A collection of epics from the Miao (Hmong) ethnic group of southwest China. The poetic narratives, traditionally performed by two groups of... Læs mere
Memorialises the epic Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 and connects it to the upheavals of the revolutionary era and the murderous financial networks of Atlantic slavery. This work offers selections from key contemporary texts.
Confessions .' -Scott MacDonald, Professor of Philosophy and Norma K. Regan Professor in Christian Studies, Cornell University
This volume presents new-sometimes the first-English translations of representative fragments from the circle of Socrates' followers arranged thematically with brief commentary that notes illuminating relationships, similarities and patterns of influence.
A rigorous yet accessible and engaging introduction to symbolic logic that covers all thestandard topics and guides students with helpful suggestions for finding solutions toproblems of proof using the methods of deductive logic.
Deals with issues in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics, and illustrates various approaches to the problems in the analytic tradition.
Offers translations of Chekhov's major plays and one-acts along with an introduction focused on the plays' power to elicit the widely divergent of responses, the life of the... Læs mere
Intended as an antidote to potted biographies and piecemeal reconstructions of his voyages, this volume draws on judicious selections from Christopher Columbus' own writings -... Læs mere
A four-volume set that features a copy of "Arthur Mervyn: Or, Memories of the Year 1793", "Edgar Huntly: Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker", "Wieland: Or the Transformation", and "Ormond: Or the Secret Witness".
Drawn from Sharon Marie Carnicke's volume of "Chekhov, Four Plays and Three Jokes" (Hackett), this title features Carnicke's translation of a play that has been called 'Chekhov's ultimate theatrical coup d'etat'.
Awarded the 1986 Johnsonian Prize in Philosophy. This work on colour features a chapter, 'Further Thoughts: 1993', in which the author revisits the dispute between colour objectivists and subjectivists from the perspective of the ecology, genetics, and evolution of colour vision.