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The description for this book, Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, will be forthcoming. 続きを見る

Questo trattato naturalistico, Naturalis historia il titolo originale, fu scritto in forma enciclopedica da Plinio il Vecchio nel 77 d.c. Successivamente il suo autore lo avrebbe ampliato e corretto……続きを見る

Extrait : "Définition de la nature : elle est dans les êtres, le principe du mouvement et du repos. Des êtres naturels. L'existence de la nature est évidente ; il n'est pas nécessaire de la démontre……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte de Cicéron avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! Homme d'État, orateur prodigieux, théoricien de l'éloquence, mais aussi philosophe, Cicéron a été victime, aux yeux de la postér……続きを見る

Available for the first time in a modern and readable edition! Preceding The Federalist by several years, this first volume of John Adams' A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United ……続きを見る

Dans "Les Divins Oracles de Zoroastre", François Habert réinterprète des textes anciens associés à Zoroastre, le fondateur du zoroastrisme, en les traduisant en rimes françaises. Cette œuvre poétiqu……続きを見る

Dans "Socrate et sa femme", Théodore Faullain de Banville explore l'intimité du célèbre philosophe grec Socrate, tout en offrant un éclairage sur sa relation avec Xanthippe, souvent dépeinte de mani……続きを見る

Since its inception, philosophy has struggled to perfect individual understanding through discussion and dialogue based in personal, poetic, or dramatic investigation. The positions of such philosop……続きを見る

Richard Popkin has assembled 63 leading scholars to forge a highly approachable chronological account of the development of Western philosophical traditions. From Plato to Wittgenstein and from Aqui……続きを見る

From the early years of the Common Era to 1700, Indian intellectuals explored with unparalleled subtlety the place of emotion in art. Their investigations led to the deconstruction of art's formal s……続きを見る

The importance of Stoicism for Gilles Deleuze's Logic of Sense and Michel Foucault's Hermeneutics of the Subject and The Care of the Self is well known. However, few students of either classics or p……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘Where you arrive does not matter so much as what sort of person you are when you arrive there.’ Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4BC……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. Our life is what our thoughts make it The extraordinary writings of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180), the only Roman emperor to……続きを見る

Rigurosa selección que incluye los poemas de Jenófanes, Parménides y Empédocles, las sentencias de los Siete Sabios, también conocidos como "Refranero clásico griego", así como los diversos fragment……続きを見る

Does a flourishing life involve pursuing passionate attachments? Can we choose what these passionate attachments will be? This book offers an original theory of how we can actively cultivate our pas……続きを見る

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-h……続きを見る

In this new study, John Sellars offers a fresh examination of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations as a work of philosophy by placing it against the background of the tradition of Stoic philosophy to which ……続きを見る

What do we mean by 'art'? As a category of objects, the concept belongs to a Western cultural tradition, originally European and now increasingly global, but how useful is it for understanding other……続きを見る

The philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi (c. 870-c. 950 CE) is a key Arabic intermediary figure. He knew Aristotle, and in particular Aristotle's logic, through Greek Neoplatonist interpretations translat……続きを見る

A theosophist and believer of the Occult, Wlilliam Scott-Elliot gives us in "The Story of Atlantis", first published in 1896, a description of the history and structure of Atlantis, along with what ……続きを見る

Ion is one of Plato’s shortest dialogues in which Socrates discusses with Ion, a professional epic poem performer, whether he gives his performances on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtu……続きを見る

This book reconnoiters the appearances of the exceptional in Plato: as erotic desire (in the Symposium and Phaedrus), as the good city (Republic), and as the philosopher (Ion, Theaetetus, Sophist, S……続きを見る

The Kybalion is divided into seven principles, which are axioms and insights similar to those found in the Book of Proverbs. The principles include mentalism, correspondence, vibration, polarity, rh……続きを見る

Both in antiquity and ever since the Renaissance Lucretius' De Rerum Natura has been admired – and condemned – for its startling poetry, its evangelical faith in materialist causation, and its seduc……続きを見る

Ateenan kulttuurieliitti järjestää monipäiväiset pidot, joihin osallistuu taiteilijoita, poliitikkoja ja ajattelijoita – mukaan lukien antiikin Kreikan tunnetuin filosofi Sokrates. Platon kuvaa dial……続きを見る

Discussing Plato’s views on knowledge, recollection, dialogue, and epiphany, this ambitious volume offers a systematic analysis of the ways that Platonic approaches to education can help students na……続きを見る

A theosophist and believer of the Occult, Wlilliam Scott-Elliot gives us in "The Lost Lemuria", first published in 1904, a description of Lemuria, along with what he considers evidence of this. The ……続きを見る

The universe and our place in it, the meaning of life, the nature of justice and the good society, and the powers of reason. Difficult philosophy made easy! Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Stoicism, Ske……続きを見る

In dem allgemeinen Denkmodus des antiken Platonismus (Platon und Plotin) und Kants wird das Sein der sinnlichen, in der Zeit existierenden Dinge apriorisch von dem als „zeitlos“ verstandenen Denken ……続きを見る

Erlend D. MacGillivray’s Epictetus and Laypeople: A Stoic Stance toward the Rest of Humanity explores the understanding that ancient philosophers had towards the vast majority of people at the time,……続きを見る