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Kontingenz und Zufall in den altislandischen Koenigssagas (German, Hardcover): Jan Alexander Van Nahl Kontingenz und Zufall in den altislandischen Koenigssagas (German, Hardcover)
Jan Alexander Van Nahl
R3,692 Discovery Miles 36 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Historical Dictionary of Medieval Philosophy and Theology (Hardcover, Second Edition): Stephen F Brown, Juan Carlos Flores Historical Dictionary of Medieval Philosophy and Theology (Hardcover, Second Edition)
Stephen F Brown, Juan Carlos Flores
R2,958 Discovery Miles 29 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This second edition concentrates on various philosophers and theologians from the medieval Arabian, Jewish, and Christian worlds. It principally centers on authors such as Abumashar, Saadiah Gaon and Alcuin from the eighth century and follows the intellectual developments of the three traditions up to the fifteenth-century Ibn Khaldun, Hasdai Crescas and Marsilio Ficino. The spiritual journeys presuppose earlier human sources, such as the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Porphyry and various Stoic authors, the revealed teachings of the Jewish Law, the Koran and the Christian Bible. The Fathers of the Church, such as St. Augustine and Gregory the Great, provided examples of theology in their attempts to reconcile revealed truth and man's philosophical knowledge and deserve attention as pre-medieval contributors to medieval intellectual life. Avicenna and Averroes, Maimonides and Gersonides, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure, stand out in the three traditions as special medieval contributors who deserve more attention. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Medieval Philosophy and Theology contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important persons, events, and concepts that shaped medieval philosophy and theology. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about medieval philosophy and theology.

Komplementaritat der Leidenschaften (German, Hardcover): Tobias Janotta Komplementaritat der Leidenschaften (German, Hardcover)
Tobias Janotta
R3,897 Discovery Miles 38 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Akademische Abhandlungen. Lucullus (German, Hardcover): M. Tullius Cicero Akademische Abhandlungen. Lucullus (German, Hardcover)
M. Tullius Cicero
R1,337 Discovery Miles 13 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Framing the World - Classical Influences on Sixteenth-Century Geographical Thought (Hardcover): Margaret Small Framing the World - Classical Influences on Sixteenth-Century Geographical Thought (Hardcover)
Margaret Small
R3,216 R2,358 Discovery Miles 23 580 Save R858 (27%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A timely examination of the ways in which sixteenth-century understandings of the world were framed by classical theory. The long sixteenth century saw a major shift in European geographical understanding: in the space of little more than a hundred years Western Europeans moved to see the world as a place in which all parts of the sphere were made by God for human exploitation and to interact with one another. Taking such a scenario as its historical backdrop, Framing the Early Modern World examines the influence of Greek and Roman ideas on the formulation of new geographical theories in sixteenth-century western Europe. While discussions of inhabitability dominate the geographical literature throughout the sixteenth century, humanist geographers of the sixteenth century, trained in Greek and Roman writings, found in them the key intellectual tools which allowed the oikoumene (the habitable world) to be redefined as a globally-connected world. In this world, all parts of the sphere were designed to be in communication with one another. The coincidence of the Renaissance and the period of European exploration enabled a new geographical understanding fashioned as much by classical theory as by early modern empirical knowledge. Newly discovered lands could then be defined, exploited and colonized. In this way, the author argues, the seeds of the modern era of colonization, expansionism and ultimately globalization were sown. Framing the Early Modern World is a timely work, contributing to a growing discourse on the origins of globalization and the roots of modernity.

Medieval Philosophy - An Historical and Philosophical Introduction (Paperback, New edition of Revised edition): John Marenbon Medieval Philosophy - An Historical and Philosophical Introduction (Paperback, New edition of Revised edition)
John Marenbon
R1,337 Discovery Miles 13 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new introduction replaces Marenbon's best-selling editions Early Medieval Philosophy (1983) and Later Medieval Philosophy (1987) to present a single authoritative and comprehensive study of the period. It gives a lucid and engaging account of the history of philosophy in the Middle Ages, discussing the main writers and ideas, the social and intellectual contexts, and the important concepts used in medieval philosophy. Medieval Philosophy gives a chronological account which: treats all four main traditions of philosophy that stem from the Greek heritage of late antiquity: Greek Christian philosophy, Latin philosophy, Arabic philosophy and Jewish philosophy provides a series of 'study' sections for close attention to arguments and shorter 'interludes' that point to the wider questions of the intellectual context combines philosophical analysis with historical background includes a helpful detailed guide to further reading and an extensive bibliography All students of medieval philosophy, medieval history, theology or religion will find this necessary reading.

