Mary Midgley (1919 – 2018) was Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Newcastle University, UK until she retired in 1980. One of the leading moral philosophers of the 20th century, Midgley wrote extensively on human nature, science, ethics, animals, and the environment. Her books include Beast and Man, Heart and Mind, Animals and Why They Matter, Are You anIllusion? and Wickedness. She published her final work What is Philosophy For? with Bloomsbury.
46 Ebooks de Mary Midgley
Mary Midgley: Wisdom, Information and Wonder
In this book one of Britain’s leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information …
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Mary Midgley: Ethical Primate
In The Ethical Primate, Mary Midgley, ‘one of the sharpest critical pens in the West’ according to the Times Literary Supplement, addresses the fundamental question of human freedom. Scientists and p …
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Mary Midgley: Science as Salvation
What is the role of scientists in society? What should we think when they talk about more than just science? Mary Midgley discusses the high spiritual ambitions which tend to gather around the notion …
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Mary Midgley: Science and Poetry
Crude materialism, reduction of mind to body, extreme individualism. All products of a 17th century scientific inheritance which looks at the parts of our existence at the expense of the whole.Cuttin …
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Mary Midgley: Evolution as a Religion
According to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is ‘the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps th …
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Dr Mary Midgley & Mary Midgley: Wickedness
To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. In Wickedness she sets out to delineate not so much the nat …
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Mary Midgley: Heart and Mind
Throughout our lives we are making moral choices. Some decisions simply direct our everyday comings and goings; others affect our individual destinies. How do we make those choices? Where does our se …
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€12.79
Mary Midgley: Utopias, Dolphins and Computers
Why do the big philosophical questions so often strike us as far-fetched and little to with everyday life? Mary Midgley shows that it need not be that way; she shows that there is a need for philosop …
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Mary Midgley: Beast and Man
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuit …
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€14.11
Mary Midgley: Owl of Minerva
One of the UK’s foremost moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profoun …
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Mary Midgley: Owl of Minerva
One of the UK’s foremost moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profoun …
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Mary Midgley: Heart and Mind
With a new introduction by the author. It is a book of superb spirit and style, more entertaining than a work of philosophy has any right to be.’ – Times Literary Supplement. Throughout our lives we …
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Mary Midgley: Heart and Mind
With a new introduction by the author. It is a book of superb spirit and style, more entertaining than a work of philosophy has any right to be.’ – Times Literary Supplement. Throughout our lives we …
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€16.73
Mary Midgley: Beast and Man
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuit …
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Mary Midgley: Beast and Man
Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuit …
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€21.77
Mary Midgley: Evolution as a Religion
According to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is »the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps t …
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€21.86
Mary Midgley: Evolution as a Religion
According to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is »the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps t …
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€21.91
Dr Mary Midgley & Mary Midgley: Wickedness
Part of the new Routledge Classics series We have sold over 30, 000 copies of Mary’s books to date Mary Midgley’s lucid volume is a classic critique of a much-neglected philosophical problem. Include …
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€103.88
Dr Mary Midgley & Mary Midgley: Wickedness
Part of the new Routledge Classics series We have sold over 30, 000 copies of Mary’s books to date Mary Midgley’s lucid volume is a classic critique of a much-neglected philosophical problem. Include …
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€104.23
Mary Midgley: Science and Poetry
Crude materialism, reduction of mind to body, extreme individualism. All products of a 17th century scientific inheritance which looks at the parts of our existence at the expense of the whole.Cuttin …
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€25.73
Mary Midgley: Science and Poetry
Crude materialism, reduction of mind to body, extreme individualism. All products of a 17th century scientific inheritance which looks at the parts of our existence at the expense of the whole.Cuttin …
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€25.79
Mary Midgley: Utopias, Dolphins and Computers
Why do the big philosophical questions so often strike us as far-fetched and little to with everyday life? Mary Midgley shows that it need not be that way; she shows that there is a need for philosop …
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€48.88
Mary Midgley: Utopias, Dolphins and Computers
Why do the big philosophical questions so often strike us as far-fetched and little to with everyday life? Mary Midgley shows that it need not be that way; she shows that there is a need for philosop …
