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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Cambridge companion to Socrates The Cambridge companion to Socrates Donald R. Morrison "The Cambridge Companion to Socrates is a collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. Because Socrates himself wrote nothing, our evidence com… OL15415140W
Thoreau Thoreau Maximilien Le Roy 'To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and… OL16813471W
Hilary Putnam Hilary Putnam Yemima Ben-Menahem "The richness of Hilary Putnam's philosophical oeuvre consists not only in the broad spectrum of problems addressed but also in the transformation and restructuring his positions have undergone over … OL16920526W
The happiness philosophers The happiness philosophers Bart Schultz Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism--one of the most influential yet misunderstood and maligned philosophies of the past two centuries. B… OL20060232W
John Macmurray John Macmurray Nigel Dower,David Fergusson "This volume comprises of multidisciplinary study of the work of the important Scottish philosopher, John Macmurray (1891-1976). Macmurray held university posts in London and Edinburgh and exercised … OL20978689W
Martin Buber Martin Buber Frederik Hetmann Martin Buber, der am 8. Februar 1878 in Wien zur Welt kam und am 13. Juni 1965 in Jerusalem gestorben ist, gehört zweifelsohne zu den zentralen Gestalten des europäischen Judentums unseres Jahrhunder… OL2117629W
Socrates' children Socrates' children Peter Kreeft "How is this history of philosophy different from all others? 1. It's neighter very long (like Copleston's twelve-volumet tome, which is a clear and hepful reference work but pretty dull reading) nor… OL22314341W
Nasir Khusraw, the ruby of Badakhshan Nasir Khusraw, the ruby of Badakhshan Alice C. Hunsberger xxi, 292 p. : 23 cm OL6047618W
Nietzsche Nietzsche Rüdiger Safranski "In his Blistering Prose, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) uprooted the traditional study of philosophy as firmly grounded in rationality and truth and lay the foundations for the radicalism of twenti… OL8297916W