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Aquinas on Mind (Paperback, Revised): Anthony Kenny, Sir Anthony Kenny Aquinas on Mind (Paperback, Revised)
Anthony Kenny, Sir Anthony Kenny
R1,174 Discovery Miles 11 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book shows how the mature writings of Thomas Aquinas though written in the thirteenth century have much to offer the human mind and the relationship between intellect and will, body and soul.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203004949

Routledge Companion to Sixteenth Century Philosophy (Hardcover): Henrik Lagerlund, Benjamin Hill Routledge Companion to Sixteenth Century Philosophy (Hardcover)
Henrik Lagerlund, Benjamin Hill
R6,320 Discovery Miles 63 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sixteenth century philosophy was a unique synthesis of several philosophical frameworks, a blend of old and new, including but not limited to Scholasticism, Humanism, Neo-Thomism, Aristotelianism, and Stoicism. Unlike most overviews of this period, The Routledge Companion to Sixteenth Century Philosophy does not simplify this colorful era by applying some traditional dichotomies, such as the misleading line once drawn between scholasticism and humanism. Instead, the Companion closely covers an astonishingly diverse set of topics: philosophical methodologies of the time, the importance of the discovery of the new world, the rise of classical scholarship, trends in logic and logical theory, Nominalism, Averroism, the Jesuits, the Reformation, Neo-stoicism, the soul's immortality, skepticism, the philosophies of language and science and politics, cosmology, the nature of the understanding, causality, ethics, freedom of the will, natural law, the emergence of the individual in society, the nature of wisdom, and the love of god. Throughout, the Companion seeks not to compartmentalize these philosophical matters, but instead to show that close attention paid to their continuity may help reveal both the diversity and the profound coherence of the philosophies that emerged in the sixteenth century. The Companion's 27 chapters are published here for the first time, and written by an international team of scholars, and accessible for both students and researchers.

Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus - Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus (Hardcover): Stanley... Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus - Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus (Hardcover)
Stanley Tweyman
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Rene Descartes'" Meditations on First Philosophy "In Focus" contains the excellent and popular Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross translation of Rene Descartes' "Meditations on First Philosophy," It also contains a portion of the "Replies to Objections II," in which Descartes discusses how the method employed in the "Meditations," which he calls "analysis," differs from the method of "synthesis" employed by the geometer.
In his introduction, Stanley Tweyman provides a fresh and detailed discussion of the relationship between Descartes' "Rules" "for the Direction of the Mind" and the method of "analysis," and their applications to the "Meditations," The six critical papers drawn together in this book present a broad and exegetical commentary on the "Meditations" and give an indication of the diversity of scholarly opinion which exists on the topic of method in Descartes' philosophy. An extensive bibliography is also included.
Contributors: D. M. Clarke, E. Curley, D. Garber, L. Cohen, J. Hintikka, Georges Moyal, and Stanley Tweyman.

Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus - Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus (Paperback, New):... Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus - Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus (Paperback, New)
Stanley Tweyman
R1,179 Discovery Miles 11 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume contains the popular Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross' translation of Rene Descartes' "Meditations on First Philosophy", and in addition a portion of the "Replies to Objections II", in which Descartes discusses how the method employed in the "Meditations", which he calls "analysis", differs from the method of "synthesis" employed by the general geometer. In the editor's introduction, Stanley Tweyman provides a detailed discussion of the relationship between Descartes' "Rule for the Direction of the Mind" and the method of "analysis", insofar as each has application to the "Meditations". The six critical papers which Professor Tweyman has drawn together in this book present a broad and exegetical commentary on the "Meditations" and give an indication of the diversity of scholarly opinion which exists on the topic of method in Descartes' philosophy. An extensive bibliography is also included.

