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Wim van Dooren
Wim van Dooren (1934-1993)

philosopher

  • University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University

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Bakunin zur Einführung
Atheïsme, humanisme, socialisme
Vragenderwijs
Het totaliteitsbegrip bij Hegel en zijn voorgangers
Dialektiek
Denkwegen in de geschiedenis van de nieuwere wijsbegeerte
J. P. Stern
J. P. Stern (1920-1991)

Germanist, literary scholar, linguist, philosopher, translator, historian, man of letters

  • University of Cambridge

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Hitler
The World of Franz Kafka
The World of Franz Kafka
Friedrich Nietzsche
A study of Nietzsche
Idylls & realities
Nietzsche
On realism
Thomas Mann
International gas trade in Europe
The heart of Europe
The dear purchase
Re-interpretations
The mind of Nietzsche
Thomas Mann
London German Studies (Publications)
London German Studies III (Publications of the Institute of Germanic Studies, Vol 38)
Benito Prez Galds Fortunata And Jacinta
Re-interpretations
Ernst Jünger
Lichtenberg
A study of Nietzsche
A Study of Nietzsche
History and allegory in Thomas Mann's 'Doktor Faustus'
Lichtenberg
Ernst Jünger
Lichtenberg: a doctrine of scattered occasions
Nietzsche
Ernst Jünger, a writer of our times
Über Literatur und Ideologie
Re-interpretations: seven studies in nineteenth-century German literature
Thomas Mann
Nietzsche on Tragedy
Re-interpretations
Thomas Mann
Nichʻe
Re-interpretations
Ernst Junger
Wolfram Eilenberger
Wolfram Eilenberger (born 1972)

journalist, philosopher, opinion journalist, coach, literary editor, presenter

  • Otto-Hahn Gymnasium, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg University

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Zeit der Zauberer
Feuer der Freiheit
Kleine Menschen, große Fragen
Philosophie für alle, die noch etwas vorhaben
This is not America
Der Tatort und die Philosophie
Das Werden des Menschen im Wort
W. W. Bartley III
W. W. Bartley III (1934-1990)

philosopher

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, Harvard University

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Werner Erhard
The retreat to commitment
Wittgenstein
Die Evolutionäre Erkenntnistheorie
Unfathomed knowledge, unmeasured wealth
Morality and religion
Evolutionary epistemology, rationality, and the sociology of knowledge
Wittgenstein, ein Leben
Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic
Iamblichus
Iamblichus (0244-0324)

