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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 109 EAN: 9780199544936 Edition: Revised ISBN: 019954493X Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 492 Publication Date: August 15, 2008 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items:
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 Rating: - Collingwood's Best--All Philosophers Should Read ThisCollingwood is one of the best philosophers in the tradition of the German Idealists--indeed, reading his work will do more to help you to understand Hegel than reading almost anything else will. Aside from being a great philosopher, he is also an extremely clear writer, and he is able, in simple prose, to demonstrate how dialectical ideas have direct and obvious bearing on everyday life. This book should be the basic "organon" for modern philosophers, but it is, sadly, rarely read. Reading this ... Read More 
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