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Aristotle lived more than 2,000 years ago but his writings in “Nicomachean Ethics” help the modern world deal with timeless questions: What makes a person happy? What is the true limit to the number……続きを見る

This new edition introduces the core elements of ancient Greek and Roman narratives about immortal gods and heroic humans. It explains how myths once shaped ancient ways of thinking, and how they ha……続きを見る

Tracing practical reason from its origins to its modern and contemporary permutations The Greek discovery of practical reason, as the skilled performance of strategic thinking in public and private ……続きを見る

When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions are of supreme importance today as the United States seeks to promote its democratic values abroad. ……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!”ーMargaret Atwood, author of The……続きを見る

A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE. From the founding of the Olympics and Rome's celebratory games, sport permeated the cultural life of Greco-Roman antiqui……続きを見る

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and buildings to furniture and fashion. Many of our current attitudes to the w……続きを見る

Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and student of Plato who stunningly changed the course of Western philosophy. He has gone down in history as one of the greatest philosophers of all t……続きを見る

From the arrival of the first men in Greece to the fall of the Mycenaean palace-town in the thirteenth century B.C., this work captures the essential qualities of each period of pre-classical civili……続きを見る

Un livre plein de bruit et de fureur qui retrace les quarante années de luttes sanglantes qui ont déchiré le monde grec et l'ont vu perdre sa liberté au milieu du IV e siècle avant notre ère. Au IVe……続きを見る

En este libro proponemos un viaje al mundo de los fantasmas, magos y brujas de Grecia y Roma. El lector, acostumbrado quizá a la racionalidad de los griegos y al sentido práctico de los romanos, se ……続きを見る

Περιγραφή εκδότη Το βιβλίο πραγματεύεται, μέσω ευαίσθητων αρχειακών συλλογών, την εθνική πολιτική της Αλβανίας (1925-1945) αφορούσα τον βορειοηπειρωτικό ελληνισμό και εδράζεται στις προσπάθειες μετα……続きを見る

«Canta, oh, musa…», comienza a recitar el aeda, e inmediatamente volamos a la Grecia de la antigüedad. Allí, donde la leyenda, el mito y la historia se difuminan, Homero nos recibe en la llanura. He……続きを見る

In Opining Beauty Itself, Naomi Reshotko examines Plato's discussions of epistemological states that fall short of knowledge. Wary that interpretations of Plato's epistemology often omit a detailed ……続きを見る

This edition includes: Historical and Biographical Works Anabasis Cyropaedia Hellenica Agesilaus Polity of the Lacedaemonians Defenses of Socrates and Other Socratic Dialogues Memorabilia Apology Th……続きを見る

J. B. Bury's History of Ancient Greece has been one of the most influential authorities on the Ancient Greece for over one century. This book presents the complete political history of Ancient Greec……続きを見る

The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem comprised of over 250 myths. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-his……続きを見る

Sharp Ink presents to you this meticulously edited collection of Xenophon's historical works Content: Anabasis Cyropaedia Hellenica Agesilaus Polity of the Lacedaemonians Polity of the Athenians Ana……続きを見る

Avant le plan Schuman du 9 mai 1950 et l’unité européenne, Jean Monnet a été confronté aux relations économiques internationales. Pendant la Première Guerre, il invente les mécanismes du commerce et……続きを見る

L’humaniste et juriste milanais André Alciat (1492-1550) est connu pour être le créateur de ce qui deviendra, au cours du XVIe siècle, le genre de l’emblème, caractérisé par sa structure tripartite ……続きを見る

Construction de l'image de rituel – Ambiances rituelles – Iconographie d'objets rituels –Images rituelles dans le sanctuaire – Contextes et portée des images rituelles –Interprétation des images rit……続きを見る

Die zeitgeschichtliche Studie widmet sich dem Anspruch der Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche, der größten religiösen Institution Russlands, nicht nur im Inland, sondern auch außerhalb ihres Pastoralgebie……続きを見る

Das historische Preußenland zeichnete sich seit dem Mittelalter durch Konflikte, Koexistenz und Verflechtung von Sprachen, Kulturen, Konfessionen und Traditionen aus. Vor diesem Hintergrund bildeten……続きを見る

Penseur « européen » par ses expériences personnelles et ses attaches familiales, Edgar Quinet a élaboré une approche profondément originale des variantes nationales de formation des États-nations e……続きを見る

Este libro analiza las relaciones históricas y políticas entre Europa y América, y el proceso de integración europea desde el punto de vista de las relaciones transatlánticas de la UE con un enfoque……続きを見る

This book analyzes the history of the black market in Poland before the 1940s and the development of black-market phenomena in post-war Poland. The author evaluates the interrelation between black-m……続きを見る

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the German artist Gunter Demnig has been installing his Stolpersteine [Stumbling Stones] all over Europe – including Russia – to commemorate the victims of National……続きを見る

Profound cultural change defined the Byzantine world. For centuries after its embrace of Christianity, exchanges of ideas, objects, peoples and identities continued to flow across an empire that fou……続きを見る

Rooted in Transnational American Studies, this collection explores German-American encounters in Bavaria since 1945. Spanning a trajectory from the end of World War II to the contemporary American p……続きを見る

The book presents an important and well known but so far not described episode in the history of banned books in the communist Poland – the activity of the so-called Tatra climbers. They were studen……続きを見る