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.…

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

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Envy, irritation, paranoia - in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, these non-cathartic states of…

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Taking up three urgent problems of social justice-those with physical and mental disabilities, all citizens of the world,…

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

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Joseph LeDoux argues that ideas like the self are increasingly barriers to discovery and understanding. He offers a new…

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

Theophrastus of Eresus in Lesbos, born about 370 BCE, is the author of the most important botanical works that have survived…

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

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

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Works in this volume explore the relationship between two people known as love (eros) or friendship (philia). In Lysis,…

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The two extant poems of Hesiod (eighth or seventh century BC) are Theogony, in which he charts the history of the divine…

In Fishing, Oppian of Cilicia, who flourished in the latter half of the second century CE, discusses fish and gives angling…

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

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Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or…

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"Intention" is one of the masterworks of twentieth-century philosophy in English. First published in 1957, it has acquired…

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

A guide to academic writing. Suitable for scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to…

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In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the…

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

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

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This is the tenth volume in the Loeb Classical Library's ongoing edition of Hippocrates' invaluable texts, which provide…

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

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Sophocles (497/6406 BCE), with Aeschylus and Euripides, was one of the three great tragic poets of Athens, and is considered…

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

The Rhetorica ad Herrenium was traditionally attributed to Cicero (106 43 BCE), and reflects, as does Cicero s De…

The importance of Isocrates for the study of Greek civilisation of the fourth century BCE is indisputable. From 403 to 393…

In his Life of Apollonius, Philostratus (second to third century CE) portrays a first-century CE teacher, religious…

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

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

An economist challenges an emerging orthodoxy: the idea that the best way to alleviate poverty is simply to give people…

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…

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\nTA-U-RO-QO-RO takes up problems of script and language representation and textual interpretation, ranging from the use of…

\nRenowned philosopher of science David Z Albert offers an innovative approach to understanding the fundamental physical…

Patricia Williams is a lawyer and a professor of commercial law, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white…

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

\nSchooling has become less about learning and more about the scramble for good grades, high test scores, and spotless…

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Though attributed to Hesiod (eighth or seventh century BC) in antiquity, the Catalogue of Women, a presentation of legendary…

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The Satyrica (Satyricon liber), a comic-picaresque fiction in prose and verse traditionally attributed to the Neronian…

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This text identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as…

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The "Library" provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear…

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

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

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Conflict is inevitable, in both deals and disputes. Yet when clients call in the lawyers to haggle over who gets how much of…