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The Essential Nietzsche(Paperback)
Virgin Books
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04/04/2002
This text attempts to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader and covers the life and ideas of Nietzsche - whose life and philosophy motto was "live dangerously". His "will to pow...
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The Essential Confucius(Paperback)
Virgin Books
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04/04/2002
Attempting to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader, this text covers the life and ideas of Confucius - the only philosopher whose ideas of teaching moral values as the basis of...
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Essential Machiavelli(Paperback)
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04/04/2002
This text attempts to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader and covers the life and ideas of Machiavelli - whose very name has become a byword of evil. His ideas were devious an...
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The Essential Hume(Paperback)
Virgin Books
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04/04/2002
This text attempts to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader and covers the life and ideas of Hume - acknowledged as the finest philosopher in Europe in his day.
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The Essential Aristotle(Hardback)
Virgin Books
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08/08/2002
The Ancient Greek, Aristotle, laid the foundations of Western knowledge and his effect on philosophy and the sciences was to last until the Renaissance. Containing quotes, insights and anecdotes, th...
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The Essential Sartre(Hardback)
Virgin Books
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08/08/2002
Sartre was the French intellectual who put existentialism on the map of contemporary thought and whose political ideas influenced a generation of young revolutionaries. Containing quotes, insights a...
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The Essential Wittgenstein(Hardback)
Virgin Books
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08/08/2002
Wittgenstein lived a life of tortured genius. He claimed to have "solved" the problem of philosophy once and for all and then went on to create a second philosophy. Containing quotes, insights and a...
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The Essential Marx(Hardback)
Virgin Books
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08/08/2002
Born to a father who converted to Protestantism to avoid anti-Semitism, Marx became a communist and agent of revolutionary change. Containing quotes, insights and anecdotes, the aim of this series i...
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The Essential Plato(Paperback)
Virgin Books
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04/04/2002
This text attempts to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader and covers the life and ideas of Plato - perhaps the greatest philosopher of all time who suggested "philosophy begin...
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The Essential Descartes(Paperback)
Virgin Books
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04/04/2002
This text attempts to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader and covers the life and ideas of Descartes, whose famous pronouncement "I think and therefore I am" is generally seen...
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