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Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise, Contenant Les Synonymes De Girard, Beauzee, Roubaud,... Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise, Contenant Les Synonymes De Girard, Beauzee, Roubaud, D'alembert, Etc (French, Paperback)
Francois Pierre Guilaume Guizot
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise (French, Paperback): Francois Pierre Guilaume Guizot Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise (French, Paperback)
Francois Pierre Guilaume Guizot
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
M. Tulli Ciceronis De Oratore Libri Tres (Latin, Paperback): Marcus Tullius Cicero M. Tulli Ciceronis De Oratore Libri Tres (Latin, Paperback)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
La Philosophie De Platon - Exposition, Histoire Et Critique De La Theorie Des Idees (French, Paperback): Alfred Fouillee La Philosophie De Platon - Exposition, Histoire Et Critique De La Theorie Des Idees (French, Paperback)
Alfred Fouillee
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
La Somme Theologique De Saint Thomas (Latin, Paperback): Thomas Aquinas La Somme Theologique De Saint Thomas (Latin, Paperback)
Thomas Aquinas
R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Women and the Puranic Tradition in India (Paperback): Monika Saxena Women and the Puranic Tradition in India (Paperback)
Monika Saxena
R1,385 Discovery Miles 13 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book analyses the diverse ways in which women have been represented in the Puranic traditions in ancient India - the virtuous wife, mother, daughter, widow, and prostitute - against the socio-religious milieu around CE 300-1000. Puranas (lit. ancient narratives) are brahmanical texts that largely fall under the category of socio-religious literature which were more broad-based and inclusive, unlike the Smrtis, which were accessible mainly to the upper sections of society. In locating, identifying, and commenting on the multiplicity of the images and depictions of women's roles in Puranic traditions, the author highlights their lives and experiences over time, both within and outside the traditional confines of the domestic sphere. With a focus on five Mahapuranas that deal extensively with the social matrix Visnu, Markandeya Matsya, Agni, and Bhagavata Puranas, the book explores the question of gender and agency in early India and shows how such identities were recast, invented, shaped, constructed, replicated, stereotyped, and sometimes reversed through narratives. Further, it traces social consequences and contemporary relevance of such representations in marriage, adultery, ritual, devotion, worship, fasts, and pilgrimage. This volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars in women and gender studies, ancient Indian history, religion, sociology, literature, and South Asian studies, as also the informed general reader.

Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise (French, Paperback): Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz De Levizac Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise (French, Paperback)
Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz De Levizac
R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
OEuvres De Denis Diderot - Dictionnaire Encyclopedique (French, Paperback): Denis Diderot OEuvres De Denis Diderot - Dictionnaire Encyclopedique (French, Paperback)
Denis Diderot
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise, Contenant Les Synonymes De Girard Et Ceux De Beauzee, Roubaud,... Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise, Contenant Les Synonymes De Girard Et Ceux De Beauzee, Roubaud, Dalembert, Diderot, Et Autres Ecrivains Celebres (French, Paperback)
Gabriel Girard
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Philoponus - On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 2 (Hardcover): Owen Goldin Philoponus - On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 2 (Hardcover)
Owen Goldin
R5,266 Discovery Miles 52 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The" Posterior Analytics" contains Aristotle's Philosophy of Science. In Book 2, Aristotle asks how the scientist discovers what sort of loss of light constitutes lunar eclipse. The scientist has to discover that the moon's darkening is due to the earth's shadow. Once that defining explanation is known the scientist possesses the full scientific concept of lunar eclipse and can use it to explain other necessary features of the phenomenon. The present commentary, arguably misascribed to Philoponus, offers some interpretations of Aristotle that are unfamiliar nowadays. For example, the scientific concept of a human is acquired from observing particular humans and repeatedly receiving impressions in the sense image or percept and later in the imagination. The impressions received are not only of particular distinctive characteristics, like paleness, but also of universal human characteristics, like rationality. Perception can thus in a sense apprehend universal qualities in the individual as well as particular ones.

Under the Sign of the Shield - Semiotics and Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes (Hardcover, Revised): Froma I. Zeitlin Under the Sign of the Shield - Semiotics and Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes (Hardcover, Revised)
Froma I. Zeitlin
R2,581 Discovery Miles 25 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Described as "a powerful, brilliant, and original study" when first published, this second edition of Froma Zeitlin's experiment in decoding the Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes in the light of contemporary theory now updates her explorations of the tragic struggle between Eteocles and Polyneices, the doomed sons of Oedipus, with a new preface, a new afterword, and the addition of the relevant Greek texts. The mutual self-destruction of the enemy brothers in this last act of the cursed family is preceded (and determined) by one of Aeschylus' most daring innovations through the pairing of the shields of attackers and defenders in the central scene of the play as an extended dialogue explicitly concerned with visual and verbal symbols. In a preliminary consideration of the relations between language and kinship and between city and family, between self and society, as determining forces in fifth-century drama, the heart of the book is a detailed investigation of this tour de force of semiotic energy. Zeitlin's decipherment of this provocative text yields a heightened appreciation of Aeschylus' compositional artistry and the complexity of his worldview. At the same time, this study points the way to Zeitlin's larger engagement with the special ideological role that the city of Thebes comes to play on the tragic stage as the negative counterpart to the self-representation of Athens.

