating the many and diverse discussions and conversations between the two, with additional items from allsop's "recollections", plus other manuscript matteryellow endpapers, slightly discoloured
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Oxfam bookshop byres road the development of literary theory in the lifetime of coleridge was to a surprising extent the making of the modern critical mindthere were many important differences between, let us say, horace's art of poetry and the criticism of drthis continuity was broken by the theories or romantic writers, english and german; and their innovations include many of the points of view and procedures which make the characteristic differences between traditional criticism and the criticism of our own time, including some criticism which professes to be anti-romanticjohnston, but there was also a discernible continuity in premises, aims and methodssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit stresses the common orientation which justifies us in identifying a specifically 'romantic' criticism; but not, i trust, at the cost of overlooking the many important diversities among the writers who concern themselves with the nature of poetry or art, its psychological genesis, its constitution and kinds, its major criteria, and its relation to other original and enduring critics of the time, rather than with the run-of-the-mill reviewers who often had more immediate, though shorter-lived influence on the general reading public the primary concern of this book is with the english theory of poetry, and to a lesser extent of the other major arts, during the first four decades of the nineteenth century
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Oxfam shop magdelen street coleridge's work stands at the very heart of british romantic literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morepresenting a sketch of it's author's troubled life and opinions as the context for a series of virtuoso reflections on contemporary poetry and criticism, the "biographia" embodies the romantic quest for the unifying imagination
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Oxfam shop billericay 2 cd set scenes from the song of hiawatha see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Mahoney's analysis provides new insight into this abiding critical riddle through close historical and figural readings of the rhetoric of romantic apostasycentral to this scandal is the figure of william hazlitt, the literary critic who policed their betrayals in his vigilant exposure of their political and poetical inconsistenciesoxfam bookshop chelmsford romantics and renegades examines the abiding crux of romantic criticism: the political apostasies of the lake poets (wordsworth, coleridge, and southey) as they renounced the revolutionary jacobinism of their youth in the s in order to claim the high ground of regency toryism in the sprevious author's bookplate on inside cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Ideal for home slide shows,lecturesfolds flat for easy stowageexcellent condition,two adjustable shelves for projector and slides etc
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