Philosophy

ISBN: 9780521841801
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This learned study is a comprehensive inquiry into the history and development of aesthetic thought in antiquity, ranging from archaic times to the post-classical period. Porter argues that Greek aesthetics originated in an attention to the sen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521547925
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This compendium of extracts from the philosophical works of Greek and Roman authors dating from the late fifth century BC to the sixth century AD assembles key passages that comment on major aesthetic issues. Views on structure and style in li... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781906540722
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
"What is the pervasive character of the world? The answer is force." But, as Heidegger asks next: "What is force?" Connors sets out to answer this question, tracing a genealogy of the idea of force through the writings of Nietzsche, Heidegger, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503527536
Published by : Brepols
Series: CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES
Volume: 8
For a variety of reasons we are witnessing a great surge of interest in Islamic civilization, especially the place of the rational sciences within Islamic civilization. Scholarship on the early phases of science and philosophy in Islam (up to the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781405115216
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
This Companion is organised on three principles. First the contributions are devoted to topics in Platonic philosophy, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmology. This allows readers to see how a position advocated in one o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781405191111
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
This Companion is organised on three principles. First the contributions are devoted to topics in Platonic philosophy, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmology. This allows readers to see how a position advocated in one o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415165761
Published by : Routledge Ltd
A concise introduction to Aristotle's famous, influential, but in parts difficult and dense work. Robert's introduction provides the historical (and political) background to the Politics, and elucidates and explores its key themes - the polis, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521455954
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully selected case-studies, Professor Cartledge investigates the dynamic interactio... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781844651306
Published by : Acumen Publishing
Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provi... .... Learn More