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Books in the Oxford Studies in Philosophy and Lit series

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  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £86.49

    Philosophers and classicists examine Sophocles' treatment of Oedipus, the man who did not know himself, in these new essays. They discuss barriers to self-knowledge and an old man's quest for serenity, and explore the question: is it better not to be born at all, or better, once born, to die young rather than live a long life?

  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £24.49

    Philosophers and classicists examine Sophocles' treatment of Oedipus, the man who did not know himself, in these new essays. They discuss barriers to self-knowledge and an old man's quest for serenity, and explore the question: is it better not to be born at all, or better, once born, to die young rather than live a long life?

  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £105.49

    The Trial by Franz Kafka stands both as one of the most emblematic and fiercely debated novels of the 20th Century. This collection brings Kafka experts together in order to explore the novel's particularly philosophical significance.

  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £32.99

    The Trial by Franz Kafka stands both as one of the most emblematic and fiercely debated novels of the 20th Century. This collection brings Kafka experts together in order to explore the novel's particularly philosophical significance.

  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £94.99

    What has Emma Woodhouse to say to a discipline like philosophy? The minutia of daily living on which Jane Austen's Emma concentrates our attention permit a closer look at human emotions and motives. Emma shows how friendships can affect one's ways of dealing with the world, how shame can reconfigure self-understanding. That is, Emma leads us to think philosophically.

  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £86.49

    The essays in this collection engage with Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale Genji as a work of philosophical significance, analyzing the text from a wide range of perspectives. The essays touch on almost all branches of philosophy and engage with topics such as the exercise of power, the concept of space, construction of personhood, cultural and artistic practices, and gender.

  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £24.49

    The essays in this collection engage with Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale Genji as a work of philosophical significance, analyzing the text from a wide range of perspectives. The essays touch on almost all branches of philosophy and engage with topics such as the exercise of power, the concept of space, construction of personhood, cultural and artistic practices, and gender.

  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £86.49

    This volume brings together philosophers and literary scholars to explore the ways that Crime and Punishment engages with philosophical reflection. The seven essays treat a diversity of topics, including: self-knowledge and the nature of mind, emotions, agency, freedom, the family, the authority of law and morality, and the self.

  • - Philosophical Perspectives
     
    £24.49

    This volume brings together philosophers and literary scholars to explore the ways that Crime and Punishment engages with philosophical reflection. The seven essays treat a diversity of topics, including: self-knowledge and the nature of mind, emotions, agency, freedom, the family, the authority of law and morality, and the self.

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