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This is the first volume to offer a critical overview of the long and complicated history of translations of Virgil from the early modern period to the present day, transcending traditional studies of single translations or particular national traditions in isolation to offer an insightful comparative perspective.

Spinoza and Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1660-1710 investigates the biblical criticism of Spinoza from the perspective of the Dutch Reformed society in which the philosopher lived and worked.

Spinoza and Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1660-1710 investigates the biblical criticism of Spinoza from the perspective of the Dutch Reformed society in which the philosopher lived and worked.

For a thousand years, Rome was enshrined in myth and legend as the Eternal City.

For a thousand years, Rome was enshrined in myth and legend as the Eternal City.

Imagining the Witch explores emotions, gender, and selfhood through the lens of witch-trials in early modern Germany.

Imagining the Witch explores emotions, gender, and selfhood through the lens of witch-trials in early modern Germany.

By the late 1960s, in a Europe divided by the Cold War and challenged by global revolution in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, thousands of young people threw themselves into activism to change both the world and themselves.

Jean Bodin was a figure of great importance in European intellectual history, known as a jurist, associate of kings and courtiers in sixteenth-century France, and author of influential works in the fields of constitutional and social thought, historical writing, witchcraft, and a great deal else besides.

Jean Bodin was a figure of great importance in European intellectual history, known as a jurist, associate of kings and courtiers in sixteenth-century France, and author of influential works in the fields of constitutional and social thought, historical writing, witchcraft, and a great deal else besides.

Republicanism is a powerful resource for emancipatory struggles against domination.

Republicanism is a powerful resource for emancipatory struggles against domination.

Hegel's analysis of his culture identifies nihilistic tendencies in modernity i.

Hegel's analysis of his culture identifies nihilistic tendencies in modernity i.

A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers.

A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers.

Until now, there has been no direct and extensive engagement with the category of religion from liberal political philosophy.

Until now, there has been no direct and extensive engagement with the category of religion from liberal political philosophy.

Humanism and the Death of God is a critical exploration of secular humanism and its discontents.

Humanism and the Death of God is a critical exploration of secular humanism and its discontents.

Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature investigates the meaning of purity, purification, defilement, and disgust for Christian writers, readers, and listeners from the first to third centuries.

Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature investigates the meaning of purity, purification, defilement, and disgust for Christian writers, readers, and listeners from the first to third centuries.

The Intellectual Struggle for Florence is an analysis of the ideology that developed in Florence with the rise of the Medici, during the early fifteenth century, the period long recognized as the most formative of the early Renaissance.

The Intellectual Struggle for Florence is an analysis of the ideology that developed in Florence with the rise of the Medici, during the early fifteenth century, the period long recognized as the most formative of the early Renaissance.

How are we to understand past political thinkers?

This volume contains thirty new essays by leading experts on British philosophy in the nineteenth century, and provides a comprehensive and unrivalled resource for advanced students and scholars.

This volume contains thirty new essays by leading experts on British philosophy in the nineteenth century, and provides a comprehensive and unrivalled resource for advanced students and scholars.

Inventing the Market: Smith, Hegel, and Political Theory analyses the constructions of the market in the thought of Adam Smith and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and discusses their relevance for contemporary political philosophy.

Philosophical ethics consists in the human endeavour to answer rationally the fundamental question of how we should live.

Philosophical ethics consists in the human endeavour to answer rationally the fundamental question of how we should live.

Wittgenstein: Comparisons and Context is a collection of P.

The remarkable career of Galen of Pergamum (A.

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Property remains the bedrock of the societies we all inhabit.

We live in a world which is characterised by both a radical inequality in wealth and incomes and the accelerating depletion of scarce natural resources.

A Mind and its Time offers the most detailed account to date of the genesis and development of Isaiah Berlin's political thought, philosophical views, and historical understanding.

In recent years, global historians have painted an impressionistic picture of what they call the 'connected world' of the seventeenth century.

By the late 1960s, in a Europe divided by the Cold War and challenged by global revolution in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, thousands of young people threw themselves into activism to change both the world and themselves.

Frederick Rosen presents an original study of John Stuart Mill's moral and political philosophy, which explores the main themes of his writings--particularly those that emerge from the two major works, System of Logic (1843) and Principles of Political Economy (1848).

The idea of the Enlightenment has become a touchstone for emotive and often contradictory articulations of contemporary western values.

Causality and Mind presents seventeen of Nicholas Jolley's essays on early modern philosophy, which focus on two main themes.

'Pain and pleasure are simple ideas, incapable of definition.

'Pain and pleasure are simple ideas, incapable of definition.

James Anthony Froude remains one of the most commonly referenced and frequently cited of Victorian public intellectuals.

This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy--the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years.

This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy--the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years.

The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century comprises twenty-six new essays by leading experts in the field.

The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century comprises twenty-six new essays by leading experts in the field.

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge.

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge.