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Logicomix : An Epic Search For Truth

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Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou
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Book, 1st U.S. ed. 2009, Bloomsbury, 2009
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Russell, Bertrand, · 1872-1970 · Comic books, strips, etc. · Fiction · Mathematicians · Philosophers · Doxiad¯es, Apostolos K., 1953- · Papadimitriou, Christos H
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Ayn Rand And The World She Made

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Anne C. Heller
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Book, 1st ed, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2008
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Ayn Rand is best known as the author of the perennially bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Based on original research in Russia, dozens of interviews with Rand?s acquaintances and former acolytes, and previously unexamined archives of tapes and letters, AYN RAND AND THE WORLD SHE MADE is a comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Rand, Ayn · Novelists, American · 20th century · Biography · Philosophers · United States · Objectivism (Philosophy) · Heller, Anne Conover
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Beyond The Revolution : A History Of American Thought From Paine To Pragmatism

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William H. Goetzmann
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Book, Basic Books, 2009
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Goetzmann tells the story of America?s greatest thinkers and creators, from Paine and Jefferson to Melville and William James, showing how they built upon and battled one another?s ideas in the critical years between 1776 and 1900. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Philosophy, American · History · Political science · United States · Intellectuals · Biography · Philosophers · Political scientists · Intellectual life · Goetzmann, William H
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(LOWER LEVEL) E169.1 .G55 2009 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E169.1 .G55 2009	AVAILABLE

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The Book Of Dead Philosophers

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Simon Critchley
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Book, 1st Vintage Books ed, Vintage Books, 2009
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died in bed, age 91 In this collection of brief lives (and deaths) of nearly two hundred of the world’s greatest thinkers, noted philosopher Simon Critchley creates a register of mortality that is tragic, amusing, absurd, and exemplary. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Philosophers · Death · Anecdotes · Critchley, Simon, 1960-
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BROWSING (MAIN) B72 .C68 2009 AVAILABLE

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BROWSING (MAIN)	B72 .C68 2009	AVAILABLE

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Theodor W. Adorno : One Last Genius

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Detlev Claussen ; translated by Rodney Livingstone
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Book, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008
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In capturing the man in his complex relationships with some of the century?s finest minds?including, among others, Arnold Schoenberg, Walter Benjamin, Thomas Mann, Siegfried Kracauer, Georg Luk (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Adorno, Theodor W., · 1903-1969 · Philosophers · Germany · Biography · Philosophy, Modern · 20th century · Claussen, Detlev
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(LOWER LEVEL) B3199.A34 C5813 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	B3199.A34 C5813 2008	AVAILABLE

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Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? : 23 Questions From Great Philosophers

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Leszek Kolakowski ; translated by Agnieszka Kolakowska
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Book, Basic Books, 2007
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Whether reflecting on good and evil, truth and beauty, faith and the soul, or free will and consciousness, Leszek Kolakowski shows that these timeless ideas remain at the very core of our existence. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Philosophy · Miscellanea · Philosophy. · sears · Philosophers. · Kolakowski, Leszek · Kolakowska, Agnieszka
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(LOWER LEVEL) B99.P652 K6513 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	B99.P652 K6513 2007	AVAILABLE

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Correspondance

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texte établi et annoté par Theodore Besterman
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Book, Gallimard, 1963
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Voltaire, · 1694-1778 · Correspondence · Authors, French · 18th century · Philosophers · France · Voltaire, 1694-1778 · Besterman, Theodore, 1904-1976
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(UPPER LEVEL) PQ2084 .A1 1964 v.2 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PQ2084 .A1 1964 v.2	AVAILABLE

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William James : In The Maelstrom Of American Modernism : A Biography

