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Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment 1690-1805

Ahnert Thomas

ISBN: HB: 9780300153804, Yale University Press, March 2015
224 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

In the Enlightenments it was often argued that moral conduct, rather than adherence to theological doctrine, was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this "enlightened" emphasis on conduct in religion relied less on argumen...

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Stay A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It

Hecht Jennifer Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780300209365, Yale University Press, December 2014
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Many thousands of people kill themselves every year, and many more are left behind to grieve. Distressing statistics show that suicide rates are rising, and studies confirm that suicide causes more suicide, both among those who knew the person and ev...

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Passions

Leopardi Giacomo, Parks Tim

ISBN: HB: 9780300186338, Yale University Press, November 2014
232 pp., 21x14 cm

The extraordinary quality of Giacomo Leopardi's writing and the innovative nature of his thought were never fully recognized in his lifetime. Zibaldone, his 4,500-page intellectual diary – a vast collection of thoughts on philosophy, civilization, li...

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Christianity

Experience of God Being, Consciousness, Bliss

Bentley Hart David

ISBN: PB: 9780300209358, Yale University Press, November 2014
376 pp., 21x14 cm

Despite recent ferocious public debate about the likelihood of the existence of God, the most central concept in such arguments remains strangely obscure. What is God? Are those engaged in the debate all talking about the same thing? In this beautifu...

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Culture Studies

Experiments with Truth Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence

Helfenstein Josef, Newland Joseph N., Lal Vinay, Whitehurst Emilee Dawn, Wolf Eric M., Kamps Toby, Hanh Thich Nhat, Kyi Aung San Suu

ISBN: PB: 9780300208801, Yale University Press, November 2014
256 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 150 colour images, 75 black&white illus.

This fascinating book introduces and explores the resonance of Gandhi's (1869-1948) ethics of nonviolence in the visual arts. Taking the form of a reader, the texts range across influences on Gandhian philosophy and outgrowths from it. The accompanyi...

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Introduction to Metaphysics

Heidegger Martin

ISBN: PB: 9780300186123, Yale University Press, September 2014
320 pp., 21x14 cm

This new edition of one of Heidegger's most important works features a revised and expanded translators' introduction and an updated translation, as well as the first English versions of Heidegger's draft of a portion of the text and of his later cri...

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Friendship

Grayling A. C.

ISBN: PB: 9780300205367, ISBN: HB: 9780300175356, Yale University Press, August 2014
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

A central bond, a cherished value, a unique relationship, a profound human need, a type of love. What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? How has friendship changed since the ancient Greeks began to analyze it, and...

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Nostalgia Factory Memory, Time and Ageing

Draaisma Douwe

ISBN: PB: 9780300205398, Yale University Press, August 2014
192 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

You cannot call to mind the name of a man you have known for 30 years. You walk into a room and forget what you came for. What is the name of that famous film you've watched so many times? These are common experiences, and as we grow older we tend to...

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Philosophy

Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Wollstonecraft Mary, Botting Eileen Hunt, Abbey Ruth, Clarke Norma, Cronin Madeline, Sapiro Virginia

ISBN: PB: 9780300176476, Yale University Press, August 2014
416 pp., 21x14 cm

Mary Wollstonecraft's visionary treatise, originally published in 1792, was the first book to present women's rights as an issue of universal human rights. Ideal for coursework and classroom study, this comprehensive edition of Wollstonecraft's heart...

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Courage to Be Third Edition

Tillich Paul, Cox Harvey

ISBN: PB: 9780300188790, Yale University Press, May 2014
232 pp., 21x14 cm

Originally published more than fifty years ago, "The Courage to Be" has become a classic of twentieth-century religious and philosophical thought. The great Christian existentialist thinker Paul Tillich describes the dilemma of modern man and points...

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