philosopher

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De vita Pythagorica
On the Pythagorean life
Summa pitagorica
Jamblique, Vie de Pythagore (La Roue a Livres) (French Edition)
Sapere, Bd. 4: Jamblich. Pythagoras, Legende - Lehre - Lebensgestaltung
De mysteriis
De commvni mathematica scientia liber
On the mysteries =
Protrepticus
Jamblichi de Mysteriis Liber
On the Pythagorean way of life
An Egyptian initiation by Iamblichus, a Neo-Platonist of the 4th century
Jamblichus Chalcidensis In Nichomachi Geraseni arithmeticam introductionem et De fato
Jamblichus Chalcidensus ex Coele-Syria in Nicomachi Geraseni Arithmeticam introductionem, et De fato
Iamblichus on the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians ; and, Life of Pythagoras
La Lexicografía de la lingüística teórica a la lexicografía práctica
Les Mystères d'Égypte
Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians
Iamblichi De communi mathematica scientia liber
De vita pythagorica
Iamblichus on the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians
Jamblichi Protrepticus
Über die Geheimlehren
Sobre Los Misterios Egipcios
Iamblichi De communi mathematica scientia liber
De anima
De mysteriis Aegyptiorum
De mysteriis liber
De mysteriis liber
Iamblichus of Chalcis
Theurgia, or, The Egyptian mysteries
Iamblichi In Nicomachi arithmeticam introductionem liber
Pythagoras
Iamblichus's exhortation to the study of philosophy. -- Fragments of Iamblichus. -- Excerpts from the Commentary of Proclus on the Chaldean oracles. -- Plotinus' diverse cogitations
Vida Pitagorica - Protreptico
Theurgia or the Egyptian Mysteries
I misteri egiziani
The theology of arithmetic
The Egyptian Mysteries
Iamblichi theologumena arithmeticae
Iamblichi De commvni mathematica scientia liber
Iamblichus on The mysteries
On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans and Assyrians
Theologumena Arithmeticae
In Nicomachi Arithmeticam Introductionem Liber
Iamblichi De communi mathematica scientia liber
Iamblichi Theologoumena arithmeticae
The life of Pythagoras
Iamblichi Protrepticus
Theurgia, Or, The Egyptian Mysteries
Protrepticus
Iamblichi Babyloniacorum reliquiae
In Nicomachi Arithmeticam Introductionem Liber
De vita pythagorica liber
Babyloniacorum reliquiae
De Vita Pythagorica Liber
The Life of Pythagoras
Iamblichi In Nicomachi Arithmeticam introductionem liber
An Egyptian invitation
Life of Pythagoras, or Pythagoric life
Theologumena arithmeticae
Les mystères d'Egypte
Iamblichus of Chalcis
The Egyptian Mysteries And True Success - Pamphlet
Iamblichus, the exhortation to philosophy
Peri tou Pythagorikou viou
Iamblichus De mysterijs Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum
Jamblichi Babyloniacorum reliquiae
Theologumena arithmeticae
[Iamblichi Chalkide¿‍s t♯s koil♯s syrias peri myst♯ri¿‍n logos] = Iamblichi Chalcidensis ex Coele-Syria. De mysteriis liber. Pr©Œmittitur Epistola Porphyrii ad Anebonem ©gyptium, eodem argumento
Czech Texans
De vita Pythagorica liber ad fidem codicis Florentini
Pythagoras
Iamblichus of Chalcis
Aufruf zur Philosophie
Life of Pythagoras ... Accompanied by fragments of the ethical writings of certain Pythagoreans in the Doric dialect; and a collection of Pythagoric Sentences from Stobaeus and others, which are omitted by Gale in his Opuscula mythologica, and have not been noticed by any editor
Iamblichi Communi Mathematica Scientia Liber, Ad Fidem Codicis Florentini (Classic Reprint) (Latin Edition)
Réponse à Porphyre
The Origin of Egyptian Symbolism
Babyloniacorum reliquiae
Iamblichus De anima
Afro American Texans
Iamblichi Babyloniacorum reliquiae
Iamblichus
Iamblichus of Chalcis
Les mystères d'Égypte
De vita pythagorica ilber
Anglo American Texans
Iamblikou Chalkideos tes koiles Syrias Peri mysterion logos. Iamblichi Chalcidenis ex Coele-Syria, de mysteriis liber
Il numero e il divino
Theurgia
In Platonis Dialogos Commentariorum Fragmenta (Philosophia Antiqua)
Iamblichus' exhortation to the study of philosophy. Fragments of Iamblichus. Excerpts from the commentary of Proclus on the Chaldean oracles. Plotinus' diverse cogitations
Iamblichvs De mysteriis Aegyptiorvm, Chaldæorum, Assyriorum
Iamblichus of Chalcis
De mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorium
De mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum, et alia opuscula
Iamblichi de mysteriis liber
Theurgia
The Life of Pythagoras
Iamblichus Life of Pythagoras
Iamblichus of Chalcis
Iamblichi Chalcidensis in Platonis Dialogos Commentariorum Fragmenta
On the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians
Jamblichi De mysteriis liber
De mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum
Egyptian Mysteries
The life of Pythagoras
The Egyptian Mysteries And The Divining Art Universal
Le livre de Jamblique sur les mystères des Égyptiens, des Chaldeens et des Assyriens
Greek Texans
Protreptique
©ber die Geheimlehren
Von der allgemeinen mathematischen Wissenschaft
In Nicomachi arithmeticam introductionem liber
Philostratus
Philostratus (0170-0249)

