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The Idea Of A University

de John Henry Newman

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 Originally published almost 150 years ago, five parts of "The Idea of a University" - "University Teaching" and four selections from "University Subjects" - are reproduced here, along with five essays by contemporary scholars exploring the present day relevance of Newman's themes.
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Selected Writings

de Bentham Jeremy Bentham

~~26,49€~~ 21,19€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), philosopher and reformer, is one of the most influential thinkers of the modern age. This introduction to his writings presents a representative selection of texts authoritatively restored by the Bentham Project, University College London.
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David Hume On Morals, Politics, And Society

de Hume David Hume

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 A compact and accessible edition of Hume’s political and moral writings with essays by a distinguished set of contributors A key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume was a major influence on thinkers ranging from Kant and Schopenhauer to Einstein and Popper, and his writings continue to be deeply relevant today. With four essays by leading Hume scholars exploring his complex intellectual legacy, this volume presents an overview of Hume’s moral, political, and social philosophy. Editors Angela Coventry and Andrew Valls bring together a selection of writings from Hume’s most important works, with contributors placing them in their appropriate context and offering a lively discourse on the relevance of Hume’s thought to contemporary subjects like reason’s dependence on emotion and the importance of social convention in political and economic behavior. Perfect for classroom use, this volume is an invaluable companion for anyone studying an important thinker who advanced the development of moral philosophy, economics, cognitive science, and many other fields of the Western tradition.
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Essay On The Principle Of Population - The 1803 Edition

de Malthus Thomas Robert Malthus

~~22,51€~~ 18,01€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 A new edition of the authoritative 1803 version of Malthus's work together with critical essays exploring its influence in political, social, economic, and literary thought
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Questions On Love And Charity - Summa Theologiae, Secunda Secundae, Questions 23–46

de Aquinas Thomas Aquinas

~~22,51€~~ 18,01€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 <div>A fresh translation of <I>quaestiones</I> from the <I>Summa theologiae </I>of Thomas Aquinas, edited by Robert Miner. This volume provides direct access to the medieval theologian’s deepest thinking about the supreme goal of human life—blessedness—and the virtue most intimately related to this goal—charity. The edition also contains Aquinas’s treatment of charity’s effects—love, joy, peace, and mercy—and the vices opposed to them, such as hatred, envy, and war. Featuring five supplementary essays by noted Aquinas scholars, the volume will enable readers to engage more thoroughly with the thought of Thomas Aquinas.</div>
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Selected Writings Of Thomas Paine

de Paine Thomas Paine

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 A central figure in Western history and American political thought, Thomas Paine continues to provoke debate among politicians and scholars. This volume contains Paine's Common Sense in its entirety, including the oft-ignored Appendix, as well as selections from his other major writings: The American Crisis, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason.
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Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman

de Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 A treatise, originally published in 1792, that aims to present women's rights as an issue of universal human rights. Suitable for coursework and classroom study, it includes illuminating essays by leading scholars that highlight the author's significant contributions to modern political philosophy.
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On Heroes, Hero Worship, And The Heroic In History

de Thomas Carlyle

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Two Treatises Of Government And A Letter Concerning Toleration

de John Locke

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 Two of John Locke's most mature and influential political writings and three brilliant interpretive essays have been combined here in one volume. The complete texts are accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke scholars.
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Communist Manifesto

de Engels Friedrich Engels e Karl Marx

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 It is hard to imagine a book, essay or pamphlet outside of the Bible that has been more influential, and widely read, than Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto". Part of the "Rethinking the Western Tradition" series, this edition of the "Manifesto" features essays that address its relevance in the post-1989, post-Cold War world.
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Writings Of Abraham Lincoln

de Lincoln Abraham Lincoln

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 Abraham Lincoln never wrote a book: his ideas are contained in speeches, letters, and various occasional writings. This title shows that Lincoln deserves to be counted among the great political philosophers.
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Leviathan - Or The Matter, Forme, &Amp; Power Of A Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall And Civill

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 Written by Thomas Hobbes and first published in 1651, "Leviathan" is widely considered the greatest work of political philosophy ever composed in the English language. This edition, which uses modern text and relies on large-sheet copies from the 1651 Head version, includes interpretive essays by four leading Hobbes scholars.
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Groundwork For The Metaphysics Of Morals

de Kant Immanuel Kant

~~12,59€~~ 10,07€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important texts in the history of ethics. In it Kant searches for the supreme principle of morality and argues for a conception of the moral life that has made this work a continuing source of controversy and an object of reinterpretation for over two centuries.This new edition of Kant’s work provides a fresh translation that is uniquely faithful to the German original and more fully annotated than any previous translation. There are also four essays by well-known scholars that discuss Kant’s views and the philosophical issues raised by the Groundwork. J.B. Schneewind defends the continuing interest in Kantian ethics by examining its historical relation both to the ethical thought that preceded it and to its influence on the ethical theories that came after it; Marcia Baron sheds light on Kant’s famous views about moral motivation; and Shelly Kagan and Allen W. Wood advocate contrasting interpretations of Kantian ethics and its practical implications.
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Two Treatises Of Government And A Letter Concerning Toleration

