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A revised 1988 version of Peter Laslett''s acclaimed Two Treatises of Government, widely recognised as a classic text in the history of ideas.

Luther''s On Secular Authority and Calvin''s On Civil Government, translated here, attempt to find a balance between Reformed Christians and the secular authorities.

The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life over the last three centuries.

A systematic account of Rousseau''s significance in relation to Kant''s, Fichte''s and Hegel''s views on freedom, dependence and necessity.

A systematic account of Rousseau''s significance in relation to Kant''s, Fichte''s and Hegel''s views on freedom, dependence and necessity.

A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century.

This volume offers readers a unique and comprehensive overview of different theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives on ''the sublime''.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

A philosophical study of the sublime from the height of its popularity to its renewed importance as a form of appreciating and valuing nature.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

A philosophical study of the sublime from the height of its popularity to its renewed importance as a form of appreciating and valuing nature.

Includes an introduction, contextualizing his book in light of developing philosophical trends.

Reissued with an additional preface these famous essays cover a wide range of philosophical issues.

This edition includes two important texts illustrating Kants''s view of history along with notes and a comprehensive bibliography.

Three of Mill''s classic texts, On Liberty, The Subjection of Women and the posthumous Chapters on Socialism are brought together in this edition.

A translation of Hegel''s classic work of modern social and political thought, Elements of the Philosophy of Right.

Includes an introduction, contextualizing his book in light of developing philosophical trends.

This volume offers a translation of Kant''s pioneering contribution to the discipline of anthropology.

This book, first published in 2006, presents an English translation of one of the most important and influential of Kierkegaard''s works.

Reissued with an additional preface these famous essays cover a wide range of philosophical issues.

This edition includes two important texts illustrating Kants''s view of history along with notes and a comprehensive bibliography.

Three of Mill''s classic texts, On Liberty, The Subjection of Women and the posthumous Chapters on Socialism are brought together in this edition.

A translation of Hegel''s classic work of modern social and political thought, Elements of the Philosophy of Right.

Novick shows how the idea and ideal of objectivity were elaborated, challenged, modified, and defended over the last century.

This book explores how politeia (constitution) structures both political and extra-political relations throughout the entire range of Greek and Roman thought.

The libraries of the ancient world were completely unlike those we know today.

This book gives prominence for the first time to Mill''s abiding concern with Malthusianism and its impact on his arguments respecting liberty.

Raffaele Laudani offers a systematic review of how disobedience has been conceptualised, supported, and criticised throughout history.

An exposition of the development of Nietzsche''s philosophy of history in its historical context and of its relevance to contemporary theories.

Anne DeWitt examines how Victorian novelists challenged the claims of men of science to align scientific practice with moral excellence.

An exposition of the development of Nietzsche''s philosophy of history in its historical context and of its relevance to contemporary theories.

Anne DeWitt examines how Victorian novelists challenged the claims of men of science to align scientific practice with moral excellence.

Raffaele Laudani offers a systematic review of how disobedience has been conceptualised, supported, and criticised throughout history.

This book explores how politeia (constitution) structures both political and extra-political relations throughout the entire range of Greek and Roman thought.

The libraries of the ancient world were completely unlike those we know today.

This book gives prominence for the first time to Mill''s abiding concern with Malthusianism and its impact on his arguments respecting liberty.

These translations provide a comprehensive view of Schopenhauer''s contribution to epistemology, theory of perception and philosophy of nature.

These translations provide a comprehensive view of Schopenhauer''s contribution to epistemology, theory of perception and philosophy of nature.

A critical introduction to the central issues of the philosophy of language.

A new translation and edition of one of Nietzsche''s most original and inventive works.

A translation of Spinoza''s Theological-Political Treatise (1670), with a substantial historical and philosophical introduction of this important philosophical work.

This book develops a Kierkegaard-inspired account of proper self-love which accommodates trust, hope, and forgiveness of self and others.

This book, written in an accessible style, is an exhaustive survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present.

This book develops a Kierkegaard-inspired account of proper self-love which accommodates trust, hope, and forgiveness of self and others.

This book, written in an accessible style, is an exhaustive survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present.

A collection of hundreds of thoughtful and inspiring quotations from "e;the folksy god of American capitalism"e; (Vanity Fair).

Este livro é uma biografia sobre a vida de Bill Gates e de sua trajetória à frente da Microsoft.

Prima biografia realizzata su Bill Gates, questo libro e stato adattato e pubblicato in molti paesi del mondo : USA, Cina, Giappone, India, Corea del Sud, Israele, Ungheria.