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1	The Story of Philosophy more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist Philosophy is a subject that influences many aspects of our lives and our understanding of our experiences yet it can seem dauntingly inaccessible. Unrivalled in its clarity and insight, "The Story of Philosophy" guides us expertly through the history of ideas and thinking. It features history of Western philosophy. Professor Bryan Magee traces ... see all copies from $4.96! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
2	The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist Richard Wagner's devotees have ranged from the subtlest minds (Proust) to the most brutal (Hitler). In this radically clarifying book, Magee traces Wagner's intellectual quests, from his youthful embrace of revolutionary socialism to the near-Buddhist resignation of his final years. Photo insert. see all copies from $5.97! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist This work is based on a BBC television series also entitled "The Great Philosophers" and aims to provide an accessible introduction to the concepts of Western philosophy and to some of its greatest thinkers from Plato to the present day. The conversational format is intended to keep the discussion lively and clear, even when it concerns difficult ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.63! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Philosophy of Schopenhauer more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist This is a revised and enlarged version of Bryan Magee's widely praised study of Schopenhauer, the most comprehensive book on this great philosopher. It contains a brief biography of Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition of his thought, and a critical discussion of the problems to which it gives rise and of its influence on a wide range of thinkers ... see all copies from $27.10! new only from $32.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Aspects of Wagner more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist This study analyzes the work of Wagner and discusses the reasons for the differing reactions his work has provoked. The author aims to show that Wagner's music expresses the repressed and highly charged contents of the psyche. He examines not only Wagner's music and detailed stage directions but also the prose works in which he formulated his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Story of Philosophy more books like this by Brian Magee, C.M, Bryan Magee add to wishlist Brian Magee, a world renowned philosopher and author, makes "The Story of Thought" an easy pathway into the history of ideas and thinking. Illustrations. see all copies from $5.86! new only from $26.29! \| first editions
7	The Story of Thought: (the Essential Guide to the History of Western Philosophy). by Bryan And Neil Lockley Magee add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
8	Talking Philosophy: Dialogues with Fifteen Leading Philosophers more books like this by Bryan Magee (Editor) add to wishlist This book consists of fifteen dialogues between Bryan Magee and some of the outstanding thinkers of the twentieth century. It is based on a highly successful BBC television series which had enormous impact. The informality and clarity of the conversational form makes even the most difficult ideas accessible to the general reader. Isaiah Berlin ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $16.91!
9	Productivity and Performance in the Paper Industry: Labour, Capital and Technology in Britain and America, 1860-1914 more books like this by Gary Bryan Magee add to wishlist This pioneering study examines the economic development of the British paper industry between 1860 and 1914 - an era in which it is often claimed that the origins of Britain's relative economic decline are first witnessed. For paper-making, this was also a period in which an array of important new forces, including inter alia the development of ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $32.52! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Clouds of Glory: A Childhood in Hoxton more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist Hoxton today is one of the most fashionable parts of inner London, yet within living memory it was the capital's most notorious slum area. 'Hoxton is the leading criminal quarter of London, and indeed of all England', wrote Charles Booth in a famous report at the beginning of the twentieth century. It remained a byword for its combination of ... see all copies from $16.70!
11	Popper more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist see all copies from $14.99! new only from $14.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Men of Ideas: Some Creators of Contemporary Philosophy: [Dialogues Between] Bryan Magee [And] Isaiah Berlin ... [Et Al.] more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! new only from $24.88! \| first editions
13 view cover	Popper : a modern master. more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist Karl Popper has been hailed as the greatest philosopher of all time and as a thinker whose influence is ackowledged by a variety of scholars. This work demonstrates Popper's importance across the whole range of philosophy and provides an introduction to the main themes of philosophy itself. see all copies from $2.87! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Clouds of Glory: A Hoxton Childhood more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist Hoxton today is one of the most fashionable parts of inner London, yet within living memory it was the capital's most notorious slum area. 'Hoxton is the leading criminal quarter of London, and indeed of all England', wrote Charles Booth in a famous report at the beginning of the twentieth century. It remained a byword for its combination of ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $12.74!
15 view cover	On Blindness: Letters Between Bryan Magee and Martin Milligan more books like this by Bryan Magee, Martin Milligan add to wishlist For three centuries, philosophers have held that knowledge derives from experience. If so, it may be possible that blind people, lacking an important component of experience--visual perception--know the world in ways that differ from the rest of us. Curious about this possibility, the noted philosopher, author, and BBC host Bryan Magee began to ... see all copies from $14.73! new only from $59.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	Philosophy and the Real World: An Introduction to Karl Popper more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist see all copies from $7.80! new only from $14.76! \| SVS
17 view cover	Confessions of a philosopher more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist This is the story of the author's discovery of philosophy which, at the same time, acts as an introduction to the subject for the reader. The thread of the narrative follows the author's life, so problems and philosophers are discussed in the order in which Magee encountered them, not in chronological order. The experiences of daily life, any of ... see all copies from $5.00! first editions
18	Men of Ideas more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist Fifteen dialogues drawn from the highly acclaimed BBC series review the tenets and theories of moral philosophy, political philosophy, the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	Confessions of a Philosopher:: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosphy from Plato to Popper more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist Bryan Magee tells the story of his own discovery of philosophy, and makes it not only come alive but seem intensely relevant. He describes the fundamentals as questions about the nature of reality, encountered in the course of living, not as difficulties in understanding the writings of the philosophers. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $83.85! \| first editions
20	Karl Popper more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist see all copies from $14.66!
21	Modern British Philosophy more books like this by Brian Magee, C.M, Bryan Magee add to wishlist This general survey of British philosophy originated in a series of conversations with leading philosophers broadcast by the BBC in 1970-71. see all copies from $2.38! first editions
22 view cover	Growing Up in a War by Bryan Magee add to wishlist This utterely compelling memoir opens with a sceptical nine-year-old Bryan Magee being taught the facts of life. It goes on to tell the story of the Second World War as seen through a child's eyes. He experienced some of the earliest air raids on London, and his family home was bombed. Like more than a million other children, he was sent away as ... see all copies from $12.81! new only from $12.81!
23	The Gays Among Us: a Study of Homosexuality in Men & Women by Magee Bryan add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00!
24 view cover	Sight Unseen more books like this by Bryan Magee add to wishlist An intensely personal discussion of what it means to the lack the sense of sight. Sight unseen opens the eyes of the sighted to the world as experienced by the blind. What begins as a philosophical exchange between the noted philosopher and broadcaster Bryan Magee and the late Martin Milligan, activist and philosopher , blind almost from birth, ... see all copies from $6.25!
25 view cover	Los Hombres Detras de Las Ideas by Bryan Magee add to wishlist see all copies from $27.31! new only from $27.31!

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