sophist, orator, philosopher

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The life of Apollonius of Tyana
The lives of the sophists
Ta tōn Philostratōn leipomena apanta =
Philostrati Lemnii Opera quae extant
Life of Apollonius
The lives of the sophists
Life and times of Apollonius of Tyana
Apollonius de Tyane, sa vie, ses voyages, ses prodiges
Vitae sophistarum
The two first books, of Philostratus, concerning the life of Apollonius Tyaneus
Das Leben des Apollonios von Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana
Flavii Philostrati De vitis sophistarum libri duo
Lives of the sophists
Imagines
Philostratus, Imagines
Philostratus and Eunapius
Heroikos
The life of Apollonius of Tyana
Les images (The Renaissance and the gods)
The life of Apollonius of Tyana, the Epistles of Apollonius and the Treatise of Eusebius
Eroico
The Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Vol. 3
Flavius Philostratus
Philostrati maioris Imagines
Heroico, Gimnastico, Descripciones De Cuadros, Descripciones
Philostrati Heroica
The first two books, of Philostratus, concerning the life of Apollonius Tyaneus
In honour of Apollonius of Tyana
Ta tōn Philostratōn leipomena hapanta
In honor of Apollonius of Tyana
Werke
Opera
Vie d\'Apollonius de Tyane
Philostratus, Flavius
Philostratos: the Life of Apollonius of Tyana
Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Vol. 2
Appollonius von Tyana
Heroicus
Philostratus and Eunapius
Les images ov tableavx de platte peintvre des devx Philostrates sophistes grecs et les statves de Callistrate
Apollonius de Tyane, sa vie, ses voyages, ses prodiges
Philostratorum et Callistrati opera recognovit Antonius Westermann. Eunapii Vitae sophistarum iterum edidit Jo. Fr. Boissonade. Himerii sophistae declamationes... emendavit Fr. Dübner
Della vita di Apollonio Tianeo
Vida De Apolonio De Tiana
Le merveilleux dans l'antiquité
Werke
Heroicus
Flavii Philostrati Opera auctiora
Lives of the sophists, by Philostratus
Philostratus De uita Apollonii Tyanei scriptor luculentus
Philostratus, Imagines
Philostri Lemnii seniores Historia de vita Apollonij Tyanei libri octo
The life of Apollonius of Tyana
Imagenes (La biblioteca azul)
Vida De Los Sofistas
Flavii Philostrati quae supersunt
Die Bilder [von] Philostratos
The life of Apollonius of Tyana, the Epistles of Apollonius and the Treatise of Eusebius
Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Vol. 1
The life of Apollonius of Tyana, the Epistels of Apollonius and the Treatise of Eusebius
The life of Apollonius of Tyana, the Epistles of Apollonius and the Treatise of Eusebius
Philostratus and Eunapius
Opera auctiora
Imagines
Flavii Philostrati Heroicvs
Imagines. Callistratus, Descriptions
Das Leben Des Apollonios Von Tyana (Sammlung Tusculum) (German Edition)
Die Bilder
Flavii Philostrati Opera
Philostratus and Eunapius
Flavii Philostrati Opera auctiora
Philostrati minoris Imagines et Callistrati Descriptiones recensurerunt Carolus Schenkl et Aemilius Reisch
Philostrati Lemnii Opera qvae exstant
Philostratus and Eunapius; the lives of the Sophists
Flavii Philostrati Opera
Philostratus, Imagines; Callistratus, Descriptions
Des a lteren Philostratos erotischeBriefe nebst den Heta renbriefen des Alkiphron
Philostratorum et Callistrati opera
Les images ou tableavx de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs et les statues de Callistrate
Philostratus, imagines. Callistratus, descriptions
The life of Apollonius of Tyana
Philostrati maioris Imagines, Ottonis Benndorfii et Caroli Schenkelii consilio et opera adivti recensvervnt Seminariorvm vindobonensivm sodales
Une galerie antique de soixante-quatre tableaux
Philostratus the Elder, the Younger - Imagines Callistratus, Descriptions
Philostratou Hērōika
Flavii Philostrati Heroicus
Ta ton Philostraton leipomena apanta =
Stephani Nigri uiri undecunq eruditissimi Dialogus
Philostratos über Gymnastik
Elizabeth Haldane
Elizabeth Haldane (1862-1937)

philosopher, justice of the peace, biographer, social worker, suffragist

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James Frederick Ferrier
Mrs. Gaskell and her friends
Descartes, his life and times
George Eliot And Her Times a Victorian Study
Scots gardens in old times (1200-1800)
Malaysia's Emerald Crown
The British nurse in peace and war
Philosophical Works
James Frederick Ferrier
Rules for the direction of the mind. Discourse on the method
The Brontës and their biographers
Hegel's Ten Books
Hegel's Lectures On The History Of Philosophy
From one century to another
Discourse on Metaphysics - The Monadology / Discours de Métaphysique - La Monadologie
Lectures On the History of Philosophy; Volume 1
The Wisdom and Religion of a German Philosopher: being selections from the ...
Meditations
The Scotland of our fathers
Hegel's Complete History of Philosophy : All Three Volumes Combined
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
Mary Elizabeth Haldane
James Frederick Ferrier (19th Century British Philosophy)
James Frederick Ferrier
Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus
The life of Descartes
Mrs. Gaskell and her friends
Descartes
James Frederick Ferrier
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, economist, philosopher, engineer, astronomer