Philosophy and Theology in the Middle Ages (Paperback, New): G.R. Evans Philosophy and Theology in the Middle Ages (Paperback, New)
G.R. Evans
R1,167 Discovery Miles 11 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the ancient world being a philosopher was a practical alternative to being a Christian. Philosophical systems offered intellectual, practical and moral codes for living. By the Middle Ages however philosophy was largely, though inconsistently, incorporated into Christian belef. From the end of the Roman Empire to the Reformation and Renaissance of the sixteenth century Christian theologians had a virtual monopoly on higher education. The complex interaction between theology and philosophy, which was the result of the efforts of Christian leaders and thinkers to assimilate the most sophisticated ideas of science and secular learning into their own system of thought, is the subject of this book. Augustine, as the most widely read author in the Middle Ages, is the starting point. Dr Evans then discusses the classical sources in general which the medieval scholar would have had access to when he wanted to study philosophy and its theological implications. Part One ends with an analysis of the problems of logic, language and rhetoric. In Part Two the sequence of topics - God, cosmos, man - follows the outline of the summa, or systematic encyclopedia of theology.

Wandering Joy - Meister Eckhart's Mystical Philosophy (Paperback): Reiner Schurmann Wandering Joy - Meister Eckhart's Mystical Philosophy (Paperback)
Reiner Schurmann
R468 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R84 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This remarkable book shows the seminal Western mystic Meister Eckhart as the great teacher of the birth of God in the soul. It is at once an exposition of Eckhart's mysticism -- perhaps the best in English -- and also an exemplary work of contemporary philosophy.

Schurmann shows us that Eckhart is our contemporary. Writing from experience, he describes the threefold movement of detachment, releasement, and "dehiscence" (splitting open) that leads to the experience of "living without a why" in which all things are in God and which is sheer joy. Going beyond that, he describes the transformational force of approaching the Godhead, the God beyond God.

Epicurean Tradition (Paperback, New Ed): Howard Jones Epicurean Tradition (Paperback, New Ed)
Howard Jones
R1,529 Discovery Miles 15 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Epicureanism has had a long and complex history. Established in Greece in the fourth century BC in response to the peculiar needs of a new age, it gained an immediate and widespread following throughout the Mediterranean world, and in Roman times competed on equal terms with Stoicism for the allegiance of the citizens of the empire. It was singled out by the early Church as a dangerous enemy of the faith, and the philosophy of the Garden became the target of a bitter campaign of denunciation and distortion; it was a one-dimensional Epicurus - the champion of earthly delights - who kept the name of the School alive throughout the Middle Ages. Coinciding with a renewed interest in the antique world, an Epicureanism truer to its classical parent re-emerged to add an important dimension to Renaissance philosophical debate, and in the 16th and 17th centuries, Epicurean theory contributed significantly to the growth of the new science of physics. Howard Jones' book, which is divided equally between the classical and post-classical eras, documents the story as it unfolds. This book should be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics of classics, medieval philosophy, histo

Later Medieval Philosophy (Paperback, Revised): John Marenbon Later Medieval Philosophy (Paperback, Revised)
John Marenbon
R1,417 Discovery Miles 14 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


An introduction to philosophy in the Latin West (1150-1350) combines an historical approach with philosophical analysis of thirteenth and fourteenth-century writing in terms comprehensible to the modern reader.

Theophrastus - His Psychological, Doxographical, and Scientific Writings (Hardcover): William W. Fortenbaugh, Dimitri Gutas Theophrastus - His Psychological, Doxographical, and Scientific Writings (Hardcover)
William W. Fortenbaugh, Dimitri Gutas
R3,945 Discovery Miles 39 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Theophrastus of Eresus was Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School. He is best known as the author of the amusing Characters and two ground-breaking works in botany, but his writings extend over the entire range of Hellenistic philosophic studies. Volume 5 of Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities focuses on his scientific work. The volume contains new editions of two brief scientific essays-On Fish and Afeteoro/o^y-accompanied by translations and commentary. Among the contributions are: "Peripatetic Dialectic in the De sensibus," Han Baltussen; "Empedocles" Theory of Vision and Theophrastus' De sensibus," David N. Sedley; "Theophrastus on the Intellect," Daniel Devereux; "Theophrastus and Aristotle on Animal Intelligence," Eve Browning Cole; "Physikai doxai and Problemata physika from Aristotle to Agtius (and Beyond)," Jap Mansfield; "Xenophanes or Theophrastus? An Aetian Doxographicum on the Sun," David Runia; "Place1 in Context: On Theophrastus, Fr. 21 and 22 Wimmer," Keimpe Algra; "The Meteorology of Theophrastus in Syriac and Arabic Translation," Hans Daiber; "Theophrastus' Meteorology, Aristotle and Posidonius," Ian G. Kidd; "The Authorship and Sources of the Peri Semeion Ascribed to Theophrastus," Patrick Cronin; "Theophrastus, On Fish" Robert W. Sharpies.

