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  • Augustine Deformed

    Love, Sin and Freedom in the Western Moral Tradition

    by John M. Rist ...
    Augustine established a moral framework that dominated Western culture for more than a thousand years. His partly flawed presentation of some of its key concepts (love, will and freedom), however, prompted subsequent thinkers to attempt to repair this framework, and their efforts often aggravated the very problems they intended to solve. Over time, dissatisfaction with an imperfect Augustinian ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • What is a Person?

    Realities, Constructs, Illusions

    by John M. Rist ...
    In this book, John M. Rist offers an account of the concept of 'person' as it has developed in the West, and how it has become alien in a post-Christian culture. He begins by identifying the 'mainline tradition' about persons as it evolved from the time of Plato to the High Middle Ages, then turns to successive attacks on it in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, then proceeds to the 'five ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • On Ethics, Politics and Psychology in the Twenty-First Century

    by Professor John M. Rist ...
    Series series Reading Augustine
    The Reading Augustine series presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars.John Rist takes the reader through Augustine's ethics, the arguments he made and how he arrived at them, and shows how this moral philosophy remains vital for us today. Rist identifies Augustine's challenge to all ideas of moral autonomy, concentrating ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Confusion in the West

    Retrieving Tradition in the Modern and Post-Modern World

    by Anna Rist, John Rist ...
    In their trenchant panoramic overview – ranging from antiquity to the present-day – John and Anna Rist write with authority and ennui about nothing less than the loss of the foundational culture of the West. The authors characterize this culture as the 'original tradition', viewing its erosion as one which has led to anxiety about the entire value of Western thought. The causes of the ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

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    Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age

    by Steven Nadler ...
    When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published--"godless," "full of abominations," "a book forged in hell . . . by the devil himself." Religious and secular authorities saw it as a threat to faith, social and political harmony, and everyday morality, and its author was almost universally regarded as a religious ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • The Dream of Enlightenment

    The Rise of Modern Philosophy

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    One of Slate’s 10 Best Books of the YearAnthony Gottlieb’s landmark The Dream of Reason and its sequel challenge Bertrand Russell’s classic as the definitive history of Western philosophy.Western philosophy is now two and a half millennia old, but much of it came in just two staccato bursts, each lasting only about 150 years. In his landmark survey of Western philosophy from the Greeks to the ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

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  • Aristotle's Children

    How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages

    by Richard E. Rubenstein ...
    A true account of a turning point in medieval history that shaped the modern world, from "a superb storyteller" and the author of When Jesus Became God ( Los Angeles Times).Europe was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten—until a group of twelfth-century scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle.The ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Philosophy and Theology

    by John Caputo ...
    A highly engaging essay that will draw students into a conversation about the vital relationship between philosophy and theology.In this clear, concise, and brilliantly engaging essay, renowned philosopher and theologian John D. Caputoaddresses the great and classical philosophical questions as they inextricably intersect with theology--past, present, and future. Recognized as one of the leading ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • What is Good?

    The Search for the Best Way to Live

    by Prof A.C. Grayling ...
    A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life?One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value - what principles we want to live by and which codes we will use to guide our behaviour. Most of us want to live a good life. But what, in today's secular society, does 'good' actually mean?To classical Greeks, the acquisition of knowledge, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Columbia History of Western Philosophy

    Edited by Richard Popkin ...
    Richard Popkin has assembled 63 leading scholars to forge a highly approachable chronological account of the development of Western philosophical traditions. From Plato to Wittgenstein and from Aquinas to Heidegger, this volume provides lively, in-depth, and up-to-date historical analysis of all the key figures, schools, and movements of Western philosophy.The Columbia History significantly ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Philosophy

    Sound smarter without trying harder

    by Adams Media ...
    Series series The Very Lazy Intellectual Series
    Did you sleep through Intro to Philosophy? Does Plato leave you in the dark? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: Philosophy introduces you to both the major thinkers and the fundamentals of philosophical thought. With information on everyone from Socrates to Sartre, and theories from Epicureanism to Empiricism, you’ll have everything you need to solve your existential crises in no time. ... Read more

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  • The Sheed and Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy

    Edited by James C. Swindal, Harry J. Gensler, SJ ...
    Series series A Sheed & Ward Classic
    The Sheed & Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy is a thorough introduction to the evolution of Catholic philosophy from Biblical times to the present day. The first comprehensive collection of readings from Catholic philosophers, this volume aims to sharpen the understanding of Catholic philosophy by grouping together the best examples of this tradition, both well-known classics and lesser-known ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD