Explores boredoms intellectual history from its early origins to the modern day. Essential reading for students and researchers in the history of philosophy, emotion studies, phenomenology, and moral psychology. It will also interest scholars in rel...Lasīt vairāk
The literature of the English Renaissance demands some attention to the intellectual and educational background which produced it, in order to be seen in proper perspective. The selection in this book, originally published in 1985, both illustrate t...Lasīt vairāk
Mathematics and Philosophy at the Turn of the First Millennium sheds light on Abbos original philosophical system anchored in two central doctrines, which serve as a compass to navigate it: the theory of oneness (henology) and the theory of composit...Lasīt vairāk
Dantes Visions: Crossing Sights on Natural Philosophy, Theory of Vision, and Medicine in the Divine Comedy and Beyond offers a fascinating insight into Dantes engagement with the science of his time, particularly with visual perception and neurologi...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides fresh, contemporary accounts of Said Nursi and Thomas Aquinas on miracles and science, challenges contemporary noninterventionist presuppositions, and explores rich, untapped avenues in the theology, metaphysics, and epistemology...Lasīt vairāk
This collection explores the fascinating philosophical history of materialism, from the ancient world to the modern day. Ideal for those studying and researching the history of this vital philosophical movement, the history and philosophy of science...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides an exhaustive overview of the ontology of relations. Moreover, it offers a detailed defense of the existence of irreducible relations in the universe and shows that entities such as powers should be better thought of as relations....Lasīt vairāk
George Gemistos Plethon (c. 1360-1454) was a remarkable and influential thinker, active at the time of transition between the Byzantine Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance. His works cover literary, historical, scientific, but most notably philo...Lasīt vairāk
Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe: An Interdisciplinary Study examines the phenomenon of medieval eschatology from a global perspective, both geographically and intellectually....Lasīt vairāk
This book is an interdisciplinary approach to intellectual history, which puts the history of ideas in the context of cultural, political, religious and legal history....Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1953, Tragedy and the Paradox of the Fortunate Fall argues that our response to tragedy is made up of a series of responses....Lasīt vairāk
This book considers different forms of voluntarism developed from the 13th to 18th centuries. By crossing the conventional dividing line between the medieval and early modern periods, the volume draws important new insights on the historical develop...Lasīt vairāk
Including both traditional and underrepresented accounts and geographies of soul, body, gender, and sexuality in late antique history, philosophy, and theology, this volume offers substantial re-readings of these and related concepts through theorie...Lasīt vairāk
Spanning themes from superstition, enthusiasm, emotions, purity and the need for certainty, this landmark volume is essential reading for anyone researching the history of philosophy, ethics, and moral philosophy. Also valuable to those studying fan...Lasīt vairāk
Engaging Eriugena, Eckhart and Cusanus contains two new essays and nine others published between 2005 and 2019. The essays explore Eriugena, Eckhart and Cusanus as bold thinkers deeply engaged with their times and culture....Lasīt vairāk
This book presents a new, contemporary introduction to medieval philosophy as it was practiced in all its variety in Western Europe and the Near East. It assumes only a minimal familiarity with philosophy....Lasīt vairāk
The Secret Symmetry of Maimonides and Freud presents the parallels between The Guide of the Perplexed and The Interpretation of Dreams, considering how Maimonides might be perceived as anticipating Freuds much later work....Lasīt vairāk
Medieval debates over divine creation are systematically obscured in our age by the conflict between Intelligent Design Creationists and Evolutionists. The present investigation cuts through the web of contemporary conflicts to examine problems...Lasīt vairāk
A landmark publication in this emerging field. Essential reading for students and researchers in the history of philosophy, philosophy of science and technology, library and information studies, history of science, media studies, and intellectual hi...Lasīt vairāk