de Locke John Locke

~~26,43€~~ 21,14€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 Among the most influential writings in the history of Western political thought, John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration remain vital to political debates today, more than three centuries after they were written. The complete texts appear in this volume, accompanied by interpretive essays by three prominent Locke scholars.Ian Shapiro’s introduction places Locke’s political writings in historical and biographical context. John Dunn explores both the intellectual context in which Locke wrote the Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration and the major interpretive controversies surrounding their meaning. Ruth Grant offers a comprehensive discussion of Locke’s views on women and the family, and Shapiro contributes an essay on the democratic elements of Locke’s political theory. Taken together, the texts and essays in this volume offer invaluable insights into the history of ideas and the enduring influence of Locke’s political thought.
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Reflections On The Revolution In France

de Burke Edmund Burke

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 The most enduring work of its time, Reflections on the Revolution in France was written in 1790 and has remained in print ever since. Edmund Burke’s analysis of revolutionary change established him as the chief framer of modern European conservative political thought. This outstanding new edition of the Reflections presents Burke’s famous text along with a historical introduction by Frank M. Turner and four lively critical essays by leading scholars.The volume sets the Reflections in the context of Western political thought, highlights its ongoing relevance to contemporary debates, and provides abundant critical notes, a glossary, and a glossary-index to ensure its accessibility. Contributors to the book examine various provocative aspects of Burke’s thought. Conor Cruise O’Brien explores Burke’s hostility to "theory," Darrin McMahon considers Burke’s characterization of the French Enlightenment, Jack Rakove contrasts the views of Burke and American constitutional framers on the process of drawing up constitutions, and Alan Wolfe investigates Burke, the social sciences, and liberal democracy.
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Social Contract And The First And Second Discourses

de Jean-Jacques Rousseau

~~14,51€~~ 11,61€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 Jean-Jacques Rousseaus ideas about society, culture, and government are pivotal in the history of political thought. His works are as controversial as they are relevant today. This volume brings together three of Rousseaus most important political writingsThe Social Contract and The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts) and The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)and presents essays by major scholars that shed light on the dimensions and implications of these texts.Susan Dunns introductory essay underlines the unity of Rousseaus political thought and explains why his ideas influenced Jacobin revolutionaries in France but repelled American revolutionaries across the ocean. Gita Mays essay discusses Rousseau as cultural critic. Robert N. Bellah explores Rousseaus attempt to resolve the tension between the individuals desire for freedom and the obligations that society imposes. David Bromwich analyzes Rousseau as a psychologist of the human self. And Conor Cruise OBrien takes on the noxious, deranged Rousseau, excoriated by Edmund Burke but admired by Robespierre and Thomas Jefferson. Written from different, even opposing perspectives, these lucid essays convey a sense of the vital and contentious debate surrounding Rousseau and his legacy.For this edition Susan Dunn has provided a new translation of the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and has revised a previously published translation of The Social Contract.
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Genteel Tradition In American Philosophy And Character And Opinion In The United States

de Santayana George Santayana

~~15,90€~~ 12,72€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 Presents two seminal works by George Santayana, one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth-century: "Character and Opinion in the United States", and "The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy", a text of both philosophical analysis and cultural criticism.
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On Liberty

de John Stuart Mill

~~22,46€~~ 17,97€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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 Since its first publication in 1859, few works of political philosophy have provoked such continuous controversy as John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, a passionate argument on behalf of freedom of self-expression. This classic work is now available in a new edition that also includes essays by distinguished scholars in a range of fields.The book begins with a biographical essay by David Bromwich and an interpretative essay by George Kateb. Then Jean Bethke Elshtain, Owen Fiss, Judge Richard A. Posner, and Jeremy Waldron present commentaries on the pertinence of Mill’s thinking to current debates. They discuss, for example, the uses of authority and tradition, the shifting legal boundaries of free speech and free action, the relation of personal liberty to market individualism, and the tension between the right to live as one pleases and the right to criticize anyone’s way of life.
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Toward Perpetual Peace And Other Writings On Politics, Peace, And History

de Immanuel Kant

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 Contains a comprehensive collection of the author's writings on international relations theory and political philosophy, translated and accompanied by essays. This volume provides an introduction to the main themes.
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David Hume On Morals, Politics, And Society

de David Hume

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Sesame And Lilies

de John Ruskin

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Toward Perpetual Peace And Other Writings On Politics, Peace, And History

de Immanuel Kant

~~23,85€~~ 19,08€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

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Punctuated Equilibrium And The Dynamics Of U.S. Environmental Policy

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 Presents empirical evidence that the equilibrium theory of policy dynamics fits the facts of environmental policy change and explains how stable policies can unravel in discontinuous change. This book is useful for professionals, activists, and students concerned with promoting or resisting change in environmental and natural resources policies.
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Finding Common Ground - Governance And Natural Resources In The American West

de Christina M. Cromley, Christine H. Colburn, Roberta A. Klein e Ronald D. Brunner

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 A discussion of natural resources policy issues in the American West. It diagnoses problems of governance in policy, then introduces community-based initiatives as responses to those problems. It then goes on to examine the range of successes and failures of initiatives using specific cases.
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