  • University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

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The works of Charles Babbage
The economy of machinery and manufactures
Charles Babbage
Passages from the life of a philisopher
Charles Babbage and his calculating engines
Charles Babbage and his calculating engines
The exposition of 1851
Decline of Science in England
Testt
The ninth Bridgewater treatise
Table of the logarithms of the natural numbers, from 1 to 108000
Observations on the temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli near Naples
Thoughts on the principles of taxation, with reference to a property tax, and its exceptions
A comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives
Examples of the solutions of functional equations
The analytical engine and mechanical notation
Ninth Bridgwater Treatise Fragment
Abstract of a paper entitled Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli
Science and reform
Memoirs of the Analytical Society
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 9
Demonstration of a theorem relating to prime numbers
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 3
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 5
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 10
Abstract of a Paper entitled. Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli
The Exposition of 1851; or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government of England
Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations
The history of science and technology
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 1
Geometry and Faith: A Fragmentary Supplement to the Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
Charles Babbage and his calculating engines
Table of the logarithms of the natural numbers
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 2
How to invent machinery
A letter to sir Humphry Davy, Bart. president of the Royal Society, etc. etc. on the application of machinery to the purpose of calculating and printing mathematical tables
Observations on the measurement of heights by the barometer
On the theoretical principles of the machinery for calculating tables
Charles Babbage on the Principles and Development of the Calculator and Other Seminal Writings
On the advantage of a collection of numbers, to be entitled the constants of nature and of art
Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
On machinery for calculating and printing mathematical tables
Babbage's occulting telegraph
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 8
Report of the Committee, appointed by the Council of the Royal Society, to consider the subject refferd to in Mr. Stewart' Letter, relative to Mr. Babbage's Calculating machine, and to report thereupon / [I.T.W. Herschel]
Reflections on the Decline of Science in England
Memoir of the life and labours of Charles Babbage ..
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 11
An examination of some questions connected with games of chance. By Charles Babbage ..
On the Principles and Development of the Calculator and Other Seminal Writings
Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations
Preussens Deutsche Politik und Ihre Gegner
On the application of analysis to the discovery of local theorems and porisms. By Charles Babbage ..
Works of Charles Babbage
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 6
Babbage's Calculating Engines
Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
The Exposition of Eighteen Fifty-One
Tables of logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108,000
The difference engine and table making
Exposition Of 1851
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 4
On the advantage of a collection of numbers, to be entitled the constants of nature and art / by Charles Babbage
A chapter on street nuisances
Mathematical papers
An examination of some questions connected with games of chance
La macchina analitica
Ninth Bridgwater Treatise Fragment
Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. a Fragment
Observations on the analogy which subsists between the calculus of functions and other branches of analysis. By Charles Babbage ..
Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli Near Naples; With an Attempt to Explain the Causes of the Frequent Elevation and Depression of Large ... Prove That Those Causes Continue in Action at
Laws of mechanical notation (for consideration) / [C. Babbage]
Scientific and miscellaneous papers
Account of the repetition of M. Arago's experiments on the magnetism manifested by various substances during the act of rotation. By C. Babbage ... and J. F. W. Herschel ..
The Exposition of 1851
Table of logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108,000
Table of Logarithms of the Natural Numbers
Barometrical observations made at the fall of the Staubbach
Minutes of the Council of the Royal Society relating to the report of the Committee on Mr. Babbage's Calculating machine. February 12, 1829
On currency, on a new system of manufacturing, andon the effet of machinery on human labour
Observations on the discovery in various localities of the remains of human art
Specimen of logarithmic tables printed with different coloured inks on variously coloured papers
Essay on General Principles Which Regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures
A letter to T.P. Courtenay, on the proportionate number of births of the two sexes under different circumstances
Table of the Logarithms of the Natural Numbers
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 7
Scientific and miscellaneous papers II
Thoughts on the principles of taxation
The ninth Bridgewater treatise
Of the constants of nature
A chapter on street nuisances
Charles Babbage on the principles and development of the calculator
Table of logarithms of the natural numbers
The Exposition of 1851
The ninth Bridgewater treatise
On the influence of signs in mathematical reasoning
An analysis of the statistics of the Clearing House during the year 1839
Thoughts on the principles of taxation, with reference to a property tax, and its exceptions
Observations addressed at the last anniversary, to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, after the delivery of the medals
Scientific and miscellaneous papers I.
A comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives
The ninth Bridgewater treatise
The Exposition of 1851, or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government, of England
The Exposition of 1851, or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government, of England