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Hadot shows how the schools, trends, and ideas of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy strove to transform the individual's…

Plotinus (204/5 270 CE) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple…

In this book, Casanova shows us the state of world literature behind the stylistic refinements-a world of letters relatively…

In Thompson's view, failure to comprehend structures of thought and judgment expressed in the practical concepts of life,…

• Rok vydání 1938

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

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Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words Phusis kruptesthai…

In Thinking with Whitehead, Isabelle Stengers one of today s leading philosophers of science goes straight to the beating…

This book offers an insider's look at the political and cultural dimensions of design, development, and production, and…

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A new edition of The Orator's Education.…

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

Libanius (314 393 CE), who was one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about…

This text contains, in two volumes, a new edition and translation of the four books of victory odes, along with surviving…

In On the Characteristics of Animals, Aelian (c. 170 after 230 CE) collects facts and fables about the animal kingdom and…

This eleventh and final volume in the Loeb Classical Library's complete edition of Hippocrates' invaluable texts contains…

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

"Know thyself," a precept as old as Socrates, is still good advice. But is introspection the best path to self-knowledge?…

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

Income inequality, displaced and imprisoned populations, destruction of land and water: today's dislocations cannot be…

The shift in Southern political allegiance from Democratic to Republican has been explained, by scholars and journalists, as…

The presidents and admission deans of leading colleges and universities remind readers that college choice and admission are…

This book could be called "The Intelligent Person's Guide to Economics." The title expresses Duncan Foley's belief that…

Particle physicists constitute a community of sophisticated mythmakers-explicators of the nature of matter who forever alter…

John W. O'Malley works out a remarkable guide to the intellectual and historical developments behind the concepts of…

\nM. Porcius Cato (234-149 BC) remains legendary for his political and military career, his integrity and austere morality,…

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…

\nM. Porcius Cato (234-149 BC) remains legendary for his political and military career, his integrity and austere morality,…

Of more than seventy works by Varro (116 27 BCE) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his On the Latin…

Dealing with climate change means accepting tough tradeoffs: giving up certain energy sources, products, and conveniences,…

• Rok vydání 2001

Cicero was a prodigious letter writer, and many of his letters have survived. Published in three volumes, Letters to Friends…

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

One of Us views conjoined twinning and other "abnormalities" from the point of view of people living with such anatomies,…

Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it.…

This book takes us into a Costa Rican forest teeming with simian drama, where since 1990 primatologists Perry and Manson…

Solove offers a comprehensive overview of the difficulties involved in discussions of privacy and ultimately provides a…

Helps to discover how the turtle's proverbial slowness helps it survive a long, cold winter under ice. In this title, the…

More than a physical space, a hypercity is a real city overlaid with information networks that document the past, catalyze…

Here, 16 scholars from Europe and the USA offer essays on topics such as the "Child ballads" in their British and American…

Chandler argues that only with consistent attention to research and development and an emphasis on long-term corporate…

\nThe Major Declamations, attributed to Quintilian in antiquity, exemplify the final stage of Greco-Roman rhetorical…

Greek papyri relating to private and public business in Egypt from before 300 BCE to the eighth century CE inform us about…

Of more than seventy works by Varro (116 27 BCE) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his On the Latin…

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

This is a collection of notable deeds and sayings which Valerius Maximus compiled during the reign of Tiberius. The…

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

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

This is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspire the rise of black…