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Robert D. Richardson
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Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2006
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The definitive biography of the fascinating William James, whose life and writing put an indelible stamp on psychology, philosophy, teaching, and religion — on modernism itself Pivotal member of the Metaphysical Club, author of The Varieties of Religious Experience, eldest sibling in the extraordinary James family, William emerges here as an immensely complex and curious man. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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James, William, · 1842-1910 · Philosophers · United States · Biography · Richardson, Robert D., 1934-
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(LOWER LEVEL) B945.J24 R53 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	B945.J24 R53 2006	AVAILABLE

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Hostage To Fortune : The Troubled Life Of Francis Bacon

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Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart
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Book, Phoenix Giant, 1999
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Bacon, Francis, · 1561-1626 · Authors, English · Early modern, 1500-1700 · Biography · Intellectuals · Great Britain · Philosophers · Scientists · Statesmen · History · Elizabeth, 1558-1603 · James I, 1603-1625 · Jardine, Lisa · Stewart, Alan, 1967-
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(LOWER LEVEL) DA358.B3 J37 1999 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	DA358.B3 J37 1999	AVAILABLE

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Cultural Amnesia : Necessary Memories From History And The Arts

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Clive James
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Book, 1st ed, W.W. Norton & Co, 2007
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Forty years in the making, a new cultural canon that celebrates truth over hypocrisy, literature over totalitarianism. Soaring to Montaigne-like heights, Cultural Amnesia is precisely the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Civilization, Western · Intellectuals · Biography · Artists · Musicians · Philosophers · Intellectual life · History · 20th century · Humanism · Memory · Social aspects · James, Clive, 1939-
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(LOWER LEVEL) CB245 .J338 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	CB245 .J338 2007	AVAILABLE

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Descartes : The Life And Times Of A Genius

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A.C. Grayling
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Book, 1st U.S. ed, Walker & Co, 2006
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Scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier?and spy?Rene Descartes was one of the founders of the modern world. It was Descartes who identified the intellectual tools his peers needed to free themselves from the grip of religious authority and in doing so he founded modern philosophy. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Descartes, René, · 1596-1650 · Philosophers · France · Biography · Science · Philosophy · History · 17th century · Intellectual life · Europe · Grayling, A. C
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(LOWER LEVEL) B1873 .G7 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	B1873 .G7 2006	AVAILABLE

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Philosophy : The Latest Answers To The Oldest Questions

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Nicholas Fearn
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Book, Atlantic, 2005
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Philosophy, Modern · 20th century · Philosophers · Interviews · Fearn, Nicholas
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(LOWER LEVEL) B804 .F38 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	B804 .F38 2005	AVAILABLE

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The Oxford Companion To Philosophy

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edited by Ted Honderich
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Book, 2nd ed, Oxford University Press, 2005
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Offering clear and reliable guidance to the ideas of philosophers from antiquity to the present day and to the major philosophical systems around the globe, he Oxford Companion to Philosophy is the definitive philosophical reference work for readers at all levels. Almost every entry is accompanied by suggestions for further reading, and the book includes both a chronological chart of the history of philosophy and a gallery of portraits of eighty eminent philosophers. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Philosophy · Encyclopedias · Philosophers · Honderich, Ted
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REFERENCE (MAIN) B51 .O94 2005 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	B51 .O94 2005	AVAILABLE

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Philosophers Behaving Badly

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Nigel Rodgers and Mel Thompson
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Book, Peter Owen Publishers, 2005
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Philosophers · Europe · Biography · Philosophy, European · History · Rodgers, Nigel · Thompson, Mel, 1946-
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(LOWER LEVEL) B791 .R73 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	B791 .R73 2005	AVAILABLE

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British Philosophers, 1800-2000

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edited by Philip B. Dematteis, Peter S. Fosl, and Leemon B. McHenry
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Book, Gale Group, 2002
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Philosophy, British · Bio-bibliography · Dictionaries · Philosophers · Great Britain · Biography · Philosophy, Modern · 19th century · 20th century · Dematteis, Philip Breed · Fosl, Peter S · McHenry, Leemon B., 1950-
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REFERENCE (MAIN) B72 .B693 2002 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	B72 .B693 2002	AVAILABLE

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