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• Rok vydání 1955

Fallacies, contraries, consistencies. Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus…

\nVolume I of the Loeb Hippocrates presents an exemplary selection of works by or attributed to the \"Father of Medicine\"…

Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of…

In Memorabilia and in Oeconomicus, a dialogue about household management, we see the philosopher Socrates through the eyes…

• Rok vydání 1989

We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 43 BCE), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman.…

A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent means of altering ordinary waking consciousness, this book…

The fox knows many things, the Greeks said, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. In this title, the author argues that…

Any sound practical philosophy must be clear on practical concepts - concepts, in particular, of life, action, and practice.…

The world of letters has always seemed a matter more of metaphor than of global reality. Rejecting facile talk of…

\nIt is tempting to believe that dehumanization is an excess of rhetoric-that no one thinks his foe is truly monstrous.…

Is introspection the best path to self-knowledge? What are we trying to discover? In a tour of the unconscious, as…

Traces the black freedom struggle in all its diversity, from the first years of freedom during the Civil War to President…

Neoliberalism was born at the Colloque Walter Lippmann in 1938 and only came into its own with the founding of the Mont…

From the 17th to the early 20th century, the population of Martha's Vineyard manifested an extremely high rate of hereditary…

Taking up three urgent problems of social justice neglected by various theories and thus harder to tackle in practical terms…

Jerome Bruner shows that the basic concepts of science and the humanities can be grasped intuitively at a very early age.…

Nearly all the works Aristotle (384 322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are…

The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works…

Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106 43 BCE), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than…

Unlike his predecessors, Epictetus (c. 50 120 CE), who grew up as a slave, taught Stoicism not for the select few but for…

Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 10643 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other…

Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106 43 BCE), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than…

Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 10643 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other…

A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider…

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• Rok vydání 2004

The poetry of Horace (born 65 bc) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural…

Works in this volume recount the circumstances of Socrates' trial and execution in 399 BC. Euthyphro attempts to define…

Aristophanes has long been admired for his brilliant satire of the social, intellectual, and political life of Athens at its…

In his new Preface E.O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write…

Unlike his predecessors, Epictetus (c. 50 120 CE), who grew up as a slave, taught Stoicism not for the select few but for…

\nThe United States is the global leader in higher education, but this was not always the case and may not remain so.…

A landmark reinterpretation of the civil rights movement that challenges reductive heroic narratives of the 1950s and 1960s…

• Rok vydání 1996

Groundbreaking argument against pornography by the world authority on the subject. Kniha 9780674639348 Only Words |…

Transcendentalism went underground for a stretch, but is back in full force in Brandom’s new book. An emphasis on our…

Reframes philosophical debates and explores the moral permissibility of an action. This book presents an analysis that leads…

In a tour of Western culture that is at once exhilarating and alarming, Nelson shows us the distorted forms in which the…

\nBonnie Honig invigorates debate over the politics of refusal by insisting that withdrawal from unjust political systems be…

• Rok vydání 1989

Aristotle's Politics is a key document in Western political thought. In these first two books Aristotle shows his complete…

Nearly all the works Aristotle (384 322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are…

We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 43 BCE), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman.…

In The Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek…

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A new edition of The Orator's Education.…

Works such as those of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus, who flourished c. 45 BCE, and Rutilius Namatianus, who gave a…

A translation of De Civitate Dei.…

\nAëtius’ Placita (ca. AD 100) is a reconstructed compendium summarizing the principal doctrines and opinions of the…

Seneca the Elder (?55 BCE 40 CE) collected ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least…

Nearly all the works Aristotle (384 322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are…

Nearly all the works Aristotle (384 322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are…

Aristophanes (c. 450-c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The…