
The Book of Dead Philosophers - Critchley, Simon
£4.46£4.46
Tue, 22 Jul, 16:44Tue, 22 Jul, 16:44
Picture 1 of 1

Gallery
Picture 1 of 1

Have one to sell?
The Book of Dead Philosophers - Critchley, Simon
£4.46
ApproximatelyEUR 5.11
Condition:
Good
A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Postage:
£5.00 (approx EUR 5.73) Economy Int'l Postage.
Located in: Rossendale, United Kingdom
Delivery:
Estimated between Wed, 13 Aug and Thu, 28 Aug to 94104
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Payments:
Shop with confidence
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:156948099993
Item specifics
- Condition
- Genre
- Popular philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781847080103
About this product
Product Information
Starting from the premise that philosophers' deaths have been as interesting as their lives, Simon Critchley pulls readers in with quirky stories of how philosophers died and then confronts the big themes - in this case, what 'a good death' means and how to live with the knowledge of death and free from what he calls 'delusions and sophistries'. The book consists of short, sometimes very short, entries on various philosophers, cataloguing the manner of their demises and linking this to their central ideas. These entries would run from a couple of sentences in the case of the Pre-Socratics or minor Medievals and Moderns, up to a paragraph or indeed short essays of about 800 words in the case, say, of Socrates, Seneca, Rousseau, Kant and Nietzsche. Some of the entries would be rather pithy and, hopefully, witty.The book would be framed with an Introduction, and a long concluding chapter on philosophy and death where I would seek to defend what I have already said about the ideal of the philosophical death as a way of denouncing contemporary delusions and sophistries, what Francis Bacon saw as the Idols of the Tribe, the Den, the Market-Place and the Theatre (incidentally, Bacon died in a particularly cold winter in London in 1626 from a cold contracted after trying to stuff a chicken with snow as an experiment in refrigeration). '
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Granta Books
ISBN-13
9781847080103
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90111203
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Book Title
The Book of Dead Philosophers
Number of Pages
334 Pages
Language
English
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
216 mm
Item Width
135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Item description from the seller
Seller business information
VAT number: GB 901578627
CRN: 07693718
Seller Feedback (3,082,433)
This item (1)
All items (3,082,433)
- Évaluations automatiques eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthCommande terminée - avec suivi et dans les délais
- Automatyczna opinia eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthZamówienie zostało zrealizowane – ze śledzeniem i na czas
- Automatyczna opinia eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthZamówienie zostało zrealizowane – ze śledzeniem i na czas
- 7***s (480)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseArrived today,great and fast service,many thanks.
More to explore:
- Simon Beckett Audio Books,
- Simon & Schuster Audio Books,
- It Fiction Simon & Schuster Fiction & Books,
- Simon & Schuster CD Audio Books,
- Simon Beckett Fiction & Fiction Books,
- The Walking Dead Fiction & Fiction Books,
- Fiction Simon & Schuster War Fiction & Books,
- Non-Fiction Simon & Schuster People Fiction & Books,
- Simon & Schuster Non-Fiction Board Books-Fiction Books,
- The Bible Non-Fiction Simon & Schuster Fiction & Books