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Friedrich Nietzsche is often depicted in popular and scholarly discourse as a lonely philosopher dealing with abstract concerns unconnected to the intellectual debates of his time and place.

This book explores the meaning of 'influence', which has played a central role in the formation of the canon, or tradition, of Western political thought.

Andr s Iniesta is the Barcelona and Spain legend, rated by the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Paul Scholes as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

The third volume in this unique set provides an account of German Idealism''s impact on literature, the arts and aesthetics.

This insightful and wide-ranging volume traces the genesis of international intellectual thought, connecting international and global history with intellectual history.

These thirty essays were presented to Alan L Boegehold, a distinguished philologist and an inspirational teacher, on the occasion of his retirement and his seventy-fifth birthday.

This Companion volume provides an examination of all aspects of Smith''s thought.

Discover the second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon.

Explores the distinctive features of the Prolegomena, and casts Kant''s critical philosophy in a new light.

This collection brings together new papers addressing the philosophical challenges that the concept of a Devil presents, bringing philosophical rigor to treatments of the Devil.

The human body, traded, fragmented and ingested is at the centre of Medicinal Cannibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture , which explores the connections between early modern literary representations of the eaten body and the medical consumption of corpses.

In the histories of the University of Toronto which have been written to date women are conspicuous in their absence.

Satanism is a complex phenomenon that has often been the source of controversy across social and rhetorical contexts.

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Magic and Medieval Society presents a thematic approach to the topic of magic and sorcery in Western Europe between the eleventh and the fifteenth century.

Formel-1-Superstar Max Verstappen, Jahrgang 1997 und bereits dreifacher Weltmeister, ist ein Motorsport-Phänomen, wie es die Welt seit Michael Schumacher und Lewis Hamilton nicht erlebt hat.

Despite recent advances in the study of black thought, black women intellectuals remain often neglected.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

One man, one bike, one hour.

With a foreword from Jurgen Klopp.

FUSSBALLBUCH DES JAHRES 2017!

In seventeenth-century Europe the Copts, or the Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria, were widely believed to hold the key to an ancient wisdom and an ancient theology.

The publication of Louis Althusser's autobiography, The Future Lasts Forever, shattered the myth of Althusser as austere structural Marxist.

The first survey of the connections between literature, religion, and intellectual life in the British Romantic period.

Portrayal of Jews as victims of Church persecution but also as participants in Polish society.

Our technologies rely on an ever-expanding infrastructure of wires, routers, servers, and hard drives-a proliferation of devices that reshape human interaction and experience prior to conscious knowledge.

';I can lick any son-of-a-bitch in the world.

'a must-read' - Daniel Storey'Superb, from the first page to the last' Daniel Taylor Football journalist Nick Miller lifts the lid on football club ownership: the defining issue shaping the modern game.

Die Schlachten des 20.

War is always defined in relation to something else: peace, society, civilisation, friendship or love.

The original autobiography of Bradley Wiggins, the first British rider to have won the Tour de France and a record-equalling seven-time Olympic medallist.

This book investigates intersections between the philosophy of nature and Hellenism in British and German Romanticism, focusing primarily on five central literary/philosophical figures: Friedrich Schelling, Friedrich Holderlin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron.

Patrick Ittrich ist Schiedsrichter in der Fußball-Bundesliga, ein Job mit großer Verantwortung und enormen physischen und mentalen Ansprüchen.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination.

When Carl Froch defeated George Groves in their Wembley Stadium re-match in front of 80,000 fans, it went down as the biggest fight in British boxing history, cementing Carl s place as our greatest boxer a pure warrior who has never accepted the easy way.

This book examines Mary Ward's distinctive insight into late-Victorian and Edwardian society as a famous writer and reformer, who was inspired by the philosopher and British idealist, Thomas Hill Green.

A heartfelt portrait of Hank Aaron, featuring nearly 40 years of stories plus never-before-told insights from the home run king When journalist Terence Moore was 12 years old, he treasured his poster of Henry Aaron.

Waterlog celebrates the magic of water and the beauty of wild Britain.

As player, manager, and pundit, Donal Lenihan has seen it all in the world of rugby - and done much of it too.

Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy is an annual series, presenting a selection of the best current work in the history of early modern philosophy.

This book explores the creation and career of the French Constitution of 1795, operative from the start of the Directory until Napoleon's takeover in 1799.

The revealing and honest autobiography of Britain's leading National Hunt trainer.

Boy Racer steps behind the scenes of the Tour de France.

Welsh football legend Trevor Ford was not your typical football player from the forties and fifties.

This book poses the question of what lies at the limit of philosophy.

De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy offering a unique view of God and the cosmos, inspired by Aristotle.

In the 1960s, Bruce Kidd was one of Canada's most celebrated athletes.