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

From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture...  Read More >>

A sharp, witty biography that explores how Machiavelli's thought is key to understanding the political crisis of...  Read More >>

Provides new translations of René Descartes's two most important philosophical works. Discourse offers a concise...  Read More >>

In Magnes Christoph Sander explores the research on magnetism in the early modern period and draws a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Que ce soit dans notre quotidien, dans la litterature, la philosophie ou l'histoire, la question du mal se pose...  Read More >>

This revised edition includes a new preface and historical introduction, minor editorial corrections to the text,...  Read More >>

Voltaire kept reading Pascal's Pensees throughout his life. He thoroughly perused them and made detailed notes in...  Read More >>

What role did Humanism play in the emergence of English Protestantism? This question has remained a live issue for...  Read More >>

A timely examination of the ways in which sixteenth-century understandings of the world were framed by classical...  Read More >>

From sociologists to political theorists and literary critics, psychologists and anthropologists, there has been...  Read More >>

Exploring the diverse ways in which theologians at the University of Paris in the thirteenth century understood...  Read More >>

Les reveries du promeneur solitaire By Jean-Jacques Rousseau  Read More >>

The author of Living the Secular Life deconstructs the arguments for a morality informed by religion, urging that...  Read More >>

The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported...  Read More >>

This book defends a novel neo-Aristotelian account of the nature and structure of material objects. Another aim...  Read More >>

La abstracción científica en Tomás de Aquino demuestra que el término ""abstracción"" designa principalmente una...  Read More >>

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Dieses Manual richtet sich an Pädagogen, Trainer und Ergotherapeuten, die mit Kindern und Jugendlichen zwischen...  Read More >>

A popular telling of the story of the revival of European intellectual life after the collapse of civilisation that...  Read More >>

Robert Kildwardby is an accessible overview of the life and works of Robert Kilwardby, one of the most influential...  Read More >>

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In this milestone work, leading social critic Os Guinness provides a wide-ranging analysis of one of the most pivotal...  Read More >>

Les reveries du promeneur solitaire By Jean-Jacques Rousseau  Read More >>

Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466/67-1536) remains, for good reason, the best-known humanist of his time. He influenced...  Read More >>

"""Worshipping images is the religion of the stone-age, helping people is the religion of a civilized society.""...  Read More >>