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Plato and his Predecessors
How does Plato view his philosophical antecedents? Plato and his Predecessors considers how Plato represents his philosophical predecessors in a late... Les mer
Kant on Freedom, Law, and Happiness
Kant is often portrayed as the author of a rigid system of ethics in which adherence to a formal and universal principle of morality - the famous... Les mer
Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIII
Book XIII of Ovid’s Metamorphoses presents a wide variety of brilliant episodes, from the rhetorically charged contest between Ulysses and Ajax... Les mer
Genres in Dialogue
This book takes as its starting point Plato’s incorporation of specific genres of poetry and rhetoric into his dialogues. The author argues that... Les mer
Reading Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a term used to designate the form of Platonic philosophy that developed in the Roman Empire from the third to the fifth century AD... Les mer
Plautus: Amphitruo
Plautus’ Amphitruo is the sole specimen of mythological burlesque in ancient comedy to come down to us in nearly complete form. This sex farce... Les mer
Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity
This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the... Les mer
Cartesian Metaphysics
This is the first book-length study of Descartes’s metaphysics to place it in its immediate historical context, the Late Scholastic philosophy of... Les mer
Plautus: Amphitruo
Plautus’ Amphitruo is the sole specimen of mythological burlesque in ancient comedy to come down to us in nearly complete form. This sex farce... Les mer
Cross-Examining Socrates
This book is a re-reading of Plato’s early dialogues from the point of view of the characters with whom Socrates engages in debate. Socrates’... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Ockham
The Franciscan William of Ockham (c. 1288–1347) was an English medieval philosopher, theologian, and political theorist. Along with Thomas Aquinas... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Ockham
The Franciscan William of Ockham (c. 1288–1347) was an English medieval philosopher, theologian, and political theorist. Along with Thomas Aquinas... Les mer
Nietzsche, Aesthetics and Modernity
Nietzsche, Aesthetics and Modernity analyses Nietzsche’s response to the aesthetic tradition, tracing in particular the complex relationship... Les mer
Kant and the Reach of Reason
The essays collected in this volume have a strong thematic and interpretative unity. Their underlying concern is with the overall nature of Kant’s... Les mer
The Trinity in German Thought
The Trinity in German Thought describes the three ideas that govern modern German Trinitarian thought: the ideas of reflective selfhood, of... Les mer
Kant and the Reach of Reason
The essays collected in this volume have a strong thematic and interpretative unity. Their underlying concern is with the overall nature of Kant’s... Les mer
A Semiotic Theory of Theology and Philosophy
The concern of this work is with developing an alternative to standard categories in theology and philosophy, especially in terms of how they deal... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is something of a maverick figure in the history of philosophy. He produced a unique theory of the world and human... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth
This authoritative book introducing Karl Barth is written by leading scholars of his work, drawn from Europe and North America. They offer... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is something of a maverick figure in the history of philosophy. He produced a unique theory of the world and human... Les mer
Thinking through Philosophy
No previous knowledge is assumed, and in lively and provocative chapters the authors invite the reader to explore questions about the nature of... Les mer
Appropriating Heidegger
Although Martin Heidegger is undeniably one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, among the philosophers who study his work... Les mer
Bound to Sin
This book tests the explanatory and descriptive power of the doctrine of sin in relation to two concrete situations: sexual abuse of children and the... Les mer
Bound to Sin
This book tests the explanatory and descriptive power of the doctrine of sin in relation to two concrete situations: sexual abuse of children and the... Les mer