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An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings
Av Thomas Malthus, Robert Mayhew
Häftad, 2015
152 kr
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Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on publication in 1798. He predicted what is known as the Malthusian catastrophe, in which humans would disregard the limits of natural resources and the world would be …
An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings
Av Thomas Malthus, Robert Mayhew
E-bok, 2015
108 kr
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Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on publication in 1798. He predicted what is known as the Malthusian catastrophe, in which humans would disregard the limits of natural resources and the world would be …
Aristotle's Lost Homeric Problems
Textual Studies
E-bok, 2019
1476 kr
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This volume takes as its focus an oft-neglected work of ancient philosophy: Aristotle''s lost Homeric Problems . The evidence for this lost work consists mostly of ''fragments'' surviving in the Homeric scholia - comments in the margins of the medieval manuscripts of the Homeric epics, mostly …
Aristotle's Lost Homeric Problems
Textual Studies
E-bok, 2019
1476 kr
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This volume takes as its focus an oft-neglected work of ancient philosophy: Aristotle''s lost Homeric Problems . The evidence for this lost work consists mostly of ''fragments'' surviving in the Homeric scholia - comments in the margins of the medieval manuscripts of the Homeric epics, mostly …
Aristotle's Lost Homeric Problems
Textual Studies
Inbunden, 2019
1648 kr
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This volume takes as its focus an oft-neglected work of ancient philosophy: Aristotle's lost Homeric Problems. The evidence for this lost work consists mostly of 'fragments' surviving in the Homeric scholia - comments in the margins of the medieval manuscripts of the Homeric epics, mostly coming …
Prodicus the Sophist
Texts, Translations, and Commentary
Inbunden, 2011
1853 kr
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The past fifty years have witnessed the flourishing of scholarship in virtually every area of ancient Greek philosophy, but the sophists have for the most part been neglected. This is certainly true of Prodicus of Ceos: of the four most well-known sophists--Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, and …
Plato: Laws 10
Translated with an introduction and commentary
Häftad, 2011
406 kr
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The Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. Although it has been neglected (compared to such works as the Republic and Symposium), it is beginning to receive a great deal of scholarly attention. Book 10 of the Laws contains Plato's fullest defence of the existence of the gods, and his last word …
Female in Aristotle's Biology
Reason or Rationalization
E-bok, 2010
834 kr
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While Aristotle''s writings on biology are considered to be among his best, the comments he makes about females in these works are widely regarded as the nadir of his philosophical oeuvre. Among many claims, Aristotle is said to have declared that females contribute nothing substantial to …
Clearchus of Soli
Text, Translation, and Discussion
Av Robert Mayhew, David C. Mirhady m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2525 kr
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This book showcases a figure whose life and work bridge Classical and Hellenistic Greece. It comprises Tiziano Dorandi’s comprehensive new edition of the Clearchus ‘fragments’, accompanied by a richly annotated English translation from Stephen White, as well as nine new studies examining key …
Clearchus of Soli
Text, Translation, and Discussion
Av Robert Mayhew, David C. Mirhady m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
651 kr
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This book showcases a figure whose life and work bridge Classical and Hellenistic Greece. It comprises Tiziano Dorandi’s comprehensive new edition of the Clearchus ‘fragments’, accompanied by a richly annotated English translation from Stephen White, as well as nine new studies examining key …
Ayn Rand Answers
The Best of Her Q & A
Häftad, 2005
353 kr
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After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand occasionally lectured in order bring her philosophy of Objectivism to a wider audience and apply it to current cultural and political issues. These taped lectures and the question-and-answer sessions that followed not only added an eloquent …
Problems, Volume I
Books 1–19
Inbunden, 2011
373 kr
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Peripatetic potpourri.Aristotle of Stagirus (384–322 BC), the great Greek philosopher, researcher, logician, and scholar, studied with Plato at Athens and taught in the Academy (367–347). Subsequently he spent three years in Asia Minor at the court of his former pupil Hermeias, where he married …
Problems, Volume II
Books 20–38. Rhetoric to Alexander
Inbunden, 2011
373 kr
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Peripatetic potpourri.Aristotle of Stagirus (384–322 BC), the great Greek philosopher, researcher, logician, and scholar, studied with Plato at Athens and taught in the Academy (367–347). Subsequently he spent three years in Asia Minor at the court of his former pupil Hermeias, where he married …
Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Living
Häftad, 2004
743 kr
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Ayn Rand remains a truly significant figure of modern philosophy. Her unique vision of a world in which man, relying on reason, acts wholly for his own good is skillfully developed and illustrated in her most famous novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. But Rand's first novel, We the Living, …
Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem
Häftad, 2005
743 kr
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In this first book-length study of Ayn Rand's anti-utopia Anthem, essays explore the historical, literary, and philosophical themes presiding in this novella written in opposition to the totalitarianism of the Soviet Union (and Nazi Germany). Written in 1937, published in 1938 in Britain, and …
Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead
Häftad, 2006
710 kr