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€48.94
Mary Midgley: Ethical Primate
In The Ethical Primate, Mary Midgley, ‘one of the sharpest critical pens in the West’ according to the Times Literary Supplement, addresses the fundamental question of human freedom. Scientists and p …
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€47.60
Mary Midgley: Ethical Primate
In The Ethical Primate, Mary Midgley, ‘one of the sharpest critical pens in the West’ according to the Times Literary Supplement, addresses the fundamental question of human freedom. Scientists and p …
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€47.49
Mary Midgley: Science as Salvation
What is the role of scientists in society? What should we think when they talk about more than just science? Mary Midgley discusses the high spiritual ambitions which tend to gather around the notion …
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€37.45
Mary Midgley: Science as Salvation
What is the role of scientists in society? What should we think when they talk about more than just science? Mary Midgley discusses the high spiritual ambitions which tend to gather around the notion …
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€37.29
Mary Midgley: Wisdom, Information and Wonder
In this book one of Britain»s leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information …
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€48.97
Mary Midgley: Wisdom, Information and Wonder
In this book one of Britain»s leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information …
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€49.01
Mary Midgley: The Myths We Live By
With a new Introduction by the author »An elegant and sane little book. – The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the …
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€21.91
Mary Midgley: The Myths We Live By
With a new Introduction by the author »An elegant and sane little book. – The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the …
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€21.87
Mary Midgley: The Solitary Self
Renowned philosopher Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. Midgley argues cogently and convincingly that sim …
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Mary Midgley: The Solitary Self
Renowned philosopher Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. Midgley argues cogently and convincingly that sim …
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€49.01
Mary Midgley: Earthy Realism
GAIA, named after the ancient Greek mother-goddess, is the notion that the Earth and the life on it form an active, self-maintaining whole. By its use of personification it attacks the view that the …
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Mary Midgley: Earthy Realism
GAIA, named after the ancient Greek mother-goddess, is the notion that the Earth and the life on it form an active, self-maintaining whole. By its use of personification it attacks the view that the …
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Mary Midgley: What Is Philosophy for?
Why should anybody take an interest in philosophy? Is it just another detailed study like metallurgy? Or is it similar to history, literature and even religion: a study meant to do some personal good …
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€25.47
Mary Midgley: Can»t We Make Moral Judgements?
How many times do we hear the statement »It»s not for me to judge»? It conveys one of the most popular ideas of our time: that to make judgements of others is essentially wrong. In this classic te …
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€20.73
Mary Midgley: A presença dos mitos em nossas vidas
Segundo Mary Midgley, ‘O tema deste livro é a importância crucial do simbolismo em nosso pensamento e a consequente necessidade de levarmos a sério nossa vida imaginativa, mesmo quando estamos lidand …
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Mary Midgley: Are You an Illusion?
In an impassioned defence of the importance of our own thoughts, feelings and experiences, the renowned philosopher Mary Midgley shows that there’s much more to our selves than a jumble of brain cell …
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Mary Midgley: Are You an Illusion?
In an impassioned defence of the importance of our own thoughts, feelings and experiences, the renowned philosopher Mary Midgley shows that there’s much more to our selves than a jumble of brain cell …
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€21.81
Iris Murdoch: Sovereignty of Good
Iris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has …
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Iris Murdoch: Sovereignty of Good
Iris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has …
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Mary Midgley: What Is Philosophy for?
Why should anybody take an interest in philosophy? Is it just another detailed study like metallurgy? Or is it similar to history, literature and even religion: a study meant to do some personal good …
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€25.47
Mary Midgley: Can»t We Make Moral Judgements?
How many times do we hear the statement »It»s not for me to judge»? It conveys one of the most popular ideas of our time: that to make judgements of others is essentially wrong. In this classic te …
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€20.87
Dr Mary Midgley & Mary Midgley: Wickedness
To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. Midgley’s analysis proves that the capacity for real wicked …
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€120.96
Dr Mary Midgley & Mary Midgley: Wickedness
To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. Midgley’s analysis proves that the capacity for real wicked …
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€120.34
