The Philosophy of Wine : A Case of Truth, Beauty and Intoxication [First Edition] 9781317491842, 9781844652501

Does this Bonnes-Mares really have notes of chocolate, truffle, violets, and merde de cheval? Can wines really be femini

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The Philosophy of Wine : A Case of Truth, Beauty and Intoxication [First Edition]
9781317491842, 9781844652501

Questions like these have entertained anyone who has ever puzzled over the tasting notes of a wine "expert." S

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An engaging discussion on the philosophical significance of wine. Can a wine really be feminine, profound, or pretenti

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The basic theories of physics have remained largely unchanged for nearly a century, contrary to the bombastic assertions

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1939, 1968, Benziger Brothers Publishers, "Without a doubt, the best treatment of the philosophy of Communism in an

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A part of the “return to religion” now evident in European philosophy, this book represents the culmination of the caree

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This book examines the desire for, and intoxication with, destruction as it appears in cultural objects and representati

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First published in 2002. This is Volume XV of seventeen in the Library of Philosophy series on Metaphysics. Written in 1

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A dazzling reconsideration of the original languages and texts of the Bible, in both the Old and the New Testaments, fro

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