Oeuvres De Denis Diderot (French, Paperback): Denis Diderot Oeuvres De Denis Diderot (French, Paperback)
Denis Diderot
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
La Vie Et Les Ecrits De Platon (French, Paperback): Anthelme Edouard Chaignet La Vie Et Les Ecrits De Platon (French, Paperback)
Anthelme Edouard Chaignet
R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Teleologie und Naturalismus in Der Altchristlichen Zeit - Der Kampf Des Origenes Gegen Celsus Um Die Stellung Des Menschen in... Teleologie und Naturalismus in Der Altchristlichen Zeit - Der Kampf Des Origenes Gegen Celsus Um Die Stellung Des Menschen in Der Natur (German, Paperback)
Aug Kind
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Histoire De La Civilisation Morale Et Religieuse Des Grecs - (Pt. 2, T. 1-6) Depuis La Retour Des Heraclides Jusqu'a La... Histoire De La Civilisation Morale Et Religieuse Des Grecs - (Pt. 2, T. 1-6) Depuis La Retour Des Heraclides Jusqu'a La Domination Les Romains (French, Paperback)
Petrus Van Limburg Brouwer
R864 Discovery Miles 8 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 3, Book 3, Part 1, Proclus on the World's Body (Hardcover): Proclus Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 3, Book 3, Part 1, Proclus on the World's Body (Hardcover)
Proclus; Edited by Dirk Baltzly
R2,734 Discovery Miles 27 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Proclus' Commentary on Plato's dialogue Timaeus is arguably the most important commentary on a text of Plato, offering unparalleled insights into eight centuries of Platonic interpretation. This edition offered the first new English translation of the work for nearly two centuries, building on significant advances in scholarship on Neoplatonic commentators. It provides an invaluable record of early interpretations of Plato's dialogue, while also presenting Proclus' own views on the meaning and significance of Platonic philosophy. The present volume, the third in the edition, offers a substantial introduction and notes designed to help readers unfamiliar with this author. It presents Proclus' version of Plato's account of the elements and the mathematical proportions which bind together the body of the world.

OEuvres De Denis Diderot (French, Paperback): Denis Diderot OEuvres De Denis Diderot (French, Paperback)
Denis Diderot
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ideen Zur Geschichte Der Philosophie (German, Paperback): Friedrich August Carus Ideen Zur Geschichte Der Philosophie (German, Paperback)
Friedrich August Carus
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Oeuvres De Denis Diderot (French, Paperback): Denis Diderot Oeuvres De Denis Diderot (French, Paperback)
Denis Diderot
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Origins of Ancient Greek Science - Blood-A Philosophical Study (Paperback): Michael Boylan The Origins of Ancient Greek Science - Blood-A Philosophical Study (Paperback)
Michael Boylan
R1,407 Discovery Miles 14 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the origins of ancient Greek science using the vehicles of blood, blood vessels, and the heart. Careful attention to biomedical writers in the ancient world, as well as to the philosophical and literary work of writers prior to the Hippocratic authors, produce an interesting story of how science progressed and the critical context in which important methodological questions were addressed. The end result is an account that arises from debates that are engaged in and "solved" by different writers. These stopping points form the foundation for Harvey and for modern philosophy of biology. Author Michael Boylan sets out the history of science as well as a critical evaluation based upon principles in the contemporary canon of the philosophy of science-particularly those dealing with the philosophy of biology.

Nietzsche and the Philosophers (Paperback): Mark T. Conard Nietzsche and the Philosophers (Paperback)
Mark T. Conard
R1,416 Discovery Miles 14 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Nietzsche is undoubtedly one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy. With ideas such as the overman, will to power, the eternal recurrence, and perspectivism, Nietzsche challenges us to reconceive how it is that we know and understand the world, and what it means to be a human being. Further, in his works, he not only grapples with previous great philosophers and their ideas, but he also calls into question and redefines what it means to do philosophy. Nietzsche and the Philosophers for the first time sets out to examine explicitly Nietzsche's relationship to his most important predecessors. This anthology includes essays by many of the leading Nietzsche scholars, including Keith Ansell-Pearson, Daniel Conway, Tracy B. Strong, Gary Shapiro, Babette Babich, Mark Anderson, and Paul S. Loeb. These excellent writers discuss Nietzsche's engagement with such figures as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Socrates, Hume, Schopenhauer, Emerson, Rousseau, and the Buddha. Anyone interested in Nietzsche or the history of philosophy generally will find much of great interest in this volume.

