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A History of Greek Art: 2 volume set
A large scale illustrated history of Greek art from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. Professor Robertson’s treatment is chronological rather...
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A Critical Introduction to Modern Arabic Poetry
This book is the first critical survey of the development and achievements of modern Arabic poetry, here signifying the period from the latter half...
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Terence: Adelphoe
The Adelphoe (The Brothers) of Terence is a Latin adaptation of a comedy of the same name by the Greek comic playwright Menander. The theme of the...
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Christian Doctrine
Christian Doctrine offers a clear re-statement of the fundamental beliefs of Christians. Dr Whale describes - and meets - the difficulties which the...
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Problems of the Self
This is a volume of philosophical studies, centred on problems of personal identity and extending to related topics in the philosophy of mind and...
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Virgil: Aeneid Book VIII
Book VIII is one of the most attractive and important books of Virgil’s Aeneid. It includes the visit of Aaneas to the site of the future Rome, the...
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Plautus: Casina
Plautus’ Casina is a lively and well composed farce. The plot, which concerns the competition of a father and his son for the same girl and the...
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Literacy in Traditional Societies
The importance of writing as a means of communication in a society formerly without it, or where writing has been confined to particular groups, is...
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Problems of Suffering in Religions of the World
A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and...
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Linguistic Evolution
Professor Samuels presents a comprehensive explanation of the reasons for linguistic change, applying his theory in particular to the history of...
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Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?
Many people find themselves dissatisfied with recent linguistic philosophy, and yet know that language has always mattered deeply to philosophy and...
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A History of Greek Philosophy
The fourth volume of Professor Guthrie’s great history of Greek thought deals exclusively with Plato. Plato, however, so prolific a writer, so...
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American Puritan Imagination
Over the last two decades a major revaluation has been taking place of the colonial Puritan imagination. With the growth of interest in early...
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Sophocles: Philoctetes
The theme of Sophocles’ Philoctetes is of lasting significance. It revolves round Neoptolemus’ struggles with his conscience, and Philoctetes’...
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Utilitarianism: For and Against
Two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book Professor...
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The Cambridge Ancient History
Volumes I and II of The Cambridge Ancient History have had to be entirely rewritten as a result of the very considerable additions to knowledge which...
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Capitalism and Modern Social Theory
Giddens’s analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has become the classic text for any student seeking to understand the three thinkers...
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Sophocles: Electra
In this edition of Sophocles’ Electra, one of the greatest tragedies in Greek or any literature, Mr Keels presents the play as a study in revenge,...
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Art and Experience in Classical Greece
An account of the development of Greek art in the Classical period (about 480–320 BC) which places particular emphasis on the meaning and content...
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Plato: Phaedrus
The dialogue begins with a playful discussion of erotic passion, then extends the theme to consider the nature of inspiration, love and knowledge....
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The Cambridge Ancient History
Part 2 of volume I deals with the history of the Near East from about 3000 to 1750 B.C. In Egypt, a long period of political unification and...
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A History of Greek Philosophy
The third volume of Professor Guthrie’s great history of Greek thought, entitled The Fifth-Century Enlightenment, deals in two parts with the...
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Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge
Two books have been particularly influential in contemporary philosophy of science: Karl R. Popper’s Logic of Scientific Discovery, and Thomas S....
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Greek and Roman Architecture
This book provides a brief, clear account of the main developments in the history of the Greek, Etruscan and Roman architecture, from the earliest...
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