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Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is still remembered and enjoyed today as the philosopher's first best-selling novel. In this unique study of The Fountainhead, Dr. Robert Mayhew brings together historical, literary, and philosophical essays that analyze the novel's style, its use of humor, and its …
Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
Häftad, 2009
988 kr
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While the fiction of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand is extremely popular and enduring, little has been written on it so far. This book consists of essays, most of which are new, by top Rand scholars on Atlas Shrugged, her magnum opus. The essays deal with historical, literary, and philosophical …
Essays on Ayn Rand's "We the Living"
Av Robert Mayhew, Robert Mayhew
Häftad, 2012
788 kr
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Ayn Rand remains a truly significant figure of modern philosophy. Her unique vision of a world in which man, relying on reason, acts wholly for his own good is skillfully developed and illustrated in her most famous novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. But Rand's first novel, We the Living, …
Ayn Rand and Song of Russia
Communism and Anti-Communism in 1940s Hollywood
Häftad, 2004
859 kr
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In October 1947, more than twenty years after leaving Russia, Ayn Rand testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), which was investigating communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. The focus of that testimony was Song of Russia, a 1944 pro-Soviet film that Rand …
Foundations of a Free Society
Reflections on Ayn Rand's Political Philosophy
Av Gregory Salmieri, Robert Mayhew
Inbunden, 2019
977 kr
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Foundations of a Free Society brings together some of the most knowledgeable Ayn Rand scholars and proponents of her philosophy, as well as notable critics, putting them in conversation with other intellectuals who also see themselves as defenders of capitalism and individual liberty. United by the …
Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Republic
Häftad, 1997
825 kr
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The first five chapters of the second book of Aristotle's Politics contain a series of criticisms levelled against Plato's Republic. Despite the abundance of studies that have been done on Aristotle's Politics, these chapters have for the most part been neglected; there has been no book-length …
Clearchus of Soli
Text, Translation, and Discussion
Av Stephen White, Tiziano Dorandi m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
762 kr
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This book showcases a figure whose life and work bridge Classical and Hellenistic Greece. It comprises Tiziano Dorandi’s comprehensive new edition of the Clearchus ‘fragments’, accompanied by a richly annotated English translation from Stephen White, as well as nine new studies examining key …
Clearchus of Soli
Text, Translation, and Discussion
Av Stephen White, Tiziano Dorandi m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
762 kr
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This book showcases a figure whose life and work bridge Classical and Hellenistic Greece. It comprises Tiziano Dorandi’s comprehensive new edition of the Clearchus ‘fragments’, accompanied by a richly annotated English translation from Stephen White, as well as nine new studies examining key …
Historiography and Mythography in the Aristotelian Mirabilia
Av Robert Mayhew, Stefan Schorn
E-bok, 2023
876 kr
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This is the first full-length volume in English that focuses on the historiographical section of the Mirabilia or De mirabilibus auscultationibus ( On Marvelous Things Heard ), attributed to Aristotle but not in fact by him. The central section of the Mirabilia , namely §§ 78–151, for the most …
Historiography and Mythography in the Aristotelian Mirabilia
Av Robert Mayhew, Stefan Schorn
E-bok, 2023
857 kr
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This is the first full-length volume in English that focuses on the historiographical section of the Mirabilia or De mirabilibus auscultationibus ( On Marvelous Things Heard ), attributed to Aristotle but not in fact by him. The central section of the Mirabilia , namely §§ 78–151, for the most …
Aristotelian Mirabilia and Early Peripatetic Natural Science
Av Oliver Hellmann, Robert Mayhew m. fl.
E-bok, 2024
856 kr
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This is the first volume devoted to the sections of the Aristotelian Mirabilia on natural science, filling a significant gap in the history of the Aristotelian study of nature and especially of animals. The chapters in this volume explore the Mirabilia , or De mirabilibus auscultationibus ( On …
Aristotelian Mirabilia and Early Peripatetic Natural Science
Av Oliver Hellmann, Robert Mayhew m. fl.
E-bok, 2024
856 kr
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This is the first volume devoted to the sections of the Aristotelian Mirabilia on natural science, filling a significant gap in the history of the Aristotelian study of nature and especially of animals. The chapters in this volume explore the Mirabilia , or De mirabilibus auscultationibus ( On …
Historiography and Mythography in the Aristotelian Mirabilia
Av Stefan Schorn, Robert Mayhew
Inbunden, 2023
2904 kr
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This is the first full-length volume in English that focuses on the historiographical section of the Mirabilia or De mirabilibus auscultationibus (On Marvelous Things Heard), attributed to Aristotle but not in fact by him.The central section of the Mirabilia, namely §§ 78–151, for the most part …
Historiography and Mythography in the Aristotelian Mirabilia
Av Stefan Schorn, Robert Mayhew
Häftad, 2025
749 kr
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This is the first full-length volume in English that focuses on the historiographical section of the Mirabilia or De mirabilibus auscultationibus (On Marvelous Things Heard), attributed to Aristotle but not in fact by him.The central section of the Mirabilia, namely §§ 78–151, for the most part …
Aristotelian Mirabilia and Early Peripatetic Natural Science
Av Arnaud Zucker, Robert Mayhew m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
2525 kr
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This is the first volume devoted to the sections of the Aristotelian Mirabilia on natural science, filling a significant gap in the history of the Aristotelian study of nature and especially of animals.The chapters in this volume explore the Mirabilia, or De mirabilibus auscultationibus (On …
