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1	Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist Born in 1889, Wittgenstein grew up in one of the wealthiest families in Vienna, and here emerged an all-consuming preoccupation with spiritual, ethical and cultural questions. His development as a philosopher began in 1922 when he became a student of Bertrand Russell at Cambridge. The work which he started then culminated in "Tractatus Logico ... see all copies from $3.53! new only from $11.00! \| first editions
2	How to Read Wittgenstein more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist This series--a personal master class in reading--presents the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. The volumes present a context and explanation that will facilitate understanding of the text. see all copies from $5.41! new only from $7.53! \| SVS
3	Bertrand Russell: 1921-1970, the Ghost of Madness more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist The second volume of Monk's frank biography completes the story of Bertrand Russell's turbulent life from 1921 to 1970. The last 50 years of Russell's life saw not only a Nobel Prize for Literature, but also a dismissal from teaching at City College (New York). Monk does not gloss over the Russell's imperfections, but does not undermine his ... see all copies from $10.35! new only from $80.34! \| first editions
4	Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude 1872-1921 more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist The first volume of Monk's sweeping and unbiased account of the life of logician Bertrand Russell. Here, Monk covers the first 50 years of the thinker's life, wherein Russell established himself as an unparalleled thinker. see all copies from $11.24! new only from $195.66! \| first editions
5	The Great Philosophers more books like this by Ray Monk (Editor), Frederic Raphael (Editor) add to wishlist The twelve essays in this volume are not only introductions to some of the most influential thinkers in human history but are also invitations for the reader to participate in a living debate. "What is justice?" "What is truth?" These questions, first posed by Socrates two and a half millennia ago, have lost none of their power to baffle. And ... see all copies from $22.00! new only from $29.76!
6	Fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
7	Russell: The Great Philosophers more books like this by Ray Monk, Monk Ray add to wishlist Philosophy is one of the most intimidating and difficult of disciplines, as any of its students can attest. This book is an important entry in a distinctive new series from Routledge: "The Great Philosophers." Breaking down obstacles to understanding the ideas of history's greatest thinkers, these brief, accessible, and affordable volumes offer ... see all copies from $3.60! new only from $3.95! \| first editions
8	Bertrand Russell more books like this by John Slater, Ray Monk (Preface by) add to wishlist A book which is intended as an introduction to Bertrand Russell and his views in a variety of fields. In addition to being one of the most important logicians and philosophers of this century, Russell was also, for a very long time, one of it most prominent public figures, and his influence on his time was not confined to academic subjects. Nearly ... see all copies from $25.24! first editions
9	Elgar Studies more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist see all copies from $23.71! new only from $188.49! \| first editions
10	Bertrand Russell more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist This volume of Bertrand Russell's autobiography covers the first 50 years of his life: his childhood, his early works including "Principia Mathematica", his relationships with Ottoline Morrell and Joseph Conrad, his bizarre sex life, his conscientious objection to World War I and his visits abroad. see all copies from $3.00! first editions
11	My Father, Bettrand Russell more books like this by Katharine Tait, Ray Monk (Introduction by) add to wishlist A biography of the philosopher Bertrand Russell by his daughter Katharine Tait. see all copies from $13.00!
12	R.G. Collingwood: An Introduction more books like this by Peter Johnson add to wishlist This text is part of the "Bristol Introductions" series which aims to present perspectives on philosophical themes, using non-technical language, for both the new and the advanced scholar. Why should modern philosophers read the works of R.G. Collingwood? His ideas are often thought difficult to locate in the main lines of development taken by ... see all copies from $14.99!
13	Edward Elgar: Music and Literature more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist This collection of essays seeks to reflect many aspects of the life and work of Edward Elgar. The centre-piece of the collection is Professor Brian Trowell's "Elgar's Use of Literature". These essays follow on from a 1990 publication, "Elgar Studies". see all copies from $77.33!
14	Bertrand Russell and the Origins of Analytical Philosophy more books like this by Ray Monk (Introduction by), Anthony Palmer (Introduction by) add to wishlist "The chief thesis I have to maintain", Bertrand Russell once wrote, "is the legitimacy of analysis". His reputation as the founder of the analytic tradition, secure for many decades, has come under some attack recently from the emphasis placed by Michael Dummett and others on the role played by Gottlob Frege. This collection of new essays from ... see all copies from $36.17!
15 view cover	The great philosophers more books like this by Frederic Raphael, Ray Monk add to wishlist This text brings together in one volume, and in chronological order, a selection of titles from Weidenfeld and Nicolson's series "The Great Philosophers": Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates, Bernard Williams on Plato, John Cottingham on Descartes, Roger Scruton on Spinoza, David Berman on Berkeley, Anthony Quinton on Hume, Terry Eagleton on Marx, ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
16	The Dow Jones-Irwin Banker's Guide to Online Databases more books like this by Kenneth M Landis, Ray Monk, Susan Monk add to wishlist see all copies from $13.25!
17	Philosophy and the Arts more books like this by Ray Monk (Preface by), Andrew Harrison add to wishlist This text is part of the "Bristol Introductions" series which aims to present perspectives on philosophical themes, using non-technical language, for both the new and the advanced scholar. This introductory text examines how questions of understanding the pictorial and narrative arts relate to central themes in philosophy. It addresses such issues ... see all copies from $36.39! new only from $119.27! \| first editions
18 view cover	Philosophy and the Arts: Seeing and Believing more books like this by Andrew Harrison, Ray Monk (Preface by) add to wishlist How can pictorial and narrative arts be compared? What in principle can or cannot be communicated in such different media? Why does it seem that, at its best, artistic communication goes beyond the limitations of its own medium - seeming to think and to communicate the uncommunicatable? In Philosophy and the Arts Andrew Harrison explores these ... see all copies from $12.00!
19 view cover	Bertrand Russell, Vol. II more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist Whereas the highly acclaimed first volume of Ray Monk's biography focused on Bertrand Russell's achievements in philosophy and his often tortured relations with friends and lovers, this volume has at its centre the tragic and deeply moving story of Russell's relationship with his first son, John. That story, until now largely untold, traces ... see all copies from $18.05!
20 view cover	The Language Connection: Philosophy and Linguistics more books like this by Roy Harris, Ray Monk (Preface by) add to wishlist Why have philosophers and linguists in the West always failed to agree about language? How can we use language to talk about language? Is the division between the disciplines of philosophy and linguistics artificial? In this stimulating and controversial work, Roy Harris challenges the very roots of the disciplines of linguistics and philosophy as ... see all copies from $39.25!
21	Language Connection more books like this by Roy Harris, Ray Monk (Preface by) add to wishlist This text is part of the "Bristol Introductions" series which aims to present perspectives on philosophical themes, using non-technical language, for both the new and the advanced scholar. This work argues that over the centuries both philosophers and linguists have underestimated the extent to which their linguistic discussions have been locked ... see all copies from $145.38! new only from $145.38!
22 view cover	Russell : mathematics: dreams and nightmares more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist A short book combining extracts from the work of one of the greatest thinkers with commentary from one of Britain's most distinguished writers on philosophy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.31!
23	Heidegger more books like this by Jonathan Ree add to wishlist see all copies from $2.32!
24 view cover	Ludwig Wittgenstein more books like this by Ray Monk add to wishlist Wittgenstein possessed one of the most acute philosophical minds of the 20th century. In this incisive portrait, Monk offers a unique insight into the life and work of a modern genius who radically redirected philosophical thought in our time. see all copies from $59.27! new only from $59.27!

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