Revival of Platonism in Cicero's Late Philosophy. Platonis aemulus and the Invention of Cicero, Hardback - William H. F. Altman

This book argues that Cicero deserves to be spoken of with more respect and to be studied with greater care. Using Plato's influence on Cicero's li...

With trademark versatility and brilliance, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill explores how Christianity transformed humanity's relationship w...

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This volume brings together an international team of scholars to debate Cicero's role in the narrative of Roman law in the late Republic a role tha...

Working at the margins of aesthetics and politics, Patrick Vauday challenges the dominant assumptions of our mediatized society and its disposition...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Katharina VolkNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 164 x 242 x 36Cover type: Hardb...

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The biblical book of Genesis stands nearly without parallel in the shared history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The essays in this book stud...

Discover the ongoing relevance of the essential evangelical. In recent years, the label "evangelical" has been distorted and its usefulness questio...

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This book examines Pater's deep engagement with Platonism throughout this career. Using the interdisciplinary critical tools of Pater's own educati...

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This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period.

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Richly illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, Sir John Tenniel's original line drawings and contemporary photographs, this is a fresh look at two...

A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.Illustrations: 94 colour illustrations

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A code-cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention - the art of writing.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s...

Challenging the long-standing idea that translations do not bear the same literary or historical weight as the supposed originals upon which they a...

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Miracles, signs of divine presence and intervention, have been esteemed by Christians, especially Catholic Christians, as central to religious beli...

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The extraordinary story of Singapore told by the expert correspondent for the Financial TimesPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Jeevan V...

Jeevan Vasagar is a superb and evocative writer, and Lion City is a compelling, illuminating and personal history that will be regarded as the defi...

Working at the margins of aesthetics and politics, Patrick Vauday challenges the dominant assumptions of our mediatized society and its disposition...

First major study of the representation of Minerva in the Middle Ages, giving insights into classical reception.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of a movement, led by a network of Islamic scholars in the West, which is leading to revival of Islamic rat...

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From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a r...

A narrative of early capitalism's most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state during the hot summer of 1720 ...

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Celebrating passenger ships in colour, large and small, from the 1940s onwards

The Invention of Tradition - Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger

Gripping story of the events that led up to the sailing of the Mayflower

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Explores the gradual transformation of the virtually monolingual edifice of classical culture in late antiquity as the increasingly Christianized e...