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A Philosopher Looks at Work by Raymond Geuss
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: A\Philosopher Looks At Ser.
Is work as we know it disappearing? And if so why should we care? These questions are explored by Raymond Geuss in this compact but sweeping survey which integrates conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary. Geuss explores our concept of work and its origins in indu ...Show more
Changing the Subject: Philosophy from Socrates to Adorno by Raymond Geuss
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Ask a question and it is reasonable to expect an answer or a confession of ignorance. But a philosopher may defy expectations. Confronted by a standard question arising from a normal way of viewing the world, a philosopher may reply that the question is misguided, that to continue asking it is, at the e ...Show more
Changing the Subject - Philosophy from Socrates to Adorno by Raymond Geuss
Category: Philosophy and Religion
"A history of philosophy in twelve thinkers...The whole performance combines polyglot philological rigor with supple intellectual sympathy, and it is all presented...in a spirit of fun...This bracing and approachable book shows] that there is life in philosophy yet."--Times Literary Supplement "Exce ...Show more
Locke: Two Treatises of Government by John Locke; Peter Laslett (Editor); Quentin Skinner (Contribution by); Raymond Geuss (Contribution by)
Category: Culture | Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.
Peter Laslett's acclaimed Two Treatises of Government, widely recognised as a classic text in the history of ideas.
Not Thinking Like a Liberal by Raymond Geuss
Category: Philosophy and Religion
In a compelling meditation on the ideas that shape our lives, one of the world's most provocative and creative philosophers explains how his eccentric early years influenced his lifelong critique of liberalism. Liberalism is so amorphous and pervasive that for most people in the West it is background no ...Show more
The City of God Against the Pagans by R. W. Dyson (Editor); Saint Augustine; Raymond Geuss (Contribution by); Quentin. Skinner (Contribution by)
Category: Religion | Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.
This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilization. Robert Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of De Civitate Dei, edited togeth ...Show more
Who Needs a World View by Raymond Geuss
Category: Philosophy and Religion
One of the world's most provocative philosophers attacks the obsession with comprehensive intellectual systems--the perceived need for a world view.We live in a unitary cosmos created and cared for in all its details by a benevolent god. That, for centuries, was the starting point for much philosophical ...Show more
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