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The Joy of Playing, the Joy of Thinking brings together two sensitive minds in an exhilarating conversation on the arts.... Læs mere
Aelius Aristides (117–after 180), among the most versatile authors of the Second Sophistic and an important figure in the transmission of Hellenism, produced speeches and lectures,... Læs mere
The post–WWI crisis of statelessness induced creative legal thinking, as officials and jurists debated cosmopolitan citizenship beyond the borders of sovereigns. But by... Læs mere
Scala (1430–1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of... Læs mere
John Rawls, in three decades of teaching at Harvard, has had a profound influence on the development of philosophical ethics. This book brings together the... Læs mere
The Law of Peoples extends the idea of a social contract to the Society of Peoples and lays out the principles that should be accepted as the... Læs mere
Durling’s edition of Petrarch’s poems has become the standard. Readers have praised the translation of the authoritative text as graceful and... Læs mere
Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive... Læs mere