| 1. A Rulebook for Arguments | 
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By: Anthony Weston
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
1987-12
"A Rulebook for Beginners" is made up of 45 discrete rules which have been categorised into nine chapters of general arguing techniques.
Not only does the author give positive rules for arguing, but he also lists about two dozen "Common Fallacies" in a glossary format at the end of the book.
The rulebook is written in an easy to read, and easy to reference layout. While you would... more
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| 2. Nicomachean Ethics | 
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By: Aristotle, Terence Irwin
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co.
January 01, 1999
1. Overview
In his Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle develops a framework from which to explore morality, human happiness, and man's purpose. Some have suggested that Aristotle's framework for ethics was less rigid than that of his predecessor Plato, who took a deductive approach that began with the forms. Although Aristotle's form begins with the particulars in a more inductive fashion, his Ethics... more
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| 3. Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding | 
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By: David Hume
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
1987-12
After his three-volume Treatise of Human Nature dropped like a rock to the bottom of the pool of British philosophic writing, Hume set out to write a briefer, more accessible version -- the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. One of the early points it makes is that most endeavors to write about the nature of thought are hopeless and nearly impossible to understand. With that disclaimer, Hume sets... more
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| 4. Utilitarianism |
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By: John Stuart Mill
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co.
January 01, 1979
1. Overview
John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism sets out a moral system that bases the good of any decision on the degree to which it promotes pleasure for the greatest number of people. By pleasure, Mill means not only those lower pleasures associated with the appetites, but also, the higher pleasures of "superior beings" that are associated with the enjoyment of understanding. The smallest amount... more
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| 5. Odyssey |
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By: Homer, Stanley Lombardo
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co.
2000-03
Stanley Lombardo has done it again!
His Odyssey is as fast-paced, lucid, poetic and punchy as his Iliad, but this time with a human feel, a warmth that the story calls for.
He brings real thoughts and real emotions to the characters...the like I've never seen! (I must have compared around 10 different translations).
...Lombardo has said that the "Iliad"... more
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| 6. Trial & Death of Socrates |
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By: G M Grube (Translator) Plato
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co Inc
1975
This purchase saved me a lot of money compared to the price in the campus bookstore... more
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| 7. Classics of Western Philosophy |
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From: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
1985-12
Bought the Classics of Western Philosophy book as a replacement for a stolen book. Quick shipping made the transition from without to with a book seamless. ... more
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| 8. The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey |
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By: Homer
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co.
September 01, 2000
book was in pretty good condition for being used. does not contain all of Homer's 2 books, the Iliad and the Odyssey, some nonessential chapters to the books are left out because it is the Essential Homer... more
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| 9. Utopia (Hackett Publishing Co.) |
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By: Thomas, Sir, Saint More
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co.
January 03, 1999
I needed Utopia for a class, so whether or not I enjoyed it is pretty much irrelevant. I doubt this book is being read for personal enjoyment, but it wasn't a bad read... more
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| 10. Critique of Pure Reason, Abridged (Hackett Publishing Co.) |
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By: Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co.
January 01, 1999
Although there are a number of English translations of Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason," none provides better access to this pivotal work of philosophy than Smith's. Although I have a personal appreciation of the Max Muller translation, it is limited by neglecting Kant's second edition. Kemp Smith provides a concise presentation of both editions thus heightening for us the scope of Kant's... more
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