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Augustine and Philosophy by Phillip Cary; John Doody; Kim Paffenroth
ISBN: 9780739145401
Publication Date: 2010-02-01
Augustine of Hippo was a philosopher as well as theologian, bishop and saint. He aimed to practice philosophy not simply as an academic discipline but as a love for divine wisdom pervading everything in his life and work.
Emil Durkheim by Dominick Lacapra
ISBN: 9781935790372
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
In Emile Durkheim: Sociologist and Philosopher, Dominick LaCapra, a leading theoretical historian, offers an important revised critical analysis of Durkheim's methodological and philosophical pursuits, with an emphasis on the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical problems inherent in forming constructs of the cultural and social spheres.
Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher by Alfred I. Tauber; Alfred I. I. Tauber
ISBN: 9781400836925
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of empirical knowledge.
Introduction to Presocratics by Giannis Stamatellos
ISBN: 9781118217580
Publication Date: 2012-03-02
Introduction to Presocratics presents a succinct introduction to Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th century BCE and a thematic exploration of the topics and inquiries opened by these first philosophers and scientists of the Western tradition.
Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece by Patricia F. O'Grady
ISBN: 9781409423201
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience.
Nietzsche As Political Philosopher by Manuel Knoll (Editor); Barry Stocker (Editor)
ISBN: 9783110359459
Publication Date: 2014-08-27
This collection establishes Nietzsche's importance as a political philosopher. It includes a substantial introduction and eighteen chapters by some of the most renowned Nietzsche scholars.
Rousseau and Radical Democracy by Kevin Inston
ISBN: 9781441146113
Publication Date: 2010-06-16
Rousseau and Radical Democracy presents the first comprehensive examination of Rousseau's founding role in, and continuing relevance for, recent and influential theories of democracy.
Theophrastus of Eresus by Pamela M. Huby; R. W. Sharples; William W. Fortenbaugh
ISBN: 9789047410553
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
As part of Project Theophrastus this volume covers the material related to Theophrastus' work on logic. As Aristotle's pupil, he largely followed his master, but made important changes in modal logic, and some of his innovations passed into medieval logic.
Thomas Aquinas by John P. Hittinger (Editor); Daniel C. Wagner
ISBN: 9781443875547
Publication Date: 2015-05-15
Thomas is a teacher for our time because of his assertions on the dignity of the human person and the use of his reason. This collection of papers explores the various philosophical and theological aspects of the thought of both Thomas Aquinas and John Paul II pertaining to this theme of teacher of humanity.

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