M.E.S - Ancient 1

For the poet and scholar Kathleen Raine, ancient texts were not obsolete, but vital handbooks for reading reality**.** Drawing on Graeco-Roman philosophy alongside modernist receptions of the ancien……続きを見る

What if the reality you see is nothing more than shadows on a wall? Plato's Allegory of the Cave remains one of the most powerful and enduring metaphors for human ignorance, perception, and the tran……続きを見る

Sokrates, der berühmte Philosoph des antiken Griechenlands, fasziniert und polarisiert seit mehr als zweitausend Jahren. Doch wer war dieser Mann wirklich? War er der weise Lehrer und unermüdliche W……続きを見る

What if the reality you see is nothing more than shadows on a wall? Plato's Allegory of the Cave remains one of the most powerful and enduring metaphors for human ignorance, perception, and the tran……続きを見る

Revisados y actualizados, disponen de un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa. Frankenstein; o El Moderno Prometeo por Mary Shelley ……続きを見る

To be human is to strive to be better, and we cannot be better without knowing what is best. In ancient Greek philosophy and the Bible, what is best is god. Plato and Aristotle argue that the goal o……続きを見る

This book addresses the issue of natural simultaneity of relatives, discussed by Aristotle in Categories 7, 7b15– 8a12. Natural simultaneity is a form of symmetrical ontological dependence that hold……続きを見る

Big ideas sometimes come from the strangest places. In this wide ranging introduction, James M Russell takes the fear out of philosophy and selects seventy-six works - from Plato, Descartes and Witt……続きを見る

Aristotle is a rarity in the history of philosophy and science - he is a towering figure in the history of both disciplines. Moreover, he devoted a great deal of philosophical attention to the natur……続きを見る

Many philosophers in the ancient world shared a unitary vision of philosophy – meaning 'love of wisdom' – not just as a theoretical discipline, but as a way of life. Specifically, for the late Neopl……続きを見る

Asclepio (Tres Diálogos) es una obra atribuida a Hermes Trismegisto que presenta una serie de diálogos entre el dios egipcio Asclepio y su discípulo, el mismo Hermes. Estos diálogos exploran una amp……続きを見る

El Corpus Hermeticum, atribuido a Hermes Trismegisto, es una colección de escritos herméticos que abarcan una amplia gama de temas espirituales, filosóficos y cosmogónicos. Estos textos, que se remo……続きを見る

La Tabla Esmeralda es un texto corto y enigmático atribuido a Hermes Trismegisto, una figura mítica asociada con la sabiduría esotérica y la alquimia. En este tratado, se revela la esencia misma de ……続きを見る

Contrasts classical Greek ontology ("the science of being in itself") with Confucian "zoetology" ("the art of living"). In Living Chinese Philosophy, Roger T. Ames uses comparative cultural hermeneu……続きを見る

Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction-an intellectual history of the ancient world from the eighth century B.C.E. to the fifth century C.E., from Homer to Boethius-describes and evaluates……続きを見る

This seminal work provides a revelatory reframing of the history of philosophy, with significant cultural implications. In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the “Gree……続きを見る

In 'Fundamental Philosophy,' Jaime Luciano Balmes presents a rigorous exploration of epistemology and metaphysics, articulating the intricate relationships between faith, reason, and existence. Writ……続きを見る

This book argues that Western philosophy's traditional understanding of Being as substance is incorrect, and demonstrates that Being is fundamentally Relationality. To make that argument, the book e……続きを見る

"Resilience Unleashed: The Persian Wars' Impact" is a captivating journey into the world of ancient Greece and the transformative influence of the Persian Wars on Western civilization. In this thoug……続きを見る

This fresh, comprehensive study of ancient Greek atheism aims to dismantle the current consensus that atheism was ‘unthinkable’ in ancient Greece, demonstrating instead that atheism was not only thi……続きを見る

Laozi is traditionally regarded as the author of the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching), though the identity of its author(s) and/or compiler(s) has been debated throughout history. It is one of the most sign……続きを見る

The most widely read military classic in human history, newly translated and revised in accordance with newly discovered materials of unprecedented historical significance. Fluid, crisp and rigorous……続きを見る

"The golden tractate" (Aureus) by Hermes Trismegistus is a classic text of Hermetic and ancient Philosophy about natural and divine magic; it will strongly influence the later Alchemic literature. 続きを見る

Aristotle's "Physics" remains one of the most influential works in all of Western Philosophy. For more than a thousand years it had stood as a pillar to all philosophical and scientific thought. In ……続きを見る

Lucius Annaeus Seneca is widely regarded as one of the most influential and inspirational moral writers within the Stoic tradition, or what many regard as the noble philosophy of pre-Christian Rome.……続きを見る

"The Divine Pymander" by Hermes Trismegistus is a text, presented as dialogues between the master (Hermes) and his disciples. It is a tractate practical in nature about the purification of……続きを見る

In Plato’s Laws is the earliest surviving fully developed cosmological argument. His influence on the philosophy of religion is wide ranging and this book examines both that and the influence of rel……続きを見る

A vibrant new translation of Seneca’s “On the Shortness of Life,” a pointed reminder to make the most of our time Who doesn’t worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us o……続きを見る

This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it is as vibrant and relevant today as it was 2,500 y……続きを見る

This book provides a study of regret (metameleia) in the moral psychology of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics. It was important for all these philosophers to insist that regret is a characteristic o……続きを見る