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  • T.H. Green's Theory of Positive Freedom

    From Metaphysics to Political Theory

    by Ben Wempe ...
    Series Book 3 - British Idealist Studies 3: Green
    In this new and entirely revised edition of his study of Green's theory of positive freedom, Ben Wempe argues that the far-reaching and beneficial influence of Green's political doctrine, on public policy as well as in the field of political theory, was founded on a misinterpretation of his philosophical stand, since the metaphysical basis on which Green argued for his political position was ... Read more

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  • The Philosophy of Nonviolence

    about turning the other cheek

    by Osho ...
    Series series OSHO Singles
    While nonviolence is a philosophy to Mahatma Gandhi; it is not a philosophy to Osho, but an experience. Osho talks about his understanding of reverence for life, he does not use the word non-violence. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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  • Terrible Swift Sword

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Series series Centennial History of the Civil War
    The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war—an epic struggle for freedom.In Terrible Swift Sword, Bruce Catton tells the story of the Civil War as never before—of two turning points which changed the scope and meaning of the war. First, he describes how the war slowly but steadily ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Coming Fury, Volume 1

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Series Book 1 - Centennial History of the Civil War
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award!A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the United States—with the disintegrating political processes and rising tempers finally erupting at Bull Run." . . . a major work by a major writer, a superb recreation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War." —The New York Times ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The William James Reader

    by Dr. William James ...
    William James was the older brother of novelist Henry James, and a pioneering psychologist and philosopher. His works pushed the boundaries of psychology and helped shape the direction the field would grow in. Collected here are four of his most important books: Essays in Radical Empiricism, The Meaning of Truth, The Varieties of Religious Experience, and What is an Emotion? These books helped ... Read more

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  • As If

    Idealization and Ideals

    by Kwame Anthony Appiah ...
    “Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range… [He] has packed into this short book an impressive amount of original reflection… A rich and illuminating book.”—Thomas Nagel, New York Review of BooksIdealization is a fundamental feature of human thought. We build simplified models to make sense of the world, and life is a constant adjustment between the models we make and the realities we ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • A Copernican Critique of Kantian Idealism

    by J.T.W. Ryall ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive critique of the Kantian principle that ‘objects conform to our cognition’ from the perspective of a Copernican world–view which stands diametrically opposed to Kant’s because founded on the principle that our cognition conforms to objects. Concerning both Kant’s ontological denial in respect of space and time and his equivalence thesis in respect of ‘experience’ ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The 'Puritan' Democracy of Thomas Hill Green

    With Some Unpublished Writings

    by Alberto de Sanctis ...
    Series Book 1 - British Idealist Studies 3: Green
    The central concern of this book is to demonstrate how Puritanism was a theme which ran through all Green’s biography and political philosophy. It thereby reveals how Green’s connections with Evangelicalism and his known affinities with religious dissent came from his way of conceiving Puritanism. In Green’s eyes, its anti-formalist viewpoint made Puritanism the most suitable tool for avoiding the ... Read more

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  • Kierkegaard and the Matter of Philosophy

    A Fractured Dialectic

    by Michael O'Neill Burns ...
    Søren Kierkegaard is often cast as the forefather of existentialism and an anti-Hegelian proponent of the single individual. Yet this book calls these traditional characterizations into question by arguing that Kierkegaard offers not only a systematic critique of idealist philosophy, but more surprisingly, a political ontology that is paradoxically at home in the context of twenty-first-century ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Does History Make Sense?

    Hegel on the Historical Shapes of Justice

    by Terry Pinkard ...
    Hegel’s philosophy of history—which most critics view as a theory of inevitable progress toward modern European civilization—is widely regarded as a failure today. In Does History Make Sense? Terry Pinkard argues that Hegel’s understanding of historical progress is not the kind of teleological or progressivist account that its detractors claim, but is based on a subtle understanding of human ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Wilfrid Sellars, Idealism, and Realism

    Understanding Psychological Nominalism

    Edited by Dr Patrick Reider ...
    Wilfrid Sellars, Idealism, and Realism is the first study of its kind to address a range of realist and idealist views inspired by psychological nominalism. Bringing together premier analytic realists and distinguished defenders of German idealism, it reveals why psychological nominalism is one of the most important theories of the mind to come out the 20th century.The theory, first put forward by ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Kant and Social Policies

    Edited by Andrea Faggion, Alessandro Pinzani, Nuria Sanchez Madrid ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book discusses the potential for Kant’s political and juridical philosophy to shed light on current social challenges and policy. By considering Kant as a contemporary and not above moral responsibility, the authors explore his political theory as the philosophical foundation of human rights, discussing the right to citizenship, social dynamics and the scope of global justice. Focusing on ... Read more

    $80.99 USD