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David Hume on Morals, Politics, and Society by David Hume; Angela Coventry; Andrew Valls
Category: Reference | Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition Ser.
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 d ...Show more
IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY by NEWMAN JOHN HENRY
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition Ser.
Since its publication almost 150 years ago, The Idea of a University has had an extraordinary influence on the shaping and goals of higher education. The issues that John Henry Newman raised--the place of religion and moral values in the university setting, the competing claims of liberal and profession ...Show more
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle; David R. Sorensen (Editor); Brent E. Kinser (Editor)
Category: History | Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition Ser.
In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the individual in history. Published the following year and eventually translated into fifteen languages, this imaginative work of history, comparative religion, and literature is the most ...Show more
QUESTIONS ON LOVE & CHARITY by AQUINAS THOMAS
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition Ser.
A fresh translation of quaestiones from the Summa theologiae 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 ed ...Show more
Two Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke; Ian Shapiro (Editor)
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition Ser.
Two of Locke's most mature and influential political writings and three brilliant interpretive essays combined in an outstanding volume"The new standard edition of Locke for students of political theory. Dunn, Grant, and Shapiro combine authoritative historical scholarship and contemporary political the ...Show more
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