Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600 books

The immortality of the soul is one of the oldest tropes in the history of philosophy and one that gained significant...  Read More >>

Medieval alchemy was a fascinating discipline that emerged during the Middle Ages and persisted until the early...  Read More >>

Thomas Aquinas's work on moral theory focused on the status and value of the virtues, and the way in which a moral...  Read More >>

This open access volume provides an in-depth analysis of philosophical discussions concerning the common good and...  Read More >>

Provocative, brutally honest, and timeless, Machiavelli’s The Prince is one of the most important and most misunderstood...  Read More >>

The first collection of philosophical essays devoted to Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, one of the most widely...  Read More >>

In this volume, noted philosopher Lenn E. Goodman shares the insights gained over a lifetime of pondering the meaning...  Read More >>

Never-before-published writing from a key twentieth-century philosopher.   In 1962, Reiner Schürmann began studying...  Read More >>

This book explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century...  Read More >>

In this volume, noted philosopher Lenn E. Goodman shares the insights gained over a lifetime of pondering the meaning...  Read More >>

In this work of moral philosophy, Giordano Bruno condemns both the ancient and the modern worlds for filling their...  Read More >>

"Le Moyen Age se caracterise, dit-on, par une fidelite sans faille a Aristote: ""Aristoteles dixit"". Or, l'elucidation...  Read More >>

"Quand la loi naturelle est encore convoquee par les theories morales et juridiques contemporaines, elle l'est souvent...  Read More >>

This open access volume provides an in-depth analysis of philosophical discussions concerning the common good and...  Read More >>

Aristotle's discussion of what came to be considered Natural Law drew varied responses from medieval translators...  Read More >>

Richard Rufus of Cornwal: Scriptum in Metaphysicam Aristotelis offers a profound insight into Aristotelian philosophy...  Read More >>

Aristotle's discussion of what came to be considered Natural Law drew varied responses from medieval translators...  Read More >>

Im 11. und 12. Jahrhundert fanden im Osten und im Zentrum der islamischen Welt intensive Debatten statt, in denen...  Read More >>

Which language should we use in philosophy: technical or common language? Medieval philosophers and Renaissance...  Read More >>

"L'homme n'aurait pas existe avant que l'Europe n'eut cree les conditions de son avenement a la fin du XVIIIe siecle....  Read More >>

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Heinrich von Gent (1240-1293) gilt als Hauptvertreter der platonisch-augustinischen Tradition in der Hochscholastik....  Read More >>

Frost's analysis of Aquinas's theories of efficient causation and causal powers is a rich exploration of a central...  Read More >>

The present volume explores how and why Averroes, a Muslim philosopher and jurist, became one of the most important...  Read More >>

Augustin a profondement bouleverse la pensee philosophique de l'affectivite. Ce bouleversement est lie, dans le...  Read More >>