An Introduction to Utilitarianism: From Theory to Practice is a state-of-the-art text, simultaneously accessible to introductory students and infor...

Here, for the first time in English, are the philosophical essays—including the first statement of the “Duhem Thesis”—that formed the basis for Aim...

Though Descartes never wrote a book specifically devoted to moral philosophy, his thought on ethical matters can be found throughout his correspond...

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in...

This book will not introduce you to any philosopher or philosophy in particular. Instead it will introduce you to the main questions and answers th...

This edition includes new translations of Aristotle's Generation of Animals along with History of Animals I and Parts of Animals I . The translatio...

This edition includes new translations of Aristotle's Generation of Animals along with History of Animals I and Parts of Animals I . The translatio...

Rendered in an idiom drawn from present-day nature guides, gardening handbooks, how-to manuals, and scientific treatises--and in a style influenced...

Rendered in an idiom drawn from present-day nature guides, gardening handbooks, how-to manuals, and scientific treatises--and in a style influenced...

When you give A Gift of Friendship, you give some of the finest of David Grayson's writings: "What is more satisfactory to the human heart than to ...

Giving Reasons prepares students to think independently, evaluate information, and reason clearly across disciplines. Accessible to students and ef...

The Republic dramatizes Socrates’ attempt to convince Plato’s brother Glaucon that the just life of philosophy is preferable to the unjust life of ...

The book is divided into two parts, namely, Japanese Philosophy: Teaching and Research in the Global World; and Japanese Philosophy as an Academic ...

Including over one hundred fifty pages of new material, a new introduction, enhanced headnotes, and an updated list of further readings, this signi...

Including over one hundred fifty pages of new material, a new introduction, enhanced headnotes, and an updated list of further readings, this signi...

Educator, Poet, Historian, Army officer, and a graduate of Northeastern and Harvard University, Adolfo grew up during the Vietnam era as an outside...

The work of three present-day Sankritist-philosophers, God and the World's Arrangement allows readers to engage directly with writings of the class...

The work of three present-day Sankritist-philosophers, God and the World's Arrangement allows readers to engage directly with writings of the class...

This is a search for a theological basis of remembrance in communal conflict. Starting with a case study of a real conflict within the HKBP/Christi...

Pythagoras (ca 585 BC - 495 BC), a a philosopher, mathematician and musical theoretician wrote nothing down during the course of his life, not even...

This is an excellent translation. It achieves a very high standard of accuracy and readability, two goals very difficult to attain in combination w...

This is an excellent translation. It achieves a very high standard of accuracy and readability, two goals very difficult to attain in combination w...

This is an English translation of Plato's dialogue of Socrates seeking the true definition of rhetoric, with an attempt to show the flaws of the so...

By pairing translations of Gorgias and Rhetoric , along with an outstanding introductory essay, Joe Sachs demonstrates Aristotles response to Plato...

Alphonse-Joseph-Auguste Gratry (1805–1872) was born in Lille, northern France, of irreligious parents and lived during a time of endless revolution...

Alphonse-Joseph-Auguste Gratry (1805–1872) was born in Lille, northern France, of irreligious parents and lived during a time of endless revolution...

"A classic. It provides an invaluable aid to anyone seeking to understand Plato and Aristotle in their historical context. Dover uses a variety of ...

A reprint, with corrections, of the University of California and Basil Blackwell editions of 1974.

This expanded edition of James Ellington's preeminent translation includes Ellington's new translation of Kant's essay Of a Supposed Right to Lie B...

This expanded edition of James Ellington's preeminent translation includes Ellington's new translation of Kant's essay Of a Supposed Right to Lie B...

A reprint of the Library of Liberal Arts edition of 1965. Croce's Guide presents one of the clearest and strongest defenses of the intuitive nature...

A reprint of the Library of Liberal Arts edition of 1965. Croce's Guide presents one of the clearest and strongest defenses of the intuitive nature...

This book explores the work of German philosopher and social theorist Jurgen Habermas. It provides a context for the emergence of his critical theo...

Although he has long been known primarily as the object of Søren Kierkegaard's disdain, Hans Lassen Martensen (1808-84) was a celebrated figure in ...

This book is the first of its kind which defines wisdom as information and the highest level of the cognition units set, composed of data, informat...