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Platonicus amor
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 105.00This analysis of the historical understanding of Marsilio Ficino?s commentary on Plato?s Symposium sets it in relationship to the philosophical interpretation of Eros in Plato and Plotinus, while at the same time providing a multi-faceted description of the place of Ficino?s philosophy in the intellectual and spiritual development of the Italian Renaissance.... more...
Bertrand Russell's Best
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 20.95Bertrand Russell is regarded as one of the twentieth century?s greatest minds. Well-known for his profound knowledge and controversial approach to myriad of different issues and subjects such as sex, marriage, religion, education and politics, his prolific works also exhibit great intellectual wit and humour. First published in 1958, Bertrand Russell?s... more...
Unpopular Essays
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 21.95A classic collection of Bertrand Russell?s more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell?s most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to "combat? the growth in Dogmatism", on first publication in 1950 it met with critical acclaim and a wide readership and has since become one of his... more...
Schleiermachers Liederblätter 1817
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 123.00Friedrich Schleiermacher preached in the Reformed Church in Berlin from 1809 onwards. From 1812 up to 1828 he printed a special hymn sheet for each of his main services. But why? To answer this question it is necessary to undertake a systematic study of the hymn sheets, which are largely unknown. For this, the periodical for a whole year is presented... more...
Struktur und Dynamik in Kants Kritiken
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00The objective of this study is to demonstrate the coherence of Kant?s Critiques from a transcendental-critical perspective. To achieve this, the author paraphrases the Critiques , and interprets them from a common epistemic horizon; furthermore he takes up relevant positions from the research literature. The accents set by this view lead to some shifts... more...
Creative Evolution
The Floating Press 1911; US$ 5.99French philosopher Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution was published in 1907 and translated into English in 1911. Very popular at the time, it gives an alternate mechanism for evolution - that it is motivated by an "élan vital" a vital impetus, also graspable as our natural creative urge. It also looks at Bergson's conception... more...
John Stuart Mill
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 5.99John Stuart Mill: His Life and Works is a collection of twelve biographical and philosophical sketches written by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison and other authors. John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873) was a great liberal thinker of the nineteenth century, a noted philosopher, political theorist, Member of Parliament, and one of the... more...
Kant und die Zukunft der europäischen Aufklärung
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 112.00The philosophy of the Enlightenment still greatly influences our thinking today. This is especially true of Immanuel Kant, whose writings on moral philosophy, theory of law, philosophy of history, and political theorymoulded decisively the concept Enlightenment based on terms like reason, critique, and immaturity. The contributions deal with Kant?s... more...
Nietzsche und Frankreich
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 154.00Friedrich Nietzsche held France in high esteem throughout his life. France was at the same time the country in which he allowed himself to believe to be understood.Nietzsche and France surveys a multitude of diverse encounters distinguished by their interplay with one another and explores them in their historical and systematic dimensions, as well... more...
Philo of Alexandria and Post-Aristotelian Philosophy
BRILL 2008; US$ 188.00Focuses on the role played by the philosophy of the Hellenistic, or post-Aristotelian age in Philo of Alexandria's works. This inquiry draws on the presence of Hellenistic philosophy in Philo and provides a better knowledge of the diffusion of Hellenistic philosophy since the late Republican age. more...









