Philosophical traditions and schools of thought

While humanists agreed on identifying the main requirement of the historical genre with truthfulness, they disagreed on their notions of historical truth.

In Aristotle's Gynecology, Mariska Leunissen examines Aristotle's methods for the establishment of gynecological facts within his natural science, arguing that many of the gynecological phenomena at stake, such as menstruation and the nature of menstrual blood, the role of female pleasure during sex and women's experiences of erotic dreams, and their knowledge of conception and their experiences of (false) pregnancy and childbirth, were-mostly for socio-cultural reasons-not at all or not immediately accessible for a male natural scientific observer such as Aristotle.

Lovers know that love is both vast and intense.

In All Things Act, Mercedes Valmisa argues that there is no such thing as an individual action and that all actions are constituted and performed by a diverse array of entities.

This interdisciplinary volume provides the first comprehensive study of Rome's relationship with the kingdom and city of Pergamon.

For the last 30 years, scholars have treated Enlightenment race theory and nineteenth-century German colonialism as two distinct events.

A central figure in Anglo-American philosophy for over four decades, Paul F.

A central figure in Anglo-American philosophy for over four decades, Paul F.

This is a close and comprehensive study of the main themes of Aristotle's ethics.

Schadenfreude, "e;pleasure in other people's misfortunes"e;, is an emotion that pervades Greek texts and pervaded Greek communities.

This volume gathers together for the first time the philosophical journal articles that appeared during Leibniz's lifetime under his name or which would have been easily attributed to him due to other identifying marks.

Inspired by analogies betwen the construction of heresy and the representation of madness described by Michael Foucault in in Histoire de la folie a l'age classique (Madness and Civilization), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries demonstrates how the concept of heresy emerges in the work of Justin Matyr.

Inspired by analogies betwen the construction of heresy and the representation of madness described by Michael Foucault in in Histoire de la folie a l'age classique (Madness and Civilization), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries demonstrates how the concept of heresy emerges in the work of Justin Matyr.

The writings of ancient and medieval Christian mystics were rediscovered in the twentieth century, and today they are read more widely than ever before.

For over a century, the Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55) has been at the center of a number of important discussions, concerning not only philosophy and theology, but also, more recently, fields such as social thought, psychology, and contemporary aesthetics, especially literary theory.

For over a century, the Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55) has been at the center of a number of important discussions, concerning not only philosophy and theology but also, more recently, fields such as social thought, psychology, and contemporary aesthetics, especially literary theory.

Tied to the profundity of life and death, media are and have always been existential.

Tied to the profundity of life and death, media are and have always been existential.

Henry Sidgwick's The Methods of Ethics has been a central part of the utilitarian canon since its publication in 1874.

Henry Sidgwick's The Methods of Ethics has been a central part of the utilitarian canon since its publication in 1874.

Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of free choices - some of them trivial, and some so consequential that they may change the course of our life, or even the course of history.

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Ibn Sina - Avicenna in Latin - (980-1037) played a considerable role in the development of both eastern and western philosophy and science.

Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of free choices - some of them trivial, and some so consequential that they may change the course of our life, or even the course of history.

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field.

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field.

Scottish philosopher Lady Mary Shepherd (1777-1847) wrote two books that she conceived as one unified project: Essay Upon the Relation of Cause and Effect (1824) and Essays on the Perception of an External Universe (1827).

Scottish philosopher Lady Mary Shepherd (1777-1847) wrote two books that she conceived as one unified project: Essay Upon the Relation of Cause and Effect (1824) and Essays on the Perception of an External Universe (1827).

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This volume examines the important but, until recently, forgotten work of the British analytic philosopher Margaret Macdonald.

Behemoth, or The Long Parliament is essential to any reader interested in the historical context of the thought of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679).

The scientific discovery that chaotic systems embody deep structures of order is one of such wide-ranging implications that it has attracted attention across a spectrum of disciplines, including the humanities.

This book is a study of the role of intellect in human action as described by Thomas Aquinas.