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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant on Judgment

By Robert Wicks

Kant’s Critique of Judgment is one of the most important texts in the history of modern aesthetics. This GuideBook discusses the Third Critique section by...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-28110-2 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Trial of Socrates

By Thomas C. Brickhouse, Nicholas D. Smith

Socrates is one of the most influential philosophers in western civilisation, and Plato his most famous pupil. The Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, Crito and the...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15681-3 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

By Vasilis Politis

Aristotles' 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in Ancient Philosophy. This GuideBook looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25147-1 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rousseau and the Social Contract

By Christopher Bertram

Rousseau's Social Contract is a benchmark in political philosophy and has influenced moral and political thought since its publication. Rousseau and the Social Contract introduces...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20198-8 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Republic

By Nickolas Pappas

Plato's Republic is perhaps the most significant and important work of philosophy and is Plato's most famous work. No other work has made such an...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29996-1 (Routledge)

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The Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kierkegaard and Fear and Trembling

By John Lippitt

Kierkegaard is widely regarded as the 'father of existentialism', although his influence can be observed across the spectrum of twentieth century continental philosophy and philosophy...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18046-7 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Husserl and the Cartesian Meditations

By A.D. Smith

Husserl is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century and his contribution to the phenomenology movement is widely recognised. The Cartesian Meditations...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-28757-9 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Descartes and the Meditations

By Gary Hatfield

Rene Descartes is generally accepted as the "father of modern philosophy", and his Meditations is perhaps the most famous philosophical text ever written.
In this Routledge...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-11192-8 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hegel and the Philosophy of Right

By Dudley Knowles

Hegel is one of the most important figures in the history of ideas and political thought. His Philosophy of Right is widely recognised as one...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16577-8 (Routledge)

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The Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Nietzsche on Morality

By Brian Leiter

Nietzsche is one of the most important and controversial thinkers in the history of philosophy. His writings on moral philosophy are amongst the most widely...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15284-6 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hegel and the Phenomenology of Spirit

By Robert Stern

The Phenomenology of Spirit is Hegel's most important and famous work. It is essential to understanding Hegel's philosophical system and why he remains a major...

2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-21787-3 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Berkeley and the Principles of Human Knowledge

By Robert Fogelin

George Berkeley is one of the most prominent philosophers of the eighteenth century. His Principles of Human Knowledge has become a focal point in the...

2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25010-8 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle on Ethics

By Gerard Hughes

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most important texts in western philosophy, and arguably the most influential text on contemporary moral theory.
This GuideBook introduces...

2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-22186-3 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Religion

By David O'Connor

David Hume was the most important British philosopher of the eighteenth century. His Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a classic text in the philosophy of...

2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20194-0 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Leibniz and the Monadology

By Anthony Savile

Leibniz is a major figure in western philosophy and, with Descartes and Spinoza, one of the most influential philosophers of the Rationalist School. The Monadology...

2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17113-7 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to the Later Heidegger

By George Pattison

Martin Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings are notoriously difficult: they both require and reward careful reading.
The...

2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20196-4 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hegel on History

By Joseph Mccarney

Hegel's Introduction to the Philosophy of History remains one of the most profound and influential books on the philosophy of history. In clear and cogent...

2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-11695-4 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Morality

By James Baillie

David Hume is widely recognised as the greatest philosopher to have written in the English language. His Treatise on Human Nature is one of the...

2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18048-1 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Knowledge

Edited by Harold Noonan

David Hume was one of the most important British philosophers of the eighteenth century. The first part of his Treatise on Human Nature is a...

1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15046-0 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason

By Sebastian Gardner

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important work in western philosophy. The book introduces and assesses:

* Kant's life and background of...

1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-11908-5 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Mill on Liberty

By Jonathan Riley

This Routledge Philosophy GuideBook introduces John Stuart Mill and one of his major works, On Liberty. We see that in On Liberty Mill outlines the...

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14188-8 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Mill on Utilitarianism

By Roger Crisp

Mill was one of the most important British philosophers of the nineteenth century; his Utilitarianism is a pivotal work in ethical thought. This book, written...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-10977-2 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations

By Marie McGinn

Wittgenstein is the most influential twentieth century philosopher in the English-speaking world. In the Philosophical Investigations, his most important work, he introduces the famous 'private...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-11190-4 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Spinoza and the Ethics

By Genevieve Lloyd

Spinoza is a key figure in modern philosophy. Ethics is his most studied and well known work. Being both up-to-date and clear, this Guidebook is...

1996 | Hardback: 978-0-415-10781-5 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Heidegger and Being and Time

By Stephen Mulhall

Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. A difficult and powerful philosopher, his work requires careful reading. Being and Time...

1996 | Hardback: 978-0-415-10092-2 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Locke on Government

By David Lloyd Thomas

John Locke is one of the most important figures in the history of political thought. His Second Treatise on Government was one of the most...

1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-09533-4 (Routledge)

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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Locke on Human Understanding

By Jonathan Lowe

John Locke is the most important figure in the history of English philosophy. In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, his greatest intellectual achievement, he emphasised...

1995 | Hardback: 978-0-415-10090-8 (Routledge)

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