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  • On the Origin of Language

    Two Essays

    by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Johann Gottfried Herder ...
    Translated by John H. Moran, Alexander Gode ...
    Essential essays on language and speech from two influential philosophers of the 18th century—"These texts are fundamental for modern critical theory" (W. J. T. Mitchell, University of Chicago).In the latter half of the eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Johann Gottfried Herder each composed an essay on a fundamental question about human language. Rousseau's "Essay on the Origin of ... Read more

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  • Providing Reference Services

    A Practical Guide for Librarians

    by John Gottfried, Katherine Pennavaria ...
    Series series Practical Guides for Librarians
    Providing Reference Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians was written with the working librarian in mind; it focuses on specific methods and information to help foster effective, exceptional results. Topics covered include:Reference services: basic information and backgroundReference resources and tutorials Organizing and providing services Staffing and performance managementForming helpful ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

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  • Story of Philosophy

    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 Myth of Sisyphus

    by Albert Camus ...
    Series series Vintage International
    A Nobel Prize-winning author delivers one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and reaffirming the value of existence.Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide—the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus ... Read more

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  • Madness and Civilization

    A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

    by Michel Foucault ...
    Michel Foucault's most admired book is an incisive history of changing attitudes toward mental illness of Western Europe between 1500 and 1800.Madness and Civilization investigates the archeology of madness, tracing shifting perceptions through changes in the culture, laws, politics, philosophy, and medical practices of the West. In the late Middle Ages, insanity was still considered part of ... Read more

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  • Basic Writings of Existentialism

    Edited by Gordon Marino ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon MarinoBasic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning humans can discover, we must determine meaning for ourselves. This anthology brings together into one volume the most influential and commonly ... Read more

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  • The Essential Schopenhauer

    Key Selections from The World as Will and Representation and Other Writings

    by Arthur Schopenhauer ...
    "We should be grateful to Schopenhauer for managing to express the truth about life so beautifully." —Alain De Botton, author of The Consolations of Philosophy"Schopenhauer's philosophy has had a special attraction for those who wonder about life's meaning, along with those engaged in music, literature, and the visual arts." — Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyThe Essential Schopenhauer delivers ... 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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  • The Sickness Unto Death

    A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification and Awakening by Anti-Climacus

    Translated by Alastair Hannay ...
    by Alastair Hannay, Søren Kierkegaard ...
    One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of bleak abandonment - including some ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud

    by Sigmund Freud ...
    Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud: Explore the complexities of the human psyche with "Civilization and Its Discontents" by Sigmund Freud. Through a series of essays, Freud examines the tension between the individual and society, and the ways in which civilization shapes our desires and behaviors. This groundbreaking work remains a cornerstone of psychology and philosophy.Why This ... Read more

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  • On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil

    A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the 4entral values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of conditioning designed to domesticate the animal vitality of earlier cultures. The result is a book ... Read more

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  • On the Genealogy of Morals

    by Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert C. Holub ...
    Translated by Michael A. Scarpitti ...
    The companion book to Beyond Good and Evil, the three essays included here offer vital insights into Nietzsche's theories of morality and human psychology.Nietzsche claimed that the purpose of The Genealogy of Morals was to call attention to his previous writings. But in fact the book does much more than that, elucidating and expanding on the cryptic aphorisms of Beyond Good and Evil and ... Read more

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