Later Medieval Philosophy (Hardcover): John Marenbon Later Medieval Philosophy (Hardcover)
John Marenbon
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This introduction to philosophy in the Latin West between 1150 and 1350 combines an historical approach, which concentrates on the sources, forms and backgrounds of the medieval works, with philosophical analysis of thirteenth and fourteenth-century writing in terms comprehensible to a modern reader. Part One looks at the intellectual and historical context of medieval thought. It examines the courses in the medieval universities; the methods of teaching; the forms of written work; the logical techniques used for argument and analysis; the translation and the availability of Ancient Greek, Arab and Jewish philosophical texts; the challenges the new material presented and the various ways in which Western thinkers responded to them. Part Two focuses on one important problem in later medieval thought: the nature of intellectual knowledge. It explains the arguments given by Aristotle, his antique commentators and the Arab philosophers Avicenna and Averroes, and traces how a series of Western thinkers, including Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham, developed, modified or rejected them.

The Ways of Desire - New Essays in Philosophical Psychology on the Concept of Wanting (Paperback): Joel Marks The Ways of Desire - New Essays in Philosophical Psychology on the Concept of Wanting (Paperback)
Joel Marks
R1,360 Discovery Miles 13 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume marks the coming into its own of a discipline in philosophy: theory of desire. It presents discussions whose primary focus is on desire, with secondary mention of its implications for ethics, action, emotion, mind, and so forth.

The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, five volume set - v.1 Ancient Philosophy and Religion: v.2 Medieval Philosophy... The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, five volume set - v.1 Ancient Philosophy and Religion: v.2 Medieval Philosophy and Religion: v.3 Early Modern Philosophy and Religion: v.4 Nineteenth-century Philosophy and Religion: v.5 Twentieth-century Philosophy and Religion (Hardcover)
Graham Oppy, N Trakakis
R13,290 Discovery Miles 132 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An international team of over 100 leading scholars has been brought together to provide authoritative exposition of how history's most important philosophical thinkers - fron antiquity to the present day - have sought to analyse the concepts and tenets central to Western religious belief, especially Christianity. Divided, chronologically, into five volumes, The History of Western Philosophy of Religion is designed to be accessible to a wide range of readers, from the scholar looking for original insight and the latest research findings to the student wishing for a masterly encapsulation of a particular philosopher's views. It will become the standard reference in the field. Features: each volume opens with a general introduction, presenting an overview of philosophy of religion in the period each essay opens with a brief biography, then outlines and analyses that philosopher's contribution to thinking on religion, and concludes with key further reading essays are cross-referenced, highlighting the development of major ideas and influences across history each volume closes with a chronology, presenting a contextual guide to the main religious, political, cultural and artistic events of the period each volume contains its own bibliography and index.

The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age (Paperback): Frances Yates The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age (Paperback)
Frances Yates
R1,357 Discovery Miles 13 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

On Human Nature (Paperback): Thomas Aquinas On Human Nature (Paperback)
Thomas Aquinas; Edited by Thomas S. Hibbs
R478 R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume begins with excerpts from Aquinas' commentary on De Anima, excerpts that proceed from a general consideration of soul as common to all living things to a consideration of the animal soul and, finally, to what is peculiar to the human soul. These are followed by the Treatise on Man, Aquinas' most famous discussion of human nature, but one whose organization is dictated by theological concerns and whose philosophical importance is thus best appreciated when seen as presented here: within the historical philosophical framework of which it constitutes a development. Aquinas' discussions of the will and the passions follow, providing fruitful points of comparison with other philosophers.

