History of Western philosophy books

Over a period of 22 years (1934-1955), the mathematician Kurt Gödel wrote down philosophical remarks, the so-called...  Read More >>

The book explores the development of Platonic philosophy by Roman writers between the first century BCE and the...  Read More >>

Provides a comprehensive and in-depth study of this important text, the first book of Aristotle's foundational treatise...  Read More >>

What is art's relationship to play? Those interested in this question tend to look to modern philosophy for answers....  Read More >>

Analyses afresh the naturalistic version of Peripatetic ethics preserved in Cicero's On Ends 5, our major source...  Read More >>

A hybrid between traditional commentary and monograph exploring the final, most arresting book of Aristotle's Ethics...  Read More >>

Greek Memories aims to identify and examine the central concepts underlying the theories and practices of memory...  Read More >>

Examining Cicero's engagement with Hellenistic (Stoic, Epicurean, and sceptical) philosophy of religion (the 'science...  Read More >>

Paul Helm is a distinguished philosopher, with particular interests in the philosophy of religion. In celebration...  Read More >>

The Pursuit of Myth in the Poetry of Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan and John Forbes traces a tradition of revolutionary...  Read More >>

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Examines how Aristotle's philosophical reflections on scientific knowledge impact his actual scientific inquiries,...  Read More >>

All disciplines can count on a noble founder, and the representation of this founder as an authority is key in order...  Read More >>

In this book, the Graeco-Roman doctor Galen sets out his influential theory of the 'mixtures' of the human body...  Read More >>

How did the ancients understand immortality? This collection of original research ranges widely from early Greek...  Read More >>

This book is about all things consciousness, great and small. Unlike most other books on consciousness, this one...  Read More >>

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"The Enchiridion, meaning ""handbook"" or ""manual"" in Greek, is a compendium of Epictetus' most essential teachings,...  Read More >>

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With Sartre, Merleau-Ponty was the foremost French philosopher of the post-war period. What makes this work so important...  Read More >>

Schon damals stellten sich viele drängende Fragen unserer Zeit: zum Wahrheitsanspruch in Wissenschaft und Politik,...  Read More >>

Argues for a fundamental rethinking of Judaism and politics, the history of Jewish thought, and the ethical and...  Read More >>

By situating his evolving ideas in pan-European debates on the problems and prospects of modern European politics,...  Read More >>

Distinguished literary biographer Robert Zaretsky upends our thinking on Simone Weil, bringing us a woman and a...  Read More >>

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