The Conception of Man in the Works of John Amos Comenius (Hardcover, New edition): Jan Cizek The Conception of Man in the Works of John Amos Comenius (Hardcover, New edition)
Jan Cizek
R1,624 Discovery Miles 16 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book maps the entire development of Comenius's considerations on man, from his earliest writings to his philosophical masterwork. Although this book primarily offers an analysis and description of the conception of man in Comenius's work, it may also serve the reader as a more general introduction to his philosophical conception. The author shows that, in spite of the fact that Comenius has received no small amount of academic attention, funded studies or monographs in English language remain in single figures. Thus, a range of Comenius's remarkable ideas are still unknown to the wider public.

Inquiries into Byzantine Philosophy (Hardcover, New edition): Martin Kazimir Inquiries into Byzantine Philosophy (Hardcover, New edition)
Martin Kazimir; Jan Zozulak
R1,455 Discovery Miles 14 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book analyses the process of development of Byzantine thought, which carries original solutions to fundamental philosophical questions and an original understanding of the world and humanity. The author defines the contents and characteristics of Byzantine philosophy, discusses the most important factors of its development as well as the role of Greco-Roman world and the place of Christian thinkers in this process. He also takes into consideration the Alexandrian school and the School of Antioch, the relationship between Byzantine philosophy and Greek Patristics and the attempts to restore the Byzantine neptic thought after the fall of Constantinople. The study is based on Byzantine sources, written in Greek.

The Parva naturalia in Greek, Arabic and Latin Aristotelianism - Supplementing the Science of the Soul (Paperback, Softcover... The Parva naturalia in Greek, Arabic and Latin Aristotelianism - Supplementing the Science of the Soul (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Boerje Byden, Filip Radovic
R2,160 Discovery Miles 21 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates Aristotelian psychology through his works and commentaries on them, including De Sensu, De Memoria and De Somno et Vigilia. Authors present original research papers inviting readers to consider the provenance of Aristotelian ideas and interpretations of them, on topics ranging from reality to dreams and spirituality. Aristotle's doctrine of the 'common sense', his notion of transparency and the generation of colours are amongst the themes explored. Chapters are presented chronologically, enabling the reader to trace influences across the boundaries of linguistic traditions. Commentaries from historical figures featured in this work include those of Michael of Ephesus (c. 1120), Albert the Great and Gersonides' (1288-1344). Discoveries in 9th-century Arabic adaptations, Byzantine commentaries and Renaissance paraphrases of Aristotle's work are also presented. The editors' introduction outlines the main historical developments of the themes discussed, preparing the reader for the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives presented in this work. Scholars of philosophy and psychology and those with an interest in Aristotelianism will highly value the original research that is presented in this work. The Introduction and Chapter 4 of this book are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Why Medieval Philosophy Matters (Hardcover): Stephen Boulter Why Medieval Philosophy Matters (Hardcover)
Stephen Boulter
R2,857 Discovery Miles 28 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Tackling the question of why medieval philosophy matters in the current age, Stephen Boulter issues a passionate and robust defence of this school in the history of ideas. He examines both familiar territory and neglected texts and thinkers whilst also asking the question of why, exactly, this matters or should matter to how we think now. Why Medieval Philosophy is also provides a introduction to medieval philosophy more generally exploring how this area of philosophy has been received, debated and, sometimes, dismissed in the history of philosophy.

Farewell to Postmodernism - Social Theories of the Late Left (Hardcover, New edition): Bartosz Kuzniarz Farewell to Postmodernism - Social Theories of the Late Left (Hardcover, New edition)
Bartosz Kuzniarz
R1,958 Discovery Miles 19 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the late 1960s, a whole pantheon of thinkers regarding themselves as radicals stole a part of the anarchic praxis of late capitalism, turned it into philosophy, and with the resulting set of views turned against the foundations of the system in a purportedly radical gesture. Postmodernism was the name for the superficially revolutionary culture which then came into existence. The thought of the late left appears as the subsequent response to the cunning of the system. The main figures of Farewell to Postmodernism are Perry Anderson, David Harvey, Fredric Jameson, Terry Eagleton and Slavoj Zizek. The book provides an encyclopaedic introduction to their work, while at the same time seeking to grasp the current trajectory of radical thought.

Intentionality, Cognition, and Mental Representation in Medieval Philosophy (Paperback): Gyula Klima Intentionality, Cognition, and Mental Representation in Medieval Philosophy (Paperback)
Gyula Klima
R1,012 Discovery Miles 10 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It is commonly supposed that certain elements of medieval philosophy are uncharacteristically preserved in modern philosophical thought through the idea that mental phenomena are distinguished from physical phenomena by their intentionality, their intrinsic directedness toward some object. The many exceptions to this presumption, however, threaten its viability.
This volume explores the intricacies and varieties of the conceptual relationships medieval thinkers developed among intentionality, cognition, and mental representation. Ranging from Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, and Buridan through less-familiar writers, the collection sheds new light on the various strands that run between medieval and modern thought and bring us to a number of fundamental questions in the philosophy of mind as it is conceived today.