Machiavelli: Selected Political Writings (Paperback): Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli: Selected Political Writings (Paperback)
Niccolo Machiavelli; Edited by David Wootton
R425 Discovery Miles 4 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Here are The Prince and the most important of the Discourses newly translated into spare, vivid English. Why a new translation? Machiavelli was never the dull, worthy, pedantic author who appears in the pages of other translations, says David Wootton in his Introduction. In the pages that follow I have done my best to let him speak in his own voice. (And indeed, Wootton's Machiavelli does just that when the occasion demands: renderings of that most problematic of words, virtu, are in each instance followed by the Italian). Notes, a map, and an altogether remarkable Introduction no less authoritative for being grippingly readable, help make this edition an ideal first encounter with Machiavelli for any student of history and political theory.

Medieval Philosophy of Religion - The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2 (Hardcover): Graham Oppy, N. N.... Medieval Philosophy of Religion - The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Graham Oppy, N. N. Trakakis
R3,928 Discovery Miles 39 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Medieval period was one of the richest eras for the philosophical study of religion. Covering the period from the 6th to the 16th century, reaching into the Renaissance, "The History of Western Philosophy of Religion 2" shows how Christian, Islamic and Jewish thinkers explicated and defended their religious faith in light of the philosophical traditions they inherited from the ancient Greeks and Romans. The enterprise of 'faith seeking understanding', as it was dubbed by the medievals themselves, emerges as a vibrant encounter between - and a complex synthesis of - the Platonic, Aristotelian and Hellenistic traditions of antiquity on the one hand, and the scholastic and monastic religious schools of the medieval West, on the other. "Medieval Philosophy of Religion" will be of interest to scholars and students of Philosophy, Medieval Studies, the History of Ideas, and Religion, while remaining accessible to any interested in the rich cultural heritage of medieval religious thought.

Early Modern Philosophy of Religion - The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, volume 3 (Paperback): Graham Oppy, N. N.... Early Modern Philosophy of Religion - The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, volume 3 (Paperback)
Graham Oppy, N. N. Trakakis
R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The early modern period in philosophy - encompassing the 16th to the 18th centuries - reflects a time of social and intellectual turmoil. The Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment all contributed to the re-evaluation of reason and faith. The revolution in science and in natural philosophy swept away two millennia of Aristotelian certainty in a human-centred universe. Covering some of the most important figures in the history of Western thought - notably Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant - "Early Modern Philosophy of Religion" charts the philosophical understanding of religion at a time of intellectual and spiritual revolution. "Early Modern Philosophy of Religion" will be of interest to historians and philosophers of religion, while also serving as an indispensable reference for teachers, students and others who would like to learn more about this formative period in the history of ideas.

A Philosophical History of Love (Hardcover): Wayne Cristaudo A Philosophical History of Love (Hardcover)
Wayne Cristaudo
R3,902 Discovery Miles 39 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Philosophical History of Love explores the importance and development of love in the Western world. Wayne Cristaudo argues that love is a materializing force, a force consisting of various distinctive qualities or spirits. He argues that we cannot understand Western civilization unless we realize that, within its philosophical and religious heritage, there is a deep and profound recognition of love's creative and redemptive power.

Cristaudo explores philosophical love (the love of wisdom) and the love of God and neighbor. The history of the West is equally a history of phantasmic versions of love and the thwarting of love. Thus, the history of our hells may be seen as the history of love's distortions and the repeated pseudo-victories of our preferences for the phantasms of love. Cristaudo argues that the catastrophes from our phantasmic loves threaten to extinguish us, forcing us repeatedly to open ourselves to new possibilities of love, to new spirits.

Fusing philosophy, literature, theology, psychology, and anthropology, the volume reviews major thinkers in the field, from Plato and Freud, to Pierce, Shakespeare, and Flaubert. Cristaudo explores the major themes of love of the Church, romantic love and the return of the feminine, the conflict between familial and romantic love, love in a meaningless world and the love of evil, and the evolutionary idea of love. With Cristaudo, the reader embarks on a journey not just through time, but also through the different kinds, origins, and spirits of love.

History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Paperback): Etienne Gilson History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R1,171 Discovery Miles 11 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Soft Underbelly of Reason - The Passions in the Seventeenth Century (Paperback): Stephen Gaukroger The Soft Underbelly of Reason - The Passions in the Seventeenth Century (Paperback)
Stephen Gaukroger
R1,347 Discovery Miles 13 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Each of the essays in this collection, written by the most respected academics in their fields, provides both an insightful and valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century.

