Philosophy
Philosophy from Greece and Rome to medieval and modern thought.
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Authority, Innovation and Early Modern Epistemology: Essays in Honour of Hilary Gatti [Hardback]
Martin McLaughlin (Editor); Elisabetta Tarantino (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781907975752
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), who died at the stake, is one of the best-known symbols of anti-establishment thought. The theme of this volume, which is offered as a collection of essays to honour the distinguished Bruno scholar Hilary Gatti, reflect... .... Learn More -
Method and Variation: Narrative in Early Modern French Thought [Hardback]
Emma Gilby (Editor); Paul White (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781907975363
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
French philosophical and scientific writers of the early modern period made various use of forms of narrative — language that aims to tell a story — in their texts. Equally, authors of fiction often sought to appropria... .... Learn More -
Symbol and Intuition: Comparative Studies in Kantian and Romantic-Period Aesthetics [Hardback]
Helmut Huhn (Editor); James Vigus (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781907625046
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
That a symbolic object or work of art participates in what it signifies, as a part within a whole, was a controversial claim discussed with particular intensity in the wake of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Judgment. It informe... .... Learn More -
Rousseau's Elysium. Ermenonville Revisited [Paperback]
Gerard J. Van den Broek (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9789088900907
Published by : Sidestone Press
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is generally seen as one of the most important figures whose ideas had a great influence on the French Revolution (1789). Many immediately associate him with the concept of "the noble savage." However, just as ... .... Learn More -
The Construction of Value in the Ancient World [Hardback]
John K. Papadopoulos (Editor); Gary Urton (Editor)
£58.00ISBN: 9781931745901
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Scholars from Aristotle to Marx and beyond have been fascinated by the question of what constitutes value. John K. Papadopoulos and Gary Urton's The Construction of Value in the Ancient World makes a significant contribution to this ongoing... .... Learn More -
Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for the Perplexed [Hardback]
William O. Stephens (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781441125613
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
A concise introduction to the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. William O. Stephens lucidly sketches Marcus Aurelius' upbringing, family relations, rise to the throne, military campaigns, and legacy, situating his philosophy amidst his life and ti... .... Learn More -
Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for the Perplexed [Paperback]
William O. Stephens (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781441108104
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
A concise introduction to the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. William O. Stephens lucidly sketches Marcus Aurelius' upbringing, family relations, rise to the throne, military campaigns, and legacy, situating his philosophy amidst his life and ti... .... Learn More -
The Theory and Practice of Life: Isocrates and the Philosophers [Paperback]
Tarik Wareh (Author)
£18.95ISBN: 9780674067134
Published by : Harvard University Press
This book is a study of the literary culture within which the works, schools, and careers of Plato, Aristotle, and contemporary Greek intellectuals took shape. It argues that Isocrates' contemporary theory of training and self-for... .... Learn More -
Averroes: On the harmony of religion and philosophy [Paperback]
George F. Hourani (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9780718902223
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
In this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrary, makes it a duty for a certain class of people, those with the... .... Learn More -
Averroes: On the harmony of religion and philosophy [eBook (epub)]
George F. Hourani (Author)
£6.00ISBN: 9780906094839
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: EJW GIBB MEMORIAL SERIES (NEW)
Volume: 21
In this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrary, makes it a duty for a certain class of people, those with the... .... Learn More