Predigten, Traktate, Spruche (German, Hardcover): Meister Eckhart Predigten, Traktate, Spruche (German, Hardcover)
Meister Eckhart
R880 Discovery Miles 8 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy Volume 7 (Hardcover): Robert Pasnau Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy Volume 7 (Hardcover)
Robert Pasnau
R2,431 Discovery Miles 24 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field. The series covers all aspects of medieval philosophy, including the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew traditions, and runs from the end of antiquity into the Renaissance. It publishes new work by leading scholars in the field, and combines historical scholarship with philosophical acuteness. The papers will address a wide range of topics, from political philosophy to ethics, and logic to metaphysics. OSMP is an essential resource for anyone working in the area.

Predigten, Traktate, Spruche - (Band 51, Klassiker in neuer Rechtschreibung) (German, Hardcover): Klara Neuhaus-Richter Predigten, Traktate, Spruche - (Band 51, Klassiker in neuer Rechtschreibung) (German, Hardcover)
Klara Neuhaus-Richter; Meister Eckhart
R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Phenomenology of Musical Absorption (Paperback): Simon Hoffding A Phenomenology of Musical Absorption (Paperback)
Simon Hoffding
R1,873 Discovery Miles 18 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Greek and Latin Poetry (Hardcover): Angelo Poliziano Greek and Latin Poetry (Hardcover)
Angelo Poliziano; Edited by Peter E. Knox
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in Florence during the Age of the Medici. His poetry, composed in a variety of meters, includes epigrams, elegies, and verse epistles, as well as translations of Hellenistic Greek poets. Among the first Latin poets of the Renaissance to be inspired by Homer and the poems of Greek Anthology, Poliziano's verse also reflects his deep study of Catullus, Martial, and Statius. It ranges from love songs to funeral odes, from prayers to hymns, from invectives directed against his rivals to panegyrics of his teachers, artists, fellow humanists, and his great patron, Lorenzo de' Medici, "il Magnifico." The present volume includes all of Poliziano's Greek and Latin poetry (with the exception of the Silvae, published in 2004 as ITRL 14), all translated into English for the first time.

The Philosophy of Human Nature in Christian Perspective (Hardcover, New edition): Peter Weigel, Joseph Prudhomme The Philosophy of Human Nature in Christian Perspective (Hardcover, New edition)
Peter Weigel, Joseph Prudhomme
R1,873 Discovery Miles 18 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this work, leading contemporary philosophers discuss key facets of the human person from a variety of perspectives in Christian thought. This closely woven volume includes chapters by Nicholas Wolterstorff on the distinction between humans and other animals; Robert Sokolowski on language; Marilyn McCord Adams on the presence of the Holy Spirit in human beings; Roland Teske on the soul and soteriology; Nicolas Austriaco on bioethics and human nature; J. Hayes Hurley on consciousness; and Germain Grisez on death and immortality. An excellent source for scholars, this book is also ideal for courses in philosophy, theology, and psychology.

Skepticism in Philosophy - A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction (Paperback): Henrik Lagerlund Skepticism in Philosophy - A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction (Paperback)
Henrik Lagerlund
R1,309 Discovery Miles 13 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book, Henrik Lagerlund offers students, researchers, and advanced general readers the first complete history of what is perhaps the most famous of all philosophical problems: skepticism. As the first of its kind, the book traces the influence of philosophical skepticism from its roots in the Hellenistic schools of Pyrrhonism and the Middle Academy up to its impact inside and outside of philosophy today. Along the way, the book covers skepticism during the Latin, Arabic, and Greek Middle Ages and during the Renaissance before moving on to cover Descartes' methodological skepticism and Pierre Bayle's super-skepticism in the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century, it deals with Humean skepticism and the anti-skepticism of Reid, Shepherd, and Kant, taking care to also include reflections on the connections between idealism and skepticism (including skepticism in German idealism after Kant). The book covers similar themes in a chapter on G.E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and then ends its historical overview with a chapter on skepticism in contemporary philosophy. In the final chapter, Lagerlund captures some of skepticism's impact outside of philosophy, highlighting its relation to issues like the replication crisis in science and knowledge resistance.

Toward Metaphysics - New Tendencies in French Philosophy in the Middle of the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, New edition): Jacek... Toward Metaphysics - New Tendencies in French Philosophy in the Middle of the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, New edition)
Jacek Migasinski
R1,809 Discovery Miles 18 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents and analyzes specific metaphysical tendencies that were revived within particular branches of French philosophy from the 1930s to the 1960s. Using the examples of the five philosophers active in this period (Louis Lavelle, Ferdinand Alquie, Jean Wahl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Emmanuel Levinas), who did not belong to or did not form any school of thought, the author attempts to show that the specificity of this non-classical metaphysics could be located in its anti-naturalist, non-substantial, non-objectival, dialectic, critical, non-systematic and pluralist character. The analysis is preceded by a comprehensive introduction in which both theoretical and historical inspirations for the ideas presented in the book are explained. The summary provides possible influences that the described ideas could exercise over more recent currents in French philosophy.

