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  • The Bright Ages

    A New History of Medieval Europe

    "The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come….The Bright Ages is a rare thing—a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.”—Slate"Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating." —The Boston GlobeA lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Aristotle's Children

    How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages

    A true account of a turning point in medieval history that shaped the modern world, from “a superb storyteller” and the author of When Jesus Became God (Los Angeles Times).Europe was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten—until a group of twelfth-century scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle.The ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Utopia

    by Thomas More ...
    De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More.The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. The name of the place is derived from the Greek words οὐ u ( ... Read more

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  • The Complete Essays

    Translated by M. A. Screech ...
    Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech.In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Prince

    [ Free Audiobooks Download ]

    * Illustrated* Author Biography* Interactive Table of Contents* Free Audiobook DownloadThe Prince [ Free Audiobooks Download ]The Prince is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • A New History of Western Philosophy

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series New History of Western Philosophy
    This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • City of God

    Translated by Henry Bettenson ...
    City of God is an enduringly significant work in the history of Christian thought, by one of its central figuresWritten as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, this great theological and philosophical work by St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Waning of the Middle Ages

    The Waning of the Middle Ages is the best-known work by the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga.Its subtitle is: "A study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries".In the book, Huizinga presents the idea that the exaggerated formality and romanticism of late medieval court society was a defense mechanism against the constantly ... Read more

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  • Killing the Deep State

    The Fight to Save President Trump

    The truth behind how well-funded hard-left extremists, the mainstream media, and Obama/Clinton holdovers in the government bureaucracy have combined with clandestine forces within the US intelligence apparatus – the “Deep State” -- to block and undermine Trump’s every move. At 2:45 a.m. ET on Nov. 8, 2016, television networks announced to a stunned nation that Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral had gone ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance (New Edition)

    "His book...supplant[s] all others, even the immensely successful History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell."—A. C. GraylingAlready a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul's knowledge of God, he consoled himself not with Christian precepts but with the tenets of Greek philosophy. This work dominated ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Montaigne: Complete Essays

    Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form.In 1572, Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience.He discusses ... Read more

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  • Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

    Étienne de La Boétie (November 1, 1530 August 18, 1563) was a French judge, writer, anarchist, and political philosopher often credited with founding modern political philosophy in France. La Boétie was also a distinguished poet and humanist, translating Xenophon and Plutarch. Though he only lived a short life, his friendship with eminent essayist Michel de Montaigne helped immortalize him through ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Aquinas

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Edward Feser ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Charting the life and thought of this hugely influential medieval thinker.One of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the history of Western thought, St Thomas Aquinas established the foundations for much of modern philosophy of religion, and is infamous for his arguments for the existence of God. In this cogent and multifaceted introduction to the great Saint's work, Edward Feser ... Read more

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  • THE PRINCE (Wisehouse Classics Edition)

    THE PRINCE (Italian: Il Principe) is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. This was done with the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Divine Comedy (Illustrated + Audiobook Download Link + Active TOC)

    FEATURES:      •     Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations      •     A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book      •     Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book      •     Manually coded and crafted by professionals for highest formatting quality and sta... ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Utopia

    by Thomas More ...
    Translated by Dominic Baker-Smith ...
    'It remains astonishingly radical ... one of Utopia's most striking aspects is its contemporaniety' Terry EagletonIn Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfilment is open to all. As the traveller describes the island, a bitter contrast is drawn between this ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Monadology

    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born in Leipzig, Germany, is one of the most influential mathematicians and philosopher of the Enlightenment. The Monadology is one of Leibnizs best known later philosophical works. In it, he discusses the metaphysics of indivisible particles known as monads. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Praise of Folly

    Translated by Betty Radice ...
    Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazzling mixture of fantasy and satire is narrated by a personification of Folly, dressed as a jester, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Philosophy in the Islamic World

    A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 3

    by Peter Adamson ...
    Series series A History of Philosophy
    The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by providing full coverage of Jewish and Christian thinkers as well as Muslims, and by taking the story of philosophy from its beginnings in the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Thomistic Principles and Bioethics

    Alongside a revival of interest in Thomism in philosophy, scholars have realised its relevance when addressing certain contemporary issues in bioethics. This book offers a rigorous interpretation of Aquinas's metaphysics and ethical thought, and highlights its significance to questions in bioethics.Jason T. Eberl applies Aquinas’s views on the seminal topics of human nature and morality to key ... Read more

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  • Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy

    With Selections from the Objections and Replies

    Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
    Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy remains one of the most widely studied works of Western philosophy. This volume is a refreshed and updated edition of John Cottingham's bestselling 1996 edition, based on his translation in the acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It presents the complete text of Descartes's central metaphysical masterpiece ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Medieval Philosophy

    A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 4

    by Peter Adamson ...
    Series series A History of Philosophy
    Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition, including Peter Abelard, Anselm ... Read more

    $23.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Scotus for Dunces

    An Introduction to the Subtle Doctor

    This book is a simple guide to theological and philosophical aspects of the thought of the medieval Franciscan, John Duns Scotus. Known as the Subtle Doctor, Scotus has a reputation for intricate and technical reasoning. Ingham provides an insightful and creative introduction to his thought in this book. Philosophical and theological principles are explored with clarity and demonstrated by the use ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus