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Beast and Man by Mary Midgley
$36.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely, she asserts, the same things as animals. She tells us humans are ra ...Show more
Heart and Mind by Mary Midgley
$33.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
With a new introduction by the author. It is a book of superb spirit and style, more entertaining than a work of philosophy has any right to be.’ – Times Literary Supplement. Throughout our lives we are making moral choices. Some decisions simply direct our everyday comings and goings; others affect our ...Show more
The Myths We Live By by Mary Midgley
$32.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Routledge Classics
With a new Introduction by the author 'An elegant and sane little book. - The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract; in economics in the pursuit of self interest; ...Show more
What Is Philosophy for? by Mary Midgley
$34.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
Why should anybody take an interest in philosophy? Is it just another detailed study like metallurgy? Or is it similar to history, literature and even religion: a study meant to do some personal good and influence our lives? Mary Midgley addresses these provocative questions in her most up-to-date s ...Show more
Wickedness by Mary Midgley
$33.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Routledge Classics | Reading Level: very good
To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture, yet here Mary Midgley does so with her customary brilliance and clarity - to read Wickedness is to understand her reputation as one of the great moral philosophers.
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