Without of course adopting a Platonic metaphysics, the eighteenth-century philosophes were Grecophiles who regarded the Athenian philosophers as their intellectual forbearers and mentors.
John Toland est connu pour ses Letters to Serena (1704) dans lesquelles il soutient que « la matière est aussi essentiellement active qu’elle est étendue », mais aussi pour son « système panthéiste » dans laquelle on a pu voir l’effet d’un gauchissement matérialiste de la pensée de Spinoza.
This book presents a set of historical recollections on the work of Martin Davis and his role in advancing our understanding of the connections between logic, computing, and unsolvability.
The Celtic Way of Seeing posits a direct link between the eye and the heart, a link that connects seekers to forces, energies, and knowledge that exist beyond the corporeal world.
In an era of backlash and supposed stagnation, feminist philosophers are still providing fresh and challenging perspectives-you just have to know where to look.
The Social Entrepreneur was written in the hopesto inspire a new normal: one in which the churchand the marketplace come together for a common mission.
After the collapse of the Soviet world, North Korea alone has continued on the rigid communist way, in spite of its economic consequences leading the state beyond ruin to famine.
Der Band informiert über den Stand der religionsdidaktischen Elementarisierungsdiskussion und bietet mit zahlreichen Beispielen eine praxis- und unterrichtsbezogene Einführung in die didaktische Aufgabe der Elementarisierung.
The book examines some of the most important forms of normativity and the relation between facts and values in the context of criminological investigation.
Ontology and Providence in Creation critically examines a particular Leibnizean inspired understanding of God's creation of the world and proposes that a different understanding should be adopted.
Weathering the Reformation explores the role of the Little Ice Age in early modern Christian culture and considers climate as a contributing factor in the Protestant Reform.
Die auf den ersten Blick provozierende Verbindung zweier fernstehender Begriffe zielt auf ein Dilemma der Theologie: Gott wird zur beliebig einsetzbaren Legitimation von ganz verschiedenen Inhalten und Positionen.
An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller'A profoundly urgent intervention' Naomi KleinFrom one of the most influential thinkers of our time, an enlightening, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today.
An introduction to the history of early Christianity, this reference provides roughly 60 primary source documents from the first five centuries of the Christian Era, each accompanied by explanatory material.
A revisionist interpretation of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century political ideas, including novel readings of canonical authors such as Burke and Mill.
This is a major study of the theological thought of John Calvin, which examines his central theological ideas through a philosophical lens, looking at issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics.
More than a mere overview, the book offers readers a strong grounding in the basic principles of Jung's analytical psychology in addition to illuminating insights.
Following up on his previous book, Violence and Phenomenology, James Dodd presents here an expanded and deepened reflection on the problem of violence.
This book examines the theology of spiritual formation developed by fourteenth-century Flemish mystic John of Ruusbroec, arguing that his formational path clearly and consistently displays the characteristics of the archetypal narrative structure of the hero's journey.
