Author: T.Z. Lavine
Publisher: Bantam
Keywords: quest, philosophic, sartre, socrates
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1985-02-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0553251619
ISBN-13: 9780553251616

From Socrates To Sartre presents a rousing and readable introduction to the lives, and times of the great philosophers. This thought-provoking book takes us from the inception of Western society Plato’s Athens to today when the commanding power of Marxism has captured one third of the world. T.Z. Lavine, Elton Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, makes philosophy come alive with astonishing clarity to give us a deeper, more meaningful understanding of ourselves and our times. From Socrates To Sartre discusses Western philosophers in terms of the historical and intelle

Authors:Forrest E. Baird, Walter Kaufma,
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: derrida, plato, classics, philosophic
Number of Pages: 1248
Published: 2007-04-29
List price: $88.00
ISBN-10: 0131585916
ISBN-13: 9780131585911

This anthology of readings in Western philosophy-from the Ancient Greeks to the 20th Century-is designed to be readable and accessible. Striking a balance between major and minor figures in philosophy, it features the best available translations of texts, while still being faithful to the original works. This anthology uses the best translations, drawings, diagrams, photographs, and a timeline to cover philosophy throughout the ages; and includes works by Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Epictetus, Plotinus, Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Maimonides, Aquinas, William of Ockham, Descartes, Hobbes, Pa

Author: Forrest E. Baird
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: philosophy, century, volume, classics, philosophic
Number of Pages: 498
Published: 2002-07-08
List price: $70.20
ISBN-10: 0130485500
ISBN-13: 9780130485502

This anthology of readings in contemporary Western philosophy focuses on 19th-century philosophers who represent a variety of responses to the issue of their day: whether or not there was a knowable, nonhuman rational order upon which thinking persons could willfully choose to act. The selections are readable and accessible, yet remain faithful to the original works. Accompanying the text are drawings, diagrams, photographs, and a timeline; all of which allow the reader to really study the major philosophical thinkers of the 19th-century: Bentham, Wollstonecraft, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer,

Authors:Forrest E. Baird, Walter Kaufma,
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: modern, philosophy, iii, volume, classics, philosophic
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2007-04-29
List price: $72.00
ISBN-10: 0132060582
ISBN-13: 9780132060585

This anthology of readings in Modern Western philosophy (16th through 18th centuries) features the best translations of texts-complete works or complete sections of works which are readily accessible to the reader while still being faithful to the original work. It includes an introduction to each philosopher, an abundance of drawings, diagrams, and photographs, as well as a timeline to help the reader understand the context of when these works were written. This anthology includes the key writings of the British Empiricists and Continental Rationalists, along with the work of Kant. For reader

Author: Andrew Bernstei
Publisher: University Press of America
Keywords: case, laissez, faire, philosophic, economic, manifesto, historic, capitalist
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 2005-07-21
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0761832211
ISBN-13: 9780761832218

The Capitalist Manifesto defends capitalism as the world’s most moral and practical social system. This book is written for the rational mind, whether the reader is a professional intellectual or an intelligent layman. It makes the case for individual rights and freedom in terms intelligible to all rational men.

Author: Adam Moore
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: foundations, contemporary, issues, philosophic, control, property, information, intellectual
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2004-09-23
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0765808323
ISBN-13: 9780765808325

Computer technology and the proliferation of digital networks have radically altered how ideas and information are gathered and manipulated and generated new conflicts between public use and private rights. These conflicts raise serious problems: Are abstract ideas and information proper subjects of ownership? What role should privacy rights play? How does the violation of intellectual property rights compare morally to the violation of physical property rights? Now available in paperback, Intellectual Property and Information Control provides answers and strategies for dealing with these and

Authors:Marshell Carl Bradley, Philip Blosser,
Publisher: Longwood Pr Ltd
Keywords: concern, perennial, selections, philosophic, friendship
Published: 1989-09
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0893415839
ISBN-13: 9780893415839