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Martin Heidegger is one of the twentieth century's most influential, controversial and challenging philosophers.

Deleuze and the Diagram charts Deleuze's corpus according to aesthetic concepts such as the map, the sketch and the drawing to bring out a comprehensive concept of the diagram.

From Ricoeur to Action engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict.

Is it merely an accident of English etymology that 'imagination' is cognate with 'image'?

Presented as a series of conversations, Evolution and Conversion is a thorough discussion of the major tenets of Girard's thought.

Locke: A Guide for the Perplexed is a clear account of Locke's philosophy, his major works and ideas.

A philosophical inquiry into the strengths and weaknesses of theism and naturalism in accounting for the emergence of consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values.

Presented as a series of conversations, Evolution and Conversion is a thorough discussion of the major tenets of Girard's thought.

The first book to explore the importance of alchemy and its links to the occult in the period between 1320 and 1400.

John Locke (1632-1704), one of the great philosophers, is probably best known for his contributions to political thought.

Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging.

René Descartes is arguably the most important seventeenth-century thinker and the father of modern philosophy.

The concept of spontaneity is central to Kant's philosophy, yet Kant himself never dealt with it explicitly.

The Gadamer Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Hans-Georg Gadamer.

The first book to explore the importance of alchemy and its links to the occult in the period between 1320 and 1400.

Gottfried Leibniz has been one of the most important and influential philosophers of the seventeenth century and, alongside Descartes and Spinoza, one of three great early modern Rationalist thinkers.

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is widely held to be one of the most important thinkers in the history of philosophy.

This book explores the phenomenon of Saturnism, namely the belief that the planet Saturn, the seventh known planet in ancient astrology, was appointed upon the Jews, who celebrated the Sabbath, the seventh day of the Jewish week.

Beginning in China in the search for the secret of immortality, and appearing independently in Egypt as an attempt to produce gold through the arts of smelting and alloying metals, alchemy received a great boost in Europe from studies by Islamic and Jewish alchemists.

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Derrida's work is controversial, its interpretation hotly contested.

In this path-breaking study Christopher Norris proposes a transformed understanding of the much-exaggerated differences between analytic and continental philosophy.

From Ricoeur to Action engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict.

The Hegel Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of G.

Jean Jacques Rousseau is one of the most important and influential thinkers of the Enlightenment period and, indeed, of the whole history of philosophy.

Through exploring the battle of ideas set in motion in August 1914, First World War: Still No End In Sight provides a framework for understanding the changing focus of political conflict from ideology to culture.

In a late interview, Foucault, suggested that Heidegger was for him the "essential philosopher.

Our era is profoundly marked by the phenomenon of exile and it is has become increasingly urgent to rethink the concept of exile and our stance towards it.