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  • The Life and Work of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
    Austin Knowles
    Leibniz unleashed ideas that helped invent calculus, imagined a universal language of thought, rewired how states keep records, and tried to reconcile God, science, and human freedom. This book follows that restless intelligence across mathematics, metaphysics, theology, diplomacy, and the institutions that make reason public. It’s part intellectual biography, part programmatic...
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    18,88 €

  • Leibniz’s Account of Freedom, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility
    Austin Knowles
    This book reimagines one of history’s most rigorous rationalists as a thinker for our age. This accessible, argument-driven book shows how Leibniz’s metaphysics-monads, complete concepts, and a careful taxonomy of necessity-can sustain a powerful, humane account of moral responsibility: one that preserves intelligible reasons for action, protects individual dignity, and still a...
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    15,95 €

  • Friendship, Pleasure, and the Good Life in Epicurean Philosophy
    Austin Knowles
    Epicurus reimagined happiness as a craft you could practice, teach, and share - not a luxury for the few. This book brings that practical, humane program to life: clear, accessible philosophy paired with a living social design for calmer minds, steadier desires, and deeper friendships. Drawing on Epicurus’ letters, the Principal Doctrines, and Lucretius’ poetic therapy, it show...
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    18,62 €

  • The Western Ethical Traditions
    Austin Knowles
    This book traces the lives, ideas, and institutions that have shaped how humans answer the oldest moral question-how should one live? Moving from Socratic interrogation through Platonic visions and Aristotelian practice to Hellenistic therapies, medieval syntheses, modern ruptures, and a twenty-first-century reconfiguration, the work blends close readings of primary texts with ...
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    18,41 €

  • The Moral Canvas
    Austin Knowles
    A sweeping guide to moral life in the 21st century, this book offers a practical and ambitious blueprint for living together under conditions of technological power, global interdependence, and deep moral disagreement. Blending classic philosophical wisdom with contemporary case studies, it moves from the intimate spaces where character is formed to the institutional arenas tha...
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    18,51 €

  • Religious Morality and Secular Ethics
    Austin Knowles
    This book offers a rigorous, humane map for thinking about right and wrong in deeply plural societies, bringing together classic texts and contemporary dilemmas to show how religious conviction and secular reasoning can clash, converge, and cooperate. Readers will find clear explanations of long-standing puzzles-the Euthyphro dilemma, autonomy versus authority, moral luck-along...
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    19,00 €

  • The Rise of Modern Thought
    Austin Knowles
    In a world shaken by scientific revolution, religious warfare, and political upheaval, a group of extraordinary thinkers forged new ways of understanding reality, knowledge, and human nature that continue to shape our lives today. 'The Rise of Modern Thought' takes readers on an intellectual journey through the most transformative period in Western philosophy, revealing how bri...
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    18,58 €

  • The Early Anglican Responses to Thomas Hobbes’ Political Theory
    Austin Knowles
    In the tumultuous aftermath of the English Civil War, as a nation struggled to rebuild itself from the ashes of regicide and revolution, a philosophical bombshell detonated in London’s intellectual circles. Thomas Hobbes’ masterwork Leviathan presented a vision of humanity, politics, and religion so radical that it threatened the very foundations of Christian society. With its ...
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    19,25 €

  • John Bramhall’s Defense of Free Will Against Thomas Hobbes
    Austin Knowles
    In a Parisian salon in 1645, as civil war tore England apart, two brilliant exiles engaged in a conversation that would ignite one of history’s most profound philosophical battles. John Bramhall, the formidable Anglican bishop, confronted Thomas Hobbes, the revolutionary materialist philosopher, on humanity’s most fundamental question: Are we truly free, or merely cogs in a det...
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    18,09 €

  • Leviathan’s Shadow
    Austin Knowles
    When Thomas Hobbes published his masterpiece Leviathan in 1651, he unleashed one of the most explosive and controversial political theories ever written. In the tumultuous aftermath of the English Civil War, Hobbes dared to suggest that humans were naturally selfish creatures who required an all-powerful sovereign to prevent society from collapsing into a 'war of all against al...
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    18,94 €

  • The Renaissance Revival of Classical Learning
    Austin Knowles
    In the shadow of medieval cathedrals, a revolutionary intellectual movement was taking shape that would transform Western civilization forever. The Renaissance Revival of Classical Learning takes readers on a captivating journey through one of history’s most pivotal cultural revolutions, when scholars, artists, and thinkers rediscovered the forgotten treasures of ancient Greece...
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    19,23 €