The Confessionalization of Humanism in Reformation Germany (Hardcover): Erika Rummel The Confessionalization of Humanism in Reformation Germany (Hardcover)
Erika Rummel
R4,272 Discovery Miles 42 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A great deal has been written about the influence of humanism on the Reformation. The present study reverses the question, asking: how did the Reformation affect humanism? Although it is true that humanism influenced the course of the Reformation, says Erika Rummel, the dynamics of the relationship are better described by saying that humanism was co-opted, perhaps even exploited, in the religious debate. Both Reformers and Catholic reactionaries took from humanism what was useful for the advancement of their cause and suppressed what was unsuited to their purpose.

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance (Paperback): Gordon Campbell The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance (Paperback)
Gordon Campbell
R765 R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Save R94 (12%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views of the Renaissance have changed considerably in recent decades. The glories of Florence and the art of Raphael and Michelangelo remain an important element of the Renaissance story, but they are now only a part of a much wider story which looks beyond an exclusive focus on high culture, beyond the Italian peninsula, and beyond the fifteenth century. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance tells the cultural history of this broader and longer Renaissance: from seminal figures such as Dante and Giotto in thirteenth-century Italy, to the waning of Spain's 'golden age' in the 1630s, and the closure of the English theatres in 1642, the date generally taken to mark the end of the English literary Renaissance. Geographically, the story ranges from Spanish America to Renaissance Europe's encounter with the Ottomans-and far beyond, to the more distant cultures of China and Japan. And thematically, under Gordon Campbell's expert editorial guidance, the volume covers the whole gamut of Renaissance civilization, with chapters on humanism and the classical tradition; war and the state; religion; art and architecture; the performing arts; literature; craft and technology; science and medicine; and travel and cultural exchange.

Karol Wojtyla's Personalist Philosophy - Understanding 'Person and Act' (Paperback): Miguel Acosta, Adrian J.... Karol Wojtyla's Personalist Philosophy - Understanding 'Person and Act' (Paperback)
Miguel Acosta, Adrian J. Reimers
R1,107 R889 Discovery Miles 8 890 Save R218 (20%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An important milestone of 20th Century philosophy was the rise of personalism. After the crimes and atrocities against millions of human beings in two World Wars, especially the Second, some philosophers and other thinkers began to seek arguments showing the value of each human being, to expose and denounce the folly of political structures that violate the inalienable rights of the individual person. Karol Wojty?a appeals to the ancient concept of 'person' to emphasize the particular value of each human being. The person is unique because of their subjectivity by which they possesses an unrepeatable interior world in the history of humanity. Their rational nature grants them a special character among living beings, among which is the transcendence to the infinite. Wojty?a magisterially shows how each human being's personhood is rooted in a conscious and free subjectivity, which is marked also by personal and social responsibility. Wojty?a's original philosophical analysis takes for its starting point the human act, in which consciousness and experience consolidate voluntary choices, which are objectively efficacious. By their acts, the person determines their own personhood. This self-dominion manifests the person and enables them to live together in a community in which one's neighbor can be a companion on the voyage of life. This work provides a clear guide to Karol Wojty?a's principal philosophical work, Person and Act, rigorously analyzing the meaning that the author intended in his exposition. An important feature of the work is that the authors rely on the original Polish text, Osoba i czyn, as well as the best translations into Italian and Spanish, rather than on a flawed and sometimes misleading English edition of the work. Besides the analysis of Wojty?a's masterwork, this volume offers three chapters examining the impact of Wojty?a's anthropology on the relationship between faith and reason.

Revelation 1-3 in Christian Arabic Commentary - John's First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches (Hardcover):... Revelation 1-3 in Christian Arabic Commentary - John's First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches (Hardcover)
Stephen J. Davis, T. C. Schmidt, Shawqi Talia; Bulus al-Bushi, Ibn Katib Qaysar
R2,038 R1,876 Discovery Miles 18 760 Save R162 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The first publication in a new series-Christian Arabic Texts in Translation, edited by Stephen Davis-this book presents English-language excerpts from thirteenth-century commentaries on the Apocalypse of John by two Egyptian authors, Bulus al-Bushi and Ibn Katib Qas.ar. Accompanied by scholarly introductions and critical annotations, this edition will provide a valuable entry-point to important but understudied theological work taking place at the at the meeting-points of the medieval Christian and Muslim worlds.

Descartes - Meditations On First Philosophy (Paperback): Laurence Lafleur Descartes - Meditations On First Philosophy (Paperback)
Laurence Lafleur
R985 Discovery Miles 9 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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