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1	Five Dialogues more books like this by Plato add to wishlist This second edition of 'Five Dialogues' presents Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for 'Plato: Complete Works'. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.89! \| first editions
2	Poetics of Space more books like this by Gaston Bachelard, Maria Jolas (Translator) add to wishlist Bachelard's work is as much a phenomenology of house, home, and poetry as it is of mind, the two intimately engendering one another. see all copies from $4.96! new only from $9.97! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking more books like this by M Neil Browne add to wishlist The habits and attitudes associated with critical thinking are transferable to consumer, medical, legal, and general ethical choices. When our surgeon says surgery is needed, it can be life sustaining to seek answers to the critical questions encouraged in Asking the Right Questions This popular book helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| SVS
4	Walden or Life in the Woods more books like this by Henry David Thoreau add to wishlist Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, WALDEN vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature, and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Prophets more books like this by Abraham J Heschel add to wishlist The Prophets is widely recognized as a masterpiece of biblical scholarship. Heschel attempts to understand the thoughts, feelings, and impressions of each of the progphets, presenting the reader with a sense of their very being. He effectively achieves a balance between the objective supernatural and the subjective human situation, and presents a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Mythologies more books like this by Professor Roland Barthes add to wishlist In MYTHOLOGIES, Roland Barthes's most popular work, he examines common signs or "myths," and how they mask larger meanings and realities within French society. The collection contains a number of short pieces on popular culture, politics, film, and more, written for the leftist Les Lettres Nouvelles in the mid-1950s; the content epitomizes classic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.80! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction more books like this by Gregory Bassham add to wishlist This clear, learner-friendly text helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture and critical thinking. The text covers all the basics of critical thinking, beginning where students are, not where we think they should be. Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $22.92! \| SVS
8	Of Grammatology more books like this by Jacques Derrida add to wishlist This is the foundational book for the literary critical movement known as deconstruction. It offers Derrida's most systematic exposition of the linguistic and philosophical principles that have made him one of the century's most talked-about philosophers and literary theorists. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $16.49! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Perceiving the Arts: An Introduction to the Humanities more books like this by Dennis J Sporre add to wishlist Buildings, pictures, sculptures, music, drama, literature, dances, and landscapes confront us at every turn and give our lives richness and diversity. Enjoying and getting the most from relationships with works of art depend on knowing what to see and hear in them. The more we understand about cathedrals, paintings, poems, and plays, the more ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Poetry, Language, Thought more books like this by Martin Heidegger add to wishlist Ostensibly concerned with art, this collection of Heidegger's essays and poetry--including "The Origin of the Work of Art"--is dedicated to understanding the relationship of Being to Dasein. see all copies from $3.85! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Beyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking more books like this by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero add to wishlist This succinct, interdisciplinary introduction to critical thinking successfully dares students to question their own assumptions and to enlarge their thinking through the analysis of the most common problems associated with everyday reasoning. The text offers a unique and effective organization: Part I explains the fundamental concepts; Part II ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Critical Thinking more books like this by Brooke Noel Moore add to wishlist More than any other textbook, Moore and Parker's "Critical Thinking" has defined the structure and content of the critical thinking course at colleges and universities across the country - and has done so with a witty writing style that students enjoy. Current examples relevant to today's students bring the concepts of critical thinking to life in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $46.34! \| signed copies \| SVS
13 view cover	But is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory more books like this by Cynthia A Freeland add to wishlist In the art world at the beginning of the 21st century many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many thought-provoking examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and ... see all copies from $6.75! new only from $9.01! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey more books like this by Alex Grey, Carlo McCormick (Editor), Ken Wilber (Editor) add to wishlist Grey's art takes us through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self, revealing the core of human existence as he brings us face to face with ourselves. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $16.22! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Analects of Confucius more books like this by Arthur Waley, Confucius add to wishlist This series of short sayings, proverbs, and observations on ethics and methods for living originated around 400 B.C. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.47! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Basic Works of Aristotle more books like this by Richard Peter McKeon, Aristotle add to wishlist The complete text of two of Aristotle's most important and influential works, in the famous and authoritative Oxford translations by W. Rhys Roberts and Ingram Bywater. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $12.90! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic more books like this by John Willett (Editor) add to wishlist This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decades. The volume demonstrates how the theories of Epic Theatre and Alienation evolved, and contains notes and essays on the staging of The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, Galileo and many others of ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	In praise of shadows more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki add to wishlist This is an essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. The text ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The essay forms a classic description of ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $5.19! \| SVS
19 view cover	Art in Theory 1900 - 2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas more books like this by Dr. Charles Harrison (Editor), Paul Wood (Editor) add to wishlist Since it was first published in 1992, this book has become one of the leading anthologies of art theoretical texts in the English-speaking world. This expanded edition includes the fruits of recent research, involving a considerable amount of newly-translated material from the entire period, together with additional texts from the last decades of ... see all copies from $26.88! new only from $47.06! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The portable Thoreau more books like this by Henry David Thoreau, Professor Carl Bode (Editor) add to wishlist INCLUDES 'WALDEN' COMPLETE; SELECTIONSFROM 'A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS' 'THE MAINE WOODS' AND THE 'JOURNAL'; EIGHTEEN POEMS AND SIXTEEN ESSAYS. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Aristotle's Poetics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist This volume brings together the three most original and influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Stephen Halliwell makes Aristotle's "Poetics" newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists,--especially Plato--and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Postmodernism, or, The cultural logic of late capitalism more books like this by Professor Fredric Jameson add to wishlist Jameson's study of the cultural, political and social implications of postmodernism. see all copies from $13.95! new only from $19.98! \| SVS
23 view cover	How to Think about Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age more books like this by Theodore Schick, Lewis Vaughn add to wishlist This brief, inexpensive text helps the reader to think critically, using examples from the weird claims and beliefs that abound in our culture to demonstrate the sound evaluation of any claim. The authors focus on types of logical arguments and proofs, making "How to Think about Weird Things" a versatile supplement for logic, critical thinking, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.98! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Poetics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist In "The Poetics", Aristotle discusses the essential elements of poetry and drama, making the work one of the earliest examples of literary criticism. Acting as both literary theorist and critic, Aristotle examines the Greek epic poetry, tragedy, and comedy of his day, and concludes that poetry is both more philosophical and more important than ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, & Human Evolution more books like this by Denis Dutton add to wishlist The Dinka have a connoisseur's appreciation of the patterns and colours of the markings on their cattle. The Japanese tea ceremony is regarded as a performance art. Some cultures produce carving but no drawing; others specialize in poetry. Yet despite the rich variety of artistic expression to be found across many cultures, we all share a deep ... see all copies from $14.93! new only from $14.93! \| first editions \| SVS

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