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T. M. Rudavsky presents a new account of the development of Jewish philosophy from the tenth century to Spinoza in the seventeenth, viewed as part of an ongoing dialogue with medieval Christian and ……続きを見る

A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experienc……続きを見る

First published in 1999.This is Volume VIII of ten of the selected works of Frances A. Yates. The studies reprinted here demonstrate not only the range of Frances A. Yate's learning but her determin……続きを見る

First Published in 1999. A full list of the writings of Dame Frances Yates will appear in volume III of the Collected Essays. This is Volume IX of ten the selected works of Frances A. Yates. 続きを見る

What does it mean to be a Muslim philosopher, or to philosophize in Islam? In Open to Reason, Souleymane Bachir Diagne traces Muslims’ intellectual and spiritual history of examining and questioning……続きを見る

Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential……続きを見る

Originally published in 1998, Easels of Utopia presents a discussion of art's duration and contingency within the avant garde's aesthetic parameters, which throughout this century have constructed, ……続きを見る

This monograph details a new solution to an old problem of metaphysics. It presents an improved version of Ostrich Nominalism to solve the Problem of Universals. This innovative approach allows one ……続きを見る

This book investigates Aristotelian psychology through his works and commentaries on them, including De Sensu, De Memoria and De Somno et Vigilia. Authors present original research papers inviting r……続きを見る

Fiecare dintre aceste ipoteze presupun implicit sau explicit o anumită viziune despre Univers. Aceste viziuni asupra Universului pot fi clasificate în două categorii: viziuni exotice şi viziuni onto……続きを見る

This volume is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord. Light of the Lord is widely acknowledged as a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy and second in im……続きを見る

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle suggests that a moral principle 'does not immediately appear to the man who has been corrupted by pleasure or pain'. Phantasia in Aristotle's Ethics investigates……続きを見る

Recent research in the humanities and social sciences suggests that individuals who understand themselves as belonging to something greater than the selfーa family, community, or religious or spirit……続きを見る

Ernst Bloch was one of the most significant twentieth-century German thinkers, yet he remains overshadowed by his Frankfurt School contemporaries. Known for his engagement with utopianism and religi……続きを見る

Les Pensées ("die Gedanken") ist ein Werk von Blaise Pascal (1623-1663) und einer der meistgelesenen philosophischen bzw. theologischen Texte der europäischen Geistesgeschichte. Es handelt sich um k……続きを見る

Das Novum Organum, auch Neues Organon, ist das wissenschaftstheoretische philosophische Hauptwerk von Francis Bacon, das in Latein verfasst und 1620 in England veröffentlicht wurde. Es gilt als Wend……続きを見る

Tackling the question of why medieval philosophy matters in the current age, Stephen Boulter issues a passionate and robust defence of this school in the history of ideas. He examines both familiar ……続きを見る

Ethics was a central preoccupation of medieval philosophers, and medieval ethical thought is rich, diverse, and inventive. Yet standard histories of ethics often skip quickly over the medievals, and……続きを見る

First published in 1993. This volume brings together writings of specialists in the key components of both the whole and the basic curriculum. It sets out to describe and discuss cultural diversity ……続きを見る

This volume brings together world-leading scholars on the thought of Averroes, the greatest medieval commentator on Aristotle but also a major scholar of Islam. The collection situates him in his hi……続きを見る

Moses Maimonides (1138–1204) was arguably the single most important Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages, with an impact on the later Jewish tradition that was unparalleled by any of his contemporaries……続きを見る

Dans le premier chapitre, les différents États sont classés selon deux grands types : les républiques et les monarchies, ces dernières étant soit héréditaires, soit nouvelles. À cette occasion, l'es……続きを見る

Mixtures is of central importance for Galen's views on the human body. It presents his influential typology of the human organism according to nine mixtures (or 'temperaments') of hot, cold, dry and……続きを見る

This volume provides a much needed, historically accurate narrative of the development of theories of space up to the beginning of the eighteenth century. It studies conceptions of space that were i……続きを見る

Before Emotion: The Language of Feeling, 400-1800 advances current interdisciplinary research in the history of emotions through in-depth studies of the European language of emotion from late antiqu……続きを見る

The Late Scholastics, writing in Europe in the Baroque and Early Modern periods, discussed a wide variety of moral questions relating to political life in times of both peace and war. Is it ever per……続きを見る

In this awaited follow up to his book Faithful Reason, the well-known philosopher and Catholic thinker John Haldane brings his unrivalled insight to bear on questions of the existence of God and the……続きを見る

Fé é questão de conteúdo doutrinal, de movimento vital. Para Agostinho de Hipona, sem essa segunda dimensão, a primeira não tem frutos; sem aquela primeira, a segunda pode não se realizar integralme……続きを見る

Albrecht von Bollstädt, conhecido como Alberto Magno, nasceu em Launingen (estado da Bavária) por volta de 1200 e morreu na mesma cidade em 1280. Segundo Etiénne Gilson, "o principal mérito de Alber……続きを見る

Este livro sobre Mestre Eckhart (1260-1328) apresenta a figura do mestre dominicano sob diferentes angulações e oferece um pequeno ensaio dos seus escritos em latim e alemão. O destino singular pelo……続きを見る