In this five-volume opus--now available in its entirety in paperback--Pelikan traces the development of Christian doctrine from the first... Læs mere
Although the two volumes of "Logic, Language, and Meaning "can be used independently of one another, together they provide a comprehensive overview of modern logic as it is used as a tool in the analysis of natural language. Both volumes provide exercises and their solutions.
Written in the sixteenth century, this book tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's most famous religious heroes, and his four supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures.
The authors look to the laws of thermodynamics for answers to the questions of evolution, ecology, economics, and even life's origin.
Records visionary anthropologist Michael Taussig's reflections on the fieldwork notebooks he kept through forty years of travels in Colombia. This title exhibits Taussig's characteristic verve and intellectual audacity, that is combined with a revelatory sense of intimacy.
One of the foundational works of Western culture, Art of Rhetoric has shaped our understanding of speech and persuasion for millennia now; this fresh translation makes it available anew for teacher of rhetoric, philosophy, politics, and intellectual history.
A selection of Seneca’s most significant letters that illuminate his philosophical and personal life.