Seneca: Selected Philosophical Letters - Translated with introduction and commentary (Hardcover): Brad Inwood Seneca: Selected Philosophical Letters - Translated with introduction and commentary (Hardcover)
Brad Inwood
R3,683 Discovery Miles 36 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Seneca's Letters to Lucilius are a rich source of information about ancient Stoicism, an influential work for early modern philosophers, and a fascinating philosophical document in their own right. This selection of the letters aims to include those which are of greatest philosophical interest, especially those which highlight the debates between Stoics and Platonists or Aristotelians in the first century AD, and the issue, still important today, of how technical philosophical enquiry is related to the various purposes for which philosophy is practised. In addition to examining the philosophical content of each letter, Brad Inwood's commentary discusses the literary and historical background of the letters and to their relationship with other prose works by Seneca. Seneca is the earliest Stoic author for whom we have access to a large number of complete works, and these works were highly influential in later centuries. He was also a politically influential advisor to the Roman emperor Nero and a celebrated author of prose and verse. His philosophical acuity and independence of mind make his works exciting and challenging for the modern reader. CLARENDON LATER ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS General Editors: Jonathan Barnes and A. A. Long This series is designed to encourage philosophers and students of philosophy to explore the fertile terrain of later ancient philosophy. The texts range in date from the first century BC to the fifth century AD, and will cover all the parts and all the schools of philosophy. Each volume contains a substantial introduction, an English translation, and a critical commentary on the philosophical claims and arguments of the text. The translations aim primarily at accuracy and fidelity; but they are also readable and accompanied by notes on textual problems that affect the philosophical interpretation. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is assumed.

Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12 (Hardcover): Inna Kupreeva Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12 (Hardcover)
Inna Kupreeva; Philoponus
R5,269 Discovery Miles 52 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Of Philoponus' commentary on the" Meteorology" only that on chapters 1-9 and 12 of the first book has been preserved. It is translated in this series in two volumes, the first covering chapters 1-3; the second (this volume) chapters 4-9 and 12. The subjects discussed here include the nature of fiery and light phenomena in the sky, the formation of comets, the Milky Way, the properties of moist exhalation, and the formation of hail. Philoponus pays special attention to the distinction between the apparent and the real among the sky phenomena; he criticises Aristotle's theory of the Milky Way as sublunary, and argues for its origin in the heavenly realm; gives a detailed exposition of Aristotelian theory of antiperistasis, mutual replacement of the hot and the cold, as the mechanism of condensation and related processes. As in the first volume, Philoponus demonstrates scholarly erudition and familiarity with methods and results of post-Aristotelian Greek science. Despite the fragmented state of the work and the genre of commentary, the reader will find the elements of a coherent picture of the cosmos based on a radical re-thinking of Aristotelian meteorology and physics. The volume will be of interest to all students of ancient and medieval philosophy, history of Early Modern philosophy, history and philosophy of science.

Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise (French, Paperback): Francois Pierre Guilaume Guizot Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel Des Synonymes De La Langue Francaise (French, Paperback)
Francois Pierre Guilaume Guizot
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Being, Essence and Substance in Plato and Aristotle (Paperback, New): Paul Ricoeur Being, Essence and Substance in Plato and Aristotle (Paperback, New)
Paul Ricoeur
R643 Discovery Miles 6 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) was one of the outstanding French philosophers of the 20th century and his work is widely read in the English-speaking world. This unique volume comprises the lectures that Ricoeur gave on Plato and Aristotle at the University of Strasbourg in 1953-54. The aim of these lectures is to analyse the metaphysics of Plato and Aristotle and to discern in their work the ontological foundations of Western philosophy. The relation between Plato and Aristotle is commonly portrayed as a contrast between a philosophy of essence and a philosophy of substance, but Ricoeur shows that this opposition is too simple. Aristotelian ontology is not a simple antithesis to Platonism: the radical ontology of Aristotle stands in a far more subtle relation of continuity and opposition to that of Plato and it is this relation we have to reconstruct and understand. Ricoeur’s lectures offer a brilliant analysis of the great works of Plato and Aristotle which has withstood the test of time. They also provide a unique insight into the development of Ricoeur’s thinking in the early 1950s, revealing that, even at this early stage of his work, Ricoeur was focused sharply on issues of language and the text.

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