Questions for Further Consideration and Recommended Further Reading, which follow each relevant chapter, encourage readers to think further and to ...

Now available together as a set for a discounted price: Theories of Human Nature , with, Human Nature: A Reader , by Joel J. Kupperman. On Theorie...

The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith's first and in his own mind most important work, outlines his view of proper conduct and the institutions and...

Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermedia...

Theurgy is commonly taken to denote a complex of rites which are based on the so-called Chaldean Oracles, a collection of oracles in hexameters, wh...

Jay Rosenberg's penetrating and persuasively argued analysis of the central metaphysical and moral questions pertaining to death has been updated a...

Jay Rosenberg's penetrating and persuasively argued analysis of the central metaphysical and moral questions pertaining to death has been updated a...

In 1956 Bernard Smith wrote that we in Australia were migratory birds. This was to become a leading motif of his own thinking, and a significant in...

The life of a philosopher is foremost the life of thinking but it is also the life of imagination that dreams of and investigates possibilities tha...

Thinking Through Questions is an accessible and compact guide to the art of questioning, covering both the use and abuse of questions. Animated by ...

Thinking Through Questions is an accessible and compact guide to the art of questioning, covering both the use and abuse of questions. Animated by ...

Thinking Through Utilitarianism: A Guide to Contemporary Arguments offers something new among texts elucidating the ethical theory known as Utilita...

Thinking Through Utilitarianism: A Guide to Contemporary Arguments offers something new among texts elucidating the ethical theory known as Utilita...

In Jay Rosenberg's lively and accessible introductory dialogue, four bright students explore a number of the central topics and problems of contemp...

In Jay Rosenberg's lively and accessible introductory dialogue, four bright students explore a number of the central topics and problems of contemp...

"On Critique of Pure Reason : The text rendered by Pluhar is the work of an expert translator. . . the virtues of his text are manifold; his transl...

A model of what an edition of a philosohic text for an introductory level should be. Introduction does an admirable job of putting Berkeley's thoug...

A model of what an edition of a philosohic text for an introductory level should be. Introduction does an admirable job of putting Berkeley's thoug...

In these three dialogues, renowned for their dialectical structure and linguistic precision, Anselm sets out his classic account of the relationshi...

In these three dialogues, renowned for their dialectical structure and linguistic precision, Anselm sets out his classic account of the relationshi...

Both an ideal entrée for beginning readers and a solid text for scholars, the second edition of Peter Kalkavage's acclaimed translation of Plato's ...

First published in Plato: Complete Works , Donald J. Zeyl's masterful translation of Timaeus is presented along with his 75 page introductory essay...

First published in Plato: Complete Works , Donald J. Zeyl's masterful translation of Timaeus is presented along with his 75 page introductory essay...

In this short essay, Kant completes his political theory and philosophy of history, considering the prospects for peace among nations and addressin...

In this short essay, Kant completes his political theory and philosophy of history, considering the prospects for peace among nations and addressin...

This book has a double purpose. On the one hand, it is a call to Muslims to a greater awareness that Islam teaches the need for dialogue and that M...

This volume brings together seventeen of the most important pamphlets produced by the American colonies as they opposed British measures and polici...

This volume brings together seventeen of the most important pamphlets produced by the American colonies as they opposed British measures and polici...

"A Treatise of the Laws of Nature", originally titled "De Legibus Naturae", first appeared in 1672 as a theoretical response to a range of issues t...

"A Treatise of the Laws of Nature", originally titled "De Legibus Naturae", first appeared in 1672 as a theoretical response to a range of issues t...

This new translation of the Treatise on Law offers fidelity to the Latin in a readable new version that will prove useful to students of the natura...

This new translation of the Treatise on Law offers fidelity to the Latin in a readable new version that will prove useful to students of the natura...

This book presents theoretical and applied issues including ethical theory, moral, social, political, and legal philosophy. Issues include: biology...

To most individuals, "trust" can be viewed as a knowledge asset that may add, or rest, value to the company. The role of knowledge in achieving a j...

Grotius's "The Truth of the Christian Religion" was first published in Leiden in 1627 in Latin. Written in a plain and direct language for his coun...

Grotius's "The Truth of the Christian Religion" was first published in Leiden in 1627 in Latin. Written in a plain and direct language for his coun...

Awarded the 1988 Johnsonian Prize in Philosophy. Published with the aid of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

From which detergent to buy to who we should vote for, we are constantly bombarded by reasons to believe or do something. Should we be persuaded? S...

Twilight of the Idols presents a vivid, compressed overview of many of Nietzsche's mature ideas, including his attack on Plato's Socrates and on th...

Twilight of the Idols presents a vivid, compressed overview of many of Nietzsche's mature ideas, including his attack on Plato's Socrates and on th...

"Two Books of the Elements of Universal Jurisprudence" was Pufendorf's first work, published in 1660. Its appearance effectively inaugurated the mo...

"Two Books of the Elements of Universal Jurisprudence" was Pufendorf's first work, published in 1660. Its appearance effectively inaugurated the mo...

Together these two dialogues contain Plato's most important work on poetry and beauty.

Together these two dialogues contain Plato's most important work on poetry and beauty.

Designed to serve the needs of students confronting Locke's political thought for the first time, Lee Ward's edition offers a faithful text of Two ...

The path that brought us here as a species is not only filled with lies and deception of unimaginable proportion, but also with continuous manipula...

Since ancient times, philosophers have written about "the will". But the will is more than a philosophic and scholarly topic. In our everyday speec...

This book is an introduction to the key concepts of the social philosopher and social theorist Michel Foucault. The text is written with clear exam...