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.
Contains selections of Ockham's philosophical writings which give a balanced introductory view of his work in logic, metaphysics, and ethics. This volume includes textual markings referring readers to appendices containing changes in the Latin text.
Presents a Sappho by a master poet and translator that treats the fragments as aesthetic wholes, complete in their fragmentariness, and which is also, as the translator puts it: 'ever mindful of performative qualities, quality of voice, changes of voice...
Suitable for students of history and political theory, this work includes notes, a 2-page map, an index, and an Introduction by David Wootton.
Covers topics such as Concerning Metaphysics, Man's Knowledge of God, The Existence of God, The Unicity of God, Concerning Human Knowledge, and The Spirituality and Immortality of the Human Soul.
Provides the essential readings for a course on Plato's views of sex and love, or a main component of more general courses on ideas of sex and love. The general Introduction provides historical information about Plato and Socrates, and the sexual norms of classical Athens.
This book intersperses philosophical commentary with a new translation of the whole dialogue to present an original case for thinking that Plato's aim in the Theaetetus is to... Læs mere
Follows the sequence of a typical intermediate or upper-level logic course and allows teachers to enrich their presentations of formal methods and results with readings on corresponding questions in philosophical logic.