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The Second Part of King Henry IV
Melchiori offers a fresh approach to the text of The Second Part of King Henry IV, which he sees as an unplanned sequel to the First Part, itself a...
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What Makes Biology Unique?
This book, a collection of essays written by the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the twentieth century, explores biology as an autonomous...
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Aristotle on the Sense-Organs
This book offers an important study of Aristotle’s theory of the sense-organs. It aims to answer two questions central to Aristotle’s psychology...
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film
Film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays are increasingly popular and now figure prominently in the study of his work and its reception. This...
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Neurophilosophy at Work
Churchland explores the unfolding impact of the several empirical sciences of the mind, especially cognitive neurobiology and computational...
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Plotinus on Self
Plotinus, the founder of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy, conceptualises two different notions of self (or ‘us’): the corporeal and the...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare
This lively and innovative introduction to Shakespeare promotes active engagement with the plays, rather than recycling factual information. Covering...
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Hunting Causes and Using Them
Hunting Causes and Using Them argues that causation is not one thing, as commonly assumed, but many. There is a huge variety of causal relations,...
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The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece
The ancient science of harmonics investigates the arrangements of pitched sounds which form the basis of musical melody, and the principles which...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare’s Tragedies
Macbeth clutches an imaginary dagger; Hamlet holds up Yorick’s skull; Lear enters with Cordelia in his arms. Do these memorable and iconic moments...
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Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy
Adam Smith is the best known among economists for his book, The Wealth of Nations, often viewed as the keystone of modern economic thought. For many...
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Remastering Morals with Aristotle and Confucius
Aristotle and Confucius are pivotal figures in world history; nevertheless, Western and Eastern cultures have in modern times largely abandoned the...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare
This lively and innovative introduction to Shakespeare promotes active engagement with the plays, rather than recycling factual information. Covering...
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Hunting Causes and Using Them
Hunting Causes and Using Them argues that causation is not one thing, as commonly assumed, but many. There is a huge variety of causal relations,...
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Plato’s Cratylus
Plato’s Cratylus is a brilliant but enigmatic dialogue. It bears on a topic, the relation of language to knowledge, which has never ceased to be of...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare’s Tragedies
Macbeth clutches an imaginary dagger; Hamlet holds up Yorick’s skull; Lear enters with Cordelia in his arms. Do these memorable and iconic moments...
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A History of Natural Philosophy
Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and was...
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Popular Morality in the Early Roman Empire
Morality is one of the fundamental structures of any society, enabling complex groups to form, negotiate their internal differences and persist...
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Poor Women in Shakespeare
Poor women do not fit easily into the household in Shakespeare. They shift in and out of marriages, households, and employments, carrying messages,...
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A History of Natural Philosophy
Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and was...
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The Unity of Plato’s Sophist
Plato’s later dialogue, the Sophist, is deemed one of the greatest works in the history of philosophy, but scholars have been shy of confronting...
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The First Quarto of Romeo and Juliet
Two different versions of Romeo and Juliet were published during Shakespeare’s lifetime: the second quarto of 1599, on which modern editions are...
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Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy
Offered here is the first comprehensive treatment in English of the philosophical system of the seventeenth-century philosopher Pierre Gassendi....
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Plato’s Introduction of Forms
Scholars of Plato are divided between those who emphasize the literature of the dialogues and those who emphasize the argument of the dialogues, and...
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