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Heidegger's Being And Time - William Large - Paperback
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The Myth Of Evil - Phillip Cole - Hardback
'The Myth of Evil' explores a contradiction: the belief that human beings cannot commit acts of pure evil and the evidence that pure evil truly is a human capacity. This contradiction is clearest in the extreme acts of war criminals, terrorists, serial murderers and children who kill.
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Pursuing The Good: Ethics And Metaphysics In Plato's Republic - Hardback
This volume comprises a selection of papers from the conference entitled 'The Good and the Form of the Good in Plato's Republic' held in Edinburgh in 2005. It brings together contributions on a closely defined topic central to Plato's thought and to ancient philosophy.
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The Scotch Metaphysics: A Century Of Enlightenment In Scotland - George E. Davie - Hardback
Focusing on the debates about perception among Hume, Reid, Hamilton, Thomas Brown, Dugald Stewart and J.F. Ferrier, the author shows that it is a mistake to think Scots philosophy petered out after Reid.