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  • Memory as Philosophy

    The Theory and Practice of Philosophical Recollection

    by Dustin Peone, Alexander Gungov, Donald Phillip Verene ...
    Series Book 1 - Studies in Historical Philosophy
    Dustin Peone argues that memory is the foundation of philosophical thought. This may seem strange to the contemporary reader, but it is something that philosophers themselves have known since before Socrates. Peone advocates a doctrine of “memory as philosophy” that ties philosophical recollection back to the wisdom of the Muses, daughters of Memory, who sing of “what was, is, and shall be.” Part ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Making Philosophy Laugh

    Humor, Irony, and Folly in Philosophical Thought

    by Dustin Peone ...
    Contemporary philosophy has adopted an increasingly tragic point of view. Tragedy, though, is only a partial truth of the human condition. Comedy is another partial truth. The nature of human existence is neither wholly the one nor the other, but tragi-comic. Philosophy must be attuned to both despair and laughter if it is to understand its own world. In Making Philosophy Laugh, the philosopher ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shame, Fame, and the Technological Mentality

    by Dustin Peone ...
    In Shame, Fame, and the Technological Mentality, Dustin Peone interrogates the modern human condition. Peone argues that shame and fear are constitutive of social order, but that these affects have been undermined by contemporary ideology. This subversion has created a novel breed of shameless and fearless human beings, with myriad social consequences. Peone next demonstrates an associated change ... Read more

    $110.99 CAD

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    by Will Durant ...
    This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time.Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and ... Read more

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  • The Story of Philosophy

    by Will Durant, GP Editors ...
    Originally published in 1926, ‘The Story of Philosophy’ profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, written by Will Durant, an American writer, historian, philosopher, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.In this enlightening and eminently readable book, Will Durant accounts the lives, ideas and views of various critical philosophical thinkers throughout history. Starting with ... Read more

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  • Eros the Bittersweet

    by Anne Carson ...
    Series series Dalkey Archive Essentials
    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, ... Read more

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  • Eros the Bittersweet

    An Essay (Nobel Prize Winner)

    by Anne Carson ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZENamed one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson’s lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favorite among an unusually broad audience, including ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Twilight of the Idols

    by Friedrich Nietzsche, Duncan Large ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    `Anyone who wants to gain a quick idea of how before me everything was topsy-turvy should make a start with this work. That which is called idol on the title-page is quite simply that which was called truth hitherto. Twilight of the Idols - in plain words: the old truth is coming to an end...' Nietzsche intended Twilight of the Idols to serve as a short introduction to his philosophy, and as a ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Nietzsche: The Gay Science

    With a Prelude in German Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Translated by Josefine Nauckhoff, Adrian Del Caro ...
    Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
    Nietzsche wrote The Gay Science, which he later described as 'perhaps my most personal book', when he was at the height of his intellectual powers, and the reader will find in it an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views which were most central to Nietzsche's own thought and which have been most influential on later thinkers. These include the death of God, the ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Little Book Of Philosophy

    by Andre Comte-Sponville ...
    Translated by Frank Wynne ...
    In this remarkable little book, Andre Comte-Sponville introduces the reader to the western philosophical tradition in a series of sparkling chapters on the 'big questions'. In doing so he reveals the essential bones of philosophical thought and shows why philosophy is relevant in our day-to-day lives.In his brilliant and concise writing on morality, politics, love, death, knowledge, freedom, God, ... Read more

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  • On Friendship

    by Alexander Nehamas ...
    An eminent philosopher reflects on the nature of friendship, past and presentFriends are a constant feature of our lives, yet friendship itself is difficult to define. Even Michel de Montaigne, author of the seminal essay "Of Friendship," found it nearly impossible to account for the great friendship of his life. Why is something so commonplace and universal so hard to grasp? What is it about the ... Read more

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  • Friendship

    by A. C. Grayling ...

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