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Volume 12 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle. It focuses on two Peripatetic philosophers who lived in the third century BCE, when Stoicism and Epicureanism f……続きを見る

Aristotle was the first theorist of theatre – so his "Poetics" is the origin and basis of all subsequent theatre criticism. Aristotle’s "Poetics", though short, has been widely influential outside p……続きを見る

Aristotle's "Categories" is a book about how to categorise things in the world and a singularly important work of philosophy. It not only presents the backbone of Aristotle's own philosophical theor……続きを見る

Um dos textos filosóficos mais lidos de todos os tempos,este clássico de Platão – extraído de sua obra A República – que narra um diálogo entre o irmão de Platão, Gláucon, e Sócrates, seu mentor, é ……続きを見る

One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along with……続きを見る

This book examines in detail the strategic relevance of the Arthashastra. Attributed to the fourth century B.C., this classical treatise on state and statecraft rests at the intersection of politica……続きを見る

Aristotle´s masterpiece "On the Heavens" is his chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argues that the Earth is a sphere by pointing to the evidence of lunar eclipses. Aristotle also provides ……続きを見る

There are few ideals of character as distinctive and divisive as the ancient virtue of 'greatness of soul'. A larger-than-life virtue embodying nothing less than a vision of human greatness, it has ……続きを見る

"Der Fürst" wurde als Anleitung für Machthaber geschrieben, die ihr Land in Ruhe und Frieden regieren sollen. Verblüffend erscheint es, dass ausgerechnet dieses Buch aus der Feder Machiavellis entst……続きを見る

Mark Aurel war der "Philosoph auf dem Thron". Der römische Kaiser beschäftigte sich schon in den Kinderjahren mit den philosophischen Gedanken. Die stoischen Philosophen unter Mark Aurels Lehrern mö……続きを見る

This book displays two fundamental arguments from al-Ghazali's Incoherence of the Philosophers. He goes into depth refuting claims of fellow philosophers of his time. 続きを見る

الشعوب تعيش حياتها كما الأشجار.. تزدهر في فصول الربيع، وتثمر في فصول الصيف وتتساقط أوراقها في الخريف وتدخل في طور البيات الشتوي حتى يأتي ربيعٌ جديد.. لكن هذه الأشجار بعضها تظهر ثماره وتختفي أوراقه ف……続きを見る

Originally published in 1966 On the Syllogism and Other Logical Writings assembles for the first time the five celebrated memoirs of Augustus De Morgan on the syllogism. These are collected together……続きを見る

This book encourages renewed attention by contemporary epistemologists to an area most of them overlook: ancient philosophy. Readers are invited to revisit writings by Plato, Aristotle, Pyrrho, and ……続きを見る

This work synthesizes work previously published in leading journals in the field into a coherent narrative that has a distinctive focus on Germany while also being aware of a broader European dimens……続きを見る

Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher who taught that philosophy is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are beyond our control; we should accept ……続きを見る

A timely book for today's world, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations explores how to endure hardship, how to cope with change and how to find something positive out of adversity. Part of the Macmillan Col……続きを見る

During the months before and after he saw Julius Caesar assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC, Cicero wrote two philosophical dialogues about religion and theology: On the Nature of the Gods and ……続きを見る

Archery and the Human Condition in Lacan, the Greeks, and Nietzsche showcases archery as a metaphor for the fundamental tension at the heart of the human condition. Matthew Meyer develops a theory o……続きを見る

Originally compiled and published in 1922, this volume contains three studies on Early Greek Thought: E. Hofmann's Qua Ratione; J. W. Beardslee's Fifth-Century Greek Literature; and O. JOhrens's Die……続きを見る

l De opificio Dei, scritto da Lattanzio nel 303 d.C., è un trattato di fisiologia umana ma in esso sull'intento scientifico (nel significato attuale dell'espressione) prevale lo scopo apologetico e ……続きを見る

This book examines how ancient authors explored ideas of kingship as a political role fundamental to the construction of civic unity, the use of kingship stories to explain the past and present unit……続きを見る

This volume contains an English translation of “The Tusculanae Disputations”, a five-book series written around 45 BC by Cicero, a Roman orator, statesman, philosopher and lawyer considered to be on……続きを見る

"Este es un libro sobre la actualidad político de un pasado lejano, el de la democracia ateniense. Para algunos un referente extravagante, para otros sigue planteándonos preguntas importantes. Entre……続きを見る

PLATONS GÅDE er en fortællende bog om en af filosofihistoriens største skikkelser. Ivar Gjørup, der er kendt som både tegneserieforfatter og Platon-oversætter, introducerer i PLATONS GÅDE til både P……続きを見る

Felipe Martínez Marzoa defiende una tesis fuerte y a la vez señala una dificultad. La tesis es que el decir griego, un decir relevante en tanto que tal, es aquél capaz de hacer comparecer cada cosa ……続きを見る

Aunque alcanza en Platón una formulación magistral, el mito de la caverna es, como estudia Blumenberg, una de las metáforas fundamentales de la historia humana y de su comprensión de la existencia. ……続きを見る

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This monograph revisits one of the most debated aspects of Dionysian scholarship: the enigma of its authorship. To establish the identity of the author remains impossible. However, the legitimacy of……続きを見る