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Did you know that unlike other societies, the Roman Empire acknowledged women for their strength and importance in society? In this book, we'll learn about how differently Roman society treated wome……続きを見る

If you open this book, you will discover how living in the Ancient Roman times and today are worlds apart. Everything is very different, including the way people dress, talk and even entertain thems……続きを見る

What is the Golden Age of Roman Literature? What events took place during the era and who were the main contributors noted? There’s a lot to learn about the Roman literature and we’re going to tackl……続きを見る

In 'Platons Apologie des Sokrates & Xenophon's Erinnerungen an Sokrates' werden zwei wichtige Werke zusammengeführt, die das Leben und die Philosophie des berühmten griechischen Philosophen Sokrates……続きを見る

Despite being hundreds of years ago, the events in Ancient Greece have set to motion different beliefs, values and practices that societies today still take advantage of. Appreciation of the past wi……続きを見る

In der Anthologie 'Staatstheorien bekannter Philosophen' wird eine sorgfältige Auswahl bedeutender Texte von Platon bis Niccolò Machiavelli präsentiert, die sich mit der Konzeption und Analyse von S……続きを見る

Le décryptage de la deuxième centurie écrite par Nostradamus représente la confirmation de la première centurie, mais elle en sera également son complément. Le secret d'écriture de Nostradamus était……続きを見る

The conversation of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost, that most obvious of Milton's additions to the Biblical narrative, enacts the pair's inquiry into and discovery of the gift of their rational natur……続きを見る

Ancient Greece was home to philosophers, mathematicians and other great minds who shaped civilization. You're going to meet 25 of them in the pages of this ancient history book for kids. It is hoped……続きを見る

The Roman Empire has seen all sorts of leaders - from brilliant to controversial. Knowing these leaders will help you understand the living situations during the time of their reign. The purpose of ……続きを見る

Maybe you've heard about Pompeii - that unfortunate city now buried in ashes. Perhaps when you hear the word today, you would immediately think about the horrors residents went through when Mount Ve……続きを見る

How can we achieve total personal freedom when we have so many obligations and so many demands on our time? Is personal freedom even possible? "Yes, it is possible," said the Stoics and gave us a bl……続きを見る

In this book, eminent theologian Keith Ward takes a fresh look at the ancient philosophy of Idealism, connects it with findings in modern science, and shows that a combination of good science, good ……続きを見る

Recent work on the Platonic notion of the Guardian has focused on the female Guardian, or “Philosopher Queen,” but mainly insofar as the idea is problematic. Okin, Saxonhouse, and others have tried ……続きを見る

In The Stoic Philosophers, Diogenes Laërtius details the lives and philosophical opinions of the first Greek Stoic philosophers: Zeno of Citium, Ariston of Chios, Herillus of Carthage, Dionysius the……続きを見る

Springs of Western Civilization is a comparative exploration of the Hebraic and classical traditions that form our heritage. In examining these traditions before they united, James Arieti locates th……続きを見る

Agonistes comprises a collection of essays presented by his friends and colleagues to Denis O'Brien, former Directeur de recherché at the Centre Nationale de Recherché Scientifique, representing the……続きを見る

Volume 13 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle. Volume 9 featured Demetrius of Phalerum, Volume 10, Dicaearchus of Messana, Volume 11, Eudemus of Rhodes, and V……続きを見る

A man of unusually complex character, Julian the Apostate was a military commander, philosopher, social reformer and man of letters. He was the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire and it wa……続きを見る

Eva Brann, who has taught at St. John’s College, Annapolis, for sixty years, wrote these essays largely as clarifying incitements to students who were reading, or ought to have been reading, the wor……続きを見る

In this issue of the Digest, we explore politics, human relationships, and our responsibilities as mystics and Citizens of the World from a Cosmic perspective. 続きを見る

This book offers readers a uniquely detailed engagement with the ideas of legendary French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. The Freudian Thing is one of Lacan’s most important texts, wherein he explains……続きを見る

This book demonstrates that we need not choose between seeing so-called Presocratic thinkers as rational philosophers or as religious sages. In particular, it rethinks fundamentally the emergence of……続きを見る

This volume features a unique epitome (original summation) of Aristotelian practical philosophy. It is often attributed to Arius Didymus who composed a survey of Peripatetic thought on three closely……続きを見る

Volume 16 of Transaction's acclaimed Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities series, continues the work of Project Theophrastus on the School of Aristotle. The subject of this volume is S……続きを見る

Em duas passagens conhecidas (Po.1451a36-b11 e 1459a17-32) Aristóteles rejeita a possibilidade de fazer ciência da história. A história entendida como pesquisa em eventos humanos é considerada um es……続きを見る

The word ‘rationality’ and its cognates, like ‘reason’, have multiple contexts and connotations. Rational calculation can be contrasted with rational interpretation. There is the rationality of proo……続きを見る

Returning to the Greek understanding of art to rethink its capacities, Creation and the Function of Art focuses on the relationship between techné and phusis (nature). Moving away from the theoretic……続きを見る

The ancient origins of teleological concepts are sometimes either conveniently forgotten or given a distorted appearance. On the one hand, ancient teleology has been obscured by the theological cloa……続きを見る

Julia Annas presents a study of Plato's account of the relation of virtue to law: how it developed from the Republic to the Laws, and how his ideas were taken up by Cicero and by Philo of Alexandria……続きを見る