The Search for the Perfect Language (Paperback, New Ed): Umberto Eco The Search for the Perfect Language (Paperback, New Ed)
Umberto Eco
R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The idea that there once existed a perfect language that expressed, without ambiguity, the essence of all possible things and concepts, has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians and mystics for more than 2,000 years. From the Dark Ages to the Renaissance, it was accepted that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was the perfect one, and that if this authentic language could be recovered, Mankind would be able to comprehend the true meaning of existence. Versions of this belief persisted until the eighteenth century, and even today still have currency, as scientists seek to create a natural language for machines that are artificially intelligent. Umberto Eco's highly imaginative book tells the story of the attempts to rediscover this lost tongue.

"A virtuoso performance… Eco is polymathic to an extent most will regard as practically inhuman, and has never seemed more so in this well-organized, sprightly and exhaustingly intelligent book."
FRANK KERMODE, 'New York Review of Books'

"Eco's latest book is not a ritual document to be studied by cloistered acolytes of the semiotic faith, but rather a wonderful piece of literature, a book to be studied by all with pleasure. The question of the perfect language, Eco relates, is one of the few with which you can actually begin at The Beginning, for the difficulty starts in the Book of Genesis. Eco wishes to know what that first language was. It turns out that many have asked this question since ancient times…"
JOHN GREPPIN, 'TLS'

Renaissance Italian Con (Paperback): Yates Renaissance Italian Con (Paperback)
Yates
R1,630 Discovery Miles 16 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ideas&Ideals North Euro Renais (Paperback): Yates Ideas&Ideals North Euro Renais (Paperback)
Yates
R701 Discovery Miles 7 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy - A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 6 (Hardcover): Peter Adamson Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy - A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 6 (Hardcover)
Peter Adamson
R849 R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Save R158 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Peter Adamson explores the rich intellectual history of the Byzantine Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Peter Adamson presents an engaging and wide-ranging introduction to the thinkers and movements of two great intellectual cultures: Byzantium and the Italian Renaissance. First he traces the development of philosophy in the Eastern Christian world, from such early figures as John of Damascus in the eighth century to the late Byzantine scholars of the fifteenth century. He introduces major figures like Michael Psellos, Anna Komnene, and Gregory Palamas, and examines the philosophical significance of such cultural phenomena as iconoclasm and conceptions of gender. We discover the little-known traditions of philosophy in Syriac, Armenian, and Georgian. These chapters also explore the scientific, political, and historical literature of Byzantium. There is a close connection to the second half of the book, since thinkers of the Greek East helped to spark the humanist movement in Italy. Adamson tells the story of the rebirth of philosophy in Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. We encounter such famous names as Christine de Pizan, Niccolo Machiavelli, Giordano Bruno, and Galileo, but as always in this book series such major figures are read alongside contemporaries who are not so well known, including such fascinating figures as Lorenzo Valla, Girolamo Savonarola, and Bernardino Telesio. Major historical themes include the humanist engagement with ancient literature, the emergence of women humanists, the flowering of Republican government in Renaissance Italy, the continuation of Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy alongside humanism, and breakthroughs in science. All areas of philosophy, from theories of economics and aesthetics to accounts of the human mind, are featured. This is the sixth volume of Adamson's History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, taking us to the threshold of the early modern era.

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Politics (Hardcover, New): Jean Roberts Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Politics (Hardcover, New)
Jean Roberts
R2,867 Discovery Miles 28 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Aristotle's Politics is widely acknowledged as a classic and one of the founding texts of political theory and philosophy. Written by a leading expert in ancient philosophical thought, Aristotle and the Politics is a coherent guide that makes sense of an often difficult and disorganized work, carefully explaining its key themes. Jean Roberts introduces and assesses:

  • Aristotle's life and the background to Politics
  • the ideas and text of Politics
  • the continuing importance of Aristotle's work to philosophy today.

Aristotle is one of the most important figures in Western thought and Politics contains some of our earliest ideas about democracy. This is essential reading for all students of philosophy and political thought.

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