Provides translations from the writings of Lu Xiangshan; Wang Yangming; and, the "Platform Sutra", a work which had profound influence on neo-Confucian thought.
Features a rendering of Kant's major work on religion, an introduction by Stephen Palmquist, a selected bibliography, notes, glossary and a detailed index.
Each chapter begins with a traditional argument of a thoroughly puzzling kind: a validphilosophical argument with highly plausible premises but a surprising... Læs mere
Owing to the rich storehouse of information it contains, the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (c 535-600) has long been mined as a historical source for Merovingian society, a focus that... Læs mere
Suitable for the teaching of medieval philosophy, this title features judicious selections and translations based on critical editions.
First published in Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff 's Sophocles: Four Tragedies , this rivetingtranslation by Peter Meineck of Sophocles' Philoctetes features a new Introduction by PaulWoodruff.
Elucidates the historical context and the subsequent influence of Paine's text, as well as the major problems in interpreting Paine's theory.
A work on the Timaeus that takes Plato's Cosmology as starting point.
Features the selections that provide the student of modern philosophy with both a view of Malebranche's philosophical system and a picture of his most important... Læs mere
Stephen Nathanson's clear-sighted abridgment of Principles of Political Economy
An anthology that presents John Dewey's major political writings, which display Dewey's philosophical method, his controversial views on war and education, his essential contributions to democratic theory, and his distinctive brand of progressive political ideology.