The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205–184 BC, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete... Læs mere
Aristotle (384–322 BC), the great Greek thinker, researcher, and educator, ranks among the most important and influential figures in the history of philosophy, theology, and science.... Læs mere
The letters of Jerome (ca. AD 345–420) are an essential source for our knowledge of Christian life in the fourth and fifth centuries AD; they also provide insight into one of the most striking and complex personalities of the time.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BC) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; fragments.
Volume V of a projected six-volume Vulgate Bible presents the twelve minor prophetical books of the Old... Læs mere
For this six-volume edition of The Histories, W. R. Paton’s 1922 translation has been thoroughly revised, the Büttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and... Læs mere
To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years... Læs mere
Compiled and translated in large part by St. Jerome, the Vulgate Bible influenced Western literature, art, music, education,... Læs mere
Maximos the Confessor is one of the most challenging and original Christian thinkers of all time. The Ambigua is his greatest philosophical and... Læs mere
Stanley Fish is one of America's most stimulating literary theorists. In this book, he undertakes a reexamination of some of... Læs mere
Patricia Williams is a lawyer and a professor of commercial law, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white southern lawyer. The Alchemy of Race and Rights is an eloquent autobiographical essay in which the author reflects on the intersection of race, gender, and class.
Most of Barnard’s career was spent in executive practice. A Mount Hermon and Harvard education, cut off short of the bachelor’s degree, was... Læs mere