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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured philosopher, the biographies trace the ideas, friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced their work, providing revealing insights into what drove them to question the meaning of life and come up with new ways of understanding the world and the history of ideas
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"Fifty Major Philosophers presents the traditional mainstream of European philosophy and is a vital reference tool for those wishing to improve their understanding of some of the world's seminal intellectual figures."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Isabel Dalhousie is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug.
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A vivacious biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who along with Voltaire and Rousseau built the foundations of the modern world, and travelled as far as Russia to enlighten the Tsarina Catherine the Great. Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world's first comprehensive Encyclopédie into existence. But his most compelling and personal writing took place in the shadows. Thrown into prison for...
13) Prosper's demon
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The unnamed and morally questionable narrator is an exorcist with great follow-through and few doubts. His methods aren't delicate but they're undeniably effective: he'll get the demon out--he just doesn't particularly care what happens to the person. Prosper of Schanz is a man of science, determined to raise the world's first philosopher-king, reared according to the purest principles. Too bad he's demonically possessed"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Socrates Fortlow novels volume 3
Publisher
Basic Civitas
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
17) Memory theater
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A French philosopher dies during a savage summer heat wave. Boxes carrying his unpublished papers mysteriously appear in Simon Critchley's office. Rooting through them, Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. While waiting for...
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Investigating the theft of a valuable painting that was supposed to be donated to the Scottish National Gallery, Isabel harbors a growing suspicion that the thieves may be close to the painting's wealthy owner.
Author
Language
English
Description
The author draws on great thinkers like Confucius, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Christian monks to show us what stillness is and how it might be achieved. He believes stillness is the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus. He examines many of the figures that exemplify the power of stillness, including Winston Churchill, Fred Rogers and Anne Frank. This book aims to equip you with everything you need to find stillness in your own life.
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 11
Language
English
Description
"A new baby brings an abundance of joy to Isabel Dalhousie and her husband, Jamie--but Isabel's almost four-year-old son, Charlie, is none too keen on his newborn brother. In fact, Charlie refuses to acknowledge Magnus, and Isabel must find a way to impress upon her older son the patience and understanding that have served as guiding principles in her own life. These are, of course, the qualities that bring Rosemary Hipple, an old acquaintance of...
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