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"Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle, and one of the most important philosophers of the past two hundred years. The Problems of Philosophy, one of the most popular works in Russell's prolific collection of writings, has become core reading in philosophy. Clear and accessible, this little book is an intelligible and stimulating guide to those problems of philosophy which often mistakenly make the subject seem too lofty...
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Philosophical classics volume 2
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Pub. Date
[1953]
Language
English
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Written in 1686 by the celebrated German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Discourse on Metaphysics is a short, early work in which Leibniz explains how the Earth, which was created by God (an undeniably perfect being), is therefore blessed with the same purity and perfection as its creator.
Leibniz was one of the most important philosophers of the Enlightenment era and was a contemporary of Isaac Newton. But today, Leibniz's best remembered...
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Little library of liberal arts volume no. 10
Publisher
Bobbs-Merrill
Pub. Date
[©1955]
Language
English
7) Wild animus
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Too Far
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English
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"After graduating from college, Sam Altman finds himself disillusioned with the world of the '60s and rejects normal life to follow an inner calling. Altman's unleashed--and increasingly unhinged--imagination takes him first to Seattle and then farther north, to the remote Alaskan wilderness. Sam has fallen deeply in love with the mysterious and powerful Lindy, a young woman who will do anything to help him realize his quest, no matter how dangerous....
8) Physics
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
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Written in the fourth century BCE by Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle, Physics set out to define the principles and causes of change, movement, and motion. For 2,000 years ― until discoveries by Galileo, Newton, and other scientists ― this treatise was the primary source for explanations of falling rocks, rising flames, the circulation of air, and other physical phenomena. Modern readers are required to bring a keen sense of criticism...
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Stratford-upon-Avon studies volume 11
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
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