In these Gasson Lectures, Frank Brennan addresses various contested contemporary issues such as church-state relations, physician assisted suicide ...

In these Gasson Lectures, Frank Brennan addresses various contested contemporary issues such as church-state relations, physician assisted suicide ...

A.J. Woodman's translation combines accuracy and Tacitean invention, masterfully conveying Tacitus' distinctive and powerful manner of expression, ...

A.J. Woodman's translation combines accuracy and Tacitean invention, masterfully conveying Tacitus' distinctive and powerful manner of expression, ...

Saadya ben Joseph al-Fayyumi (882-942), gaon (head) of the rabbinic academy at Sura and one of the preeminent Jewish thinkers of the medieval perio...

Saadya ben Joseph al-Fayyumi (882-942), gaon (head) of the rabbinic academy at Sura and one of the preeminent Jewish thinkers of the medieval perio...

Combines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Far mor...

Combines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Far mor...

Richard J. Regan's new translation of texts from Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica IIâ€II--on the virtues prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperan...

Richard J. Regan's new translation of texts from Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica IIâ€II--on the virtues prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperan...

“Carmen Sylva, when she discovered that I was writing, instead of laughing at me and being ironical about my modest attempts at literature, encoura...

In addition to works by Plato and Xenophon, we know of dozens of treatises and dialogues written by followers of Socrates that are now lost. The su...

In addition to works by Plato and Xenophon, we know of dozens of treatises and dialogues written by followers of Socrates that are now lost. The su...

This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill's most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his o...

This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill's most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his o...

Though better known today as a political theorist than as a dramatist, Machiavelli secured his fame as a giant in the history of Italian comedy mor...

Rethinking humanity as a concept in our age of globalization and its relevance to the social and political reality of our times are the topic of th...

The book called ‘The Consolation of Philosophy’ was throughout the Middle Ages, and down to the beginnings of the modern epoch in the sixteenth cen...

The Creative Argument sets itself apart from its competitors by presenting a series of compelling works of literary nonfiction that challenge what ...

Philip J. Ivanhoe's richly annotated translation of this classic work is accompanied by his engaging interpretation and commentary, a lucid introdu...

After the arrival of Buddhism toward the end of the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220), Buddhism found itself in a fierce conflict with indigenous Chines...

The single word liberty articulates not only basic rights, such as freedom of speech and religion, but many other vital concepts: opportunity, choi...

As a child, Michael Charles Tobias encountered a wolf caged in a zoo. Gazing upon the pacing, desperate animal, Tobias asked his Father, "Why is he...