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Republic
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Plato
In Plato’s "Republic", his most celebrated "dialogue," the philosopher condemns the justice and morality of Greek society after the trial and execution of his teacher, Socrates. Disillusioned with politics and politicians, Plato argued that civilization demanded truly enlightened government, led by philosopher-kings. He wrote that "...mankind will ...
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Nicomachean Ethics
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Aristotle
Enduringly profound treatise, whose lasting effect on Western philosophy continues to resonate. Aristotle identifies the goal of life as happiness and discusses its attainment through the contemplation of philosophic truth.
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Meditations
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Aurelius Marcus
In these personal reflections, the Roman emperor and second-century Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius discusses life, morality, duty, and community. Originally entitled "To Himself", the work did not surface until the fourth century, but it has inspired readers ever since.
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Symposium
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Plato
An edition for students of Greek in universities and the upper forms of schools.
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Last Days of Socrates
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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
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Thomas Cathcart, PhD, Daniel Klein
Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy 101 for those who know not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. (Philosophy)
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Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy
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Joel Feinberg
The eleventh edition of this renowned, topically organized anthology provides a superb balance of historical selections and recent material. The text covers reason and religious belief, human knowledge, mind and its place in nature, determinism, free will and responsibility, and morality and its critics in five parts with careful attention to ...
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Utopia
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Sir Thomas More
Dreams come true in the conversation between Thomas More and Ralph Hythloday, the imaginary traveler of strange lands. The Utopia that emerges from his descriptions proves to be far more real and practical than the impossible fairy tale world that h as grown up around it since More's conversation was first published. Unlike England, with its ...
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Philosophy, a Text with Readings
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Manuel Velasquez
Offering students an accessible, engaging complete introduction to philosophy, Velasquez combines clear prose and primary sources to provide a meaningful exploration of philosophy that relates to students' self-discovery. Covering a wide range of topics, such as human nature, feminist theory, diversity, and aesthetics, this text is organized to ...
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Nausea
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Jean Paul Sartre
Sartre's first novel focuses on Antoine Roquentin, an introspective historian who undergoes an existential crisis. Roquentin loses confidence in established values of ordinary life. His recognition of the absurdity of life precipitates problems in all his relationships, including his relationship with himself. Roquentin records the shifts in his ...
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Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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Michel Foucault
A history of the development of the science of penology in the West. Foucault, a celebrated French scholar and former professor at the College de France, examines the shift in Western attitudes towards criminal justice and punishment, tracing their shift from an emphasis upon divine justice and retribution in the Middle Ages to the faith in ...
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The History of Sexuality: An Introduction
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Michel Foucault
The author turns his attention to sex and the reasons why we are driven constantly to analyze and discuss it. An iconoclastic explanation of modern sexual history.
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Archetypes of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy
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Douglas J Soccio
Featuring Douglas J. Soccio's lucid and conversational prose and a well-chosen, reader-friendly array of succinct excerpts from canonical primary sources, ARCHETYPES OF WISDOM brings philosophy to life for its readers through the examination of many paradigmatic philosophies and philosophers. Very much a student-focused book that speaks out of ...
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The Republic of Plato: Second Edition
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Plato, Allan Bloom (Editor)
In Plato’s "Republic", his most celebrated "dialogue," the philosopher condemns the justice and morality of Greek society after the trial and execution of his teacher, Socrates. Disillusioned with politics and politicians, Plato argued that civilization demanded truly enlightened government, led by philosopher-kings. He wrote that "...mankind will ...
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Critique of Pure Reason
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Immanuel Kant
Kant devoted over 10 years to writing the "Critique of Pure Reason", one of the fundamental works in all of Western philosophy. In it, Kant considers basic philosophical questions--the nature of reason, experience, science, morality, religion, truth, and reality--and attempts to reconcile the two dominant philosophical schools of his day: the ...
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Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy
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Robert C Solomon
Written by well-known and respected scholar, Robert C. Solomon, this best-selling Introduction to Philosophy text has a student-friendly style and organization. Topics are arranged under big questions with each chapter's discussion of the selected big question self-contained so instructors can choose which, and in what order, topics are presented. ...
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The portable Nietzsche
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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Basic Writings of Nietzsche
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann (Editor)
One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche's most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy; Beyond Good and Evil; On the Genealogy of Morals; The Case of Wagner; and Ecce ...
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Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy
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G Lee Bowie, Meredith Michaels, Robert C Solomon
Bringing philosophy into conversation with other intellectual traditions and activities, Twenty Questions introduces beginning philosophy students to classic philosophical texts both old and new. The essays chosen in the fourth edition reflect a full range of human perspectives and voices so that students may benefit from philosophical reflections ...
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Gorgias
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Plato (428/427 BC-348/347 BC), whose original name was Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the great trio of ancient Greeks - succeeding Socrates and preceding Aristotle - who between them laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture. Plato was also a mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of ...
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Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes
A founding work of political philosophy with expanded introduction and added explanatory matter.
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Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East
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Baird T Spalding
Abridged version of volume's 1-3 from Baird Spalding's Far East travels in 1894 that played a ground-breaking role in introducing to the Western world the knowledge that there are "Masters" assisting and guiding humanity.
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Politics
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Aristotle
"The Politics" is one of Aristotle's most important works, having had an inestimable influence on political thought up until the present day.
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Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter
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Donald Palmer
Organized historically and augmented by more than 400 cartoons designed to make teaching and learning more fun, this lighthearted work born of serious scholarship can be used as a core text or as a supplement in introductory courses.
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Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life
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Sissela BOK
A thoughtful addition to the growing debate over public and private morality. Looks at lying and deception in law, family, medicine, government.
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