Dante's Modernity: An Introduction to the Monarchia. With an Essay by Judith Revel, Paperback - Claude Lefort

Reducere. Claude Lefort, one of the most prominent political philosophers of the twentieth century, reads Dante's Monarchia and demonstrates the surprising r...

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Reducere. Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in the middle of the 13th century and what is principally known of him comes from his own writings. One...

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Reducere. For most of our contemporaries, to speak of modernity is to think immediately of liberty, equality, and democracy—and to assume that all is well. B...

Reducere. A punishment may not be an act of violence, of one or of many, against a private member of society, it should be public, immediate and necessary; t...

Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative - Alasdair MacIntyre

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One of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers presents the results of his lifetime study of man's cultural achievements An Essay on Man is a...

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Reducere. MacIntyre explores the central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argues that a proper understanding of human goods require...

Reducere. Very little is known about the Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus. His birth and death dates are based off of cross-referencing works...

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Reducere. Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf" is the story of Humphrey van Weyden, an effete gentleman who finds himself shipwrecked when the San Francis...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: SophoclesTranslator: E. H. PlumptreIntroduction by: John William WhiteThe second Theban play written by Sophocles, "Oedipus...

"Antigone, " the first Theban play written by Sophocles yet chronologically last in the cycle, is a masterpiece of classical antiquity which examin...

Reducere. English poet John Milton's 17th century epic poem, "Paradise Lost, " is the work for which he is best known and which would solidify his reputation...

Reducere. DescriptionWritten in 1759 by Scottish philosopher and political economist Adam Smith, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" provides much of the founda...

Contributor(s): Author: Alasdair MacIntyreAlasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argue...

Reducere. DescriptionPlato's most famous work and one of the most important books ever written on the subject of philosophy and political theory, "The Republ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William ShakespeareOther: Henry N. HudsonIntroduction by: Charles Harold HerfordConsidered by many as Shakespeare's masterp...

A tightly constructed drama which is regarded as one of the William Shakespeare's finest; "Othello" is the story of its titular character, a Mooris...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: EuripidesThe influence of Euripides on the development of the dramatic genre cannot be overstated. Along with Sophocles and...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marcus AureliusTranslator: George LongIntroduction by: Alice ZimmernMarcus Aurelius was born in Rome in 121 AD and would be...

DescriptionFirst published in 1902, Owen Wister's "The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains" is a genre-defining work, arguably the first western no...

Oliver is eighteen and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country...

A classic in the field of political economy, reissued here with a new, incisive introduction. The global financial crisis that Strange predicted in...

Reducere. The Praise Of Folly: Translated By John Wilson With An Introduction By Mrs. P. S. Allen This book is a result of an effort made by us towards makin...

From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- a...

William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Her ambiguous attitude to the god and her beli...