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Book SynopsisAfter deciding to terminate his authorship with the pseudonymous "Concluding Unscientific Postscript", Kierkegaard composed reviews as a means of writing without being an author. This work comments on the Danish novel "Two Ages", which contrasts the mentality of the age of the French Revolution with that of the subsequent epoch of rationalism.Trade Review"These new translations are excellent."--Choice "The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."--Library Journal

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Book SynopsisJacques Maritain''s An Introduction to Philosophy was first published in 1931. Since then, this book has stood the test of time as a clear guide to what philosophy is and how to philosophize. Inspired by the Thomistic Revival called for by Leo XIII, Maritain relies heavily on Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas to shape a philosophy that, far from sectarian theology in disguise, is driven by reason and engages the modern world. Re-released as part of the Sheed & Ward Classic series, An Introduction to Philosophy is sure to enliven the minds of students and general readers for years to come. From the new introduction by Ralph McInerny: You are about to read a magnificent introduction not only to a kind of philosophy but to philosophizing itself. Jacques Maritain was a relatively young man when he wrote this book, but his effort is one that attracts any philosopher more and more as he grows older. However odd and unusual what he says becomes, the philosopher yearns to show how even the most abstruse claims can be put into relation with what the reader already knows. That, in its essence, is what teaching is. In this book, the reader will find a wise and certain guide into philosophizing as such. And, in the end, he will find that what he reads is really only a refinement and development of what he and everybody else already knew.Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Preface 3 Author's Introduction Part 4 The Nature of Philosophy Chapter 5 Philosophic Thought Before Philosophy in the Strict Sense Chapter 6 Pre-Socratic Philosophers Chapter 7 Sophists and Socrates Chapter 8 Plato and Aristotle Chapter 9 Definition of Philosophy Chapter 10 Philosophy and the Special Sciences Chapter 11 Philosophy and Theology Chapter 12 Philosophy and Common Sense Part 13 The Classification of Philosophy Chapter 14 Main Divisions of Philosophy Chapter 15 Logic Chapter 16 Philosophy of Mathematics and the Philosophy of Nature Chapter 17 Criticism (Epistemology) Chapter 18 Ontology: Essence Chapter 19 Ontology: Substance and Accident Chapter 20 Ontology: Act and Potentiality Chapter 21 Theodicy Chapter 22 The Philosopy of Art; Ethics

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Book SynopsisNeo-Confucianism is a philosophically sophisticated tradition weaving classical Confucianism together with themes from Buddhism and Daoism. It began in China around the eleventh century CE, played a leading role in East Asian cultures over the last millennium, and has had a profound influence on modern Chinese society. Based on the latest scholarship but presented in accessible language, Neo-Confucianism: A Philosophical Introduction is organized around themes that are central in Neo-Confucian philosophy, including the structure of the cosmos, human nature, ways of knowing, personal cultivation, and approaches to governance. The authors thus accomplish two things at once: they present the Neo-Confucians in their own, distinctive terms; and they enable contemporary readers to grasp what is at stake in the great Neo-Confucian debates. This novel structure gives both students and scholars in philosophy, religion, history, and cultural studies a new window Trade Review"A lucid, accessible, and highly readable introduction to the world of Neo-Confucian philosophy. The authors succeed admirably in unpacking what the Neo-Confucian thinkers meant and not just surveying what they said, and in doing so Angle and Tiwald encourage the reader to engage with Neo-Confucian ideas." —John Makeham, Chair and Director, China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University"This landmark work on Neo-Confucianism provides a tremendously helpful survey of the conceptual terrain that the thinkers in this tradition negotiated in their different ways and brings many more important thinkers onto the scene in dialogue with better-known figures such as the Cheng brothers, Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming." —David B. Wong, Beischer Professor of Philosophy, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsContents Preface Note on Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Pattern and Vital Stuff 3. Nature 4. Heartmind 5. Emotions 6. Knowing 7. Self-Cultivation 8. Virtues 9. Governance and Institutions 10. The Enduring Significance of Neo-Confucianism Teaching Neo-Confucianism Topically Table of Neo-Confucians Bibliography Glossary and Index

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Book SynopsisThis anthology offers a comprehensive historical introduction to the central questions of philosophy of religion. Approximately two-thirds of the selections are from ancient, medieval, and modern sources, helping students to understand and engage the rich traditions of reflection on these timeless questions. The remaining contemporary readings introduce students to the more recent developments in the field. Each of the thematically arranged sections begins with an editor''s introduction to clarify the central issues and positions presented in the readings that follow. Topics include: traditional theistic arguments religious experience and revelation fideism naturalistic approaches to religious belief the divine attributes fate, freedom, and foreknowledge the connection between religion and morality the problem of evil death and immortality religious diversity faith, reason, Trade Review"What distinguishes this anthology from others is editors trained in modern philosophy and adept at its strategies, who have come to learn from classical traditions as well, to reflect that breadth and depth in their selections. Their ability to range from "ancient to contemporary" will enlighten current students, as will their adroit way of introducing the various topics in philosophical inquiry into questions of faith." - David Burrell, C.S.C, University of Notre Dame "A well-crafted collection that admirably represents the central issues in Philosophy of religion. Miller and Zagzebski provide a deep, persuasive yet readable treatment of the subject. I enthusiastically recommend it." - J.P. Moreland, Talbot School of Theology, Biola UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi General Introduction 1 I The Philosophical Treatment of Religion 3 Introduction 5 1 The Nature of the Gods, Book 1 7Cicero II Classical Arguments for Theism 19 Introduction 21 A Teleological Arguments 23 1 The Design Argument 25Cicero 2 The Fifth Way 27Thomas Aquinas 3 The Watch and the Watchmaker 28William Paley 4 Critique of the Design Argument 31David Hume 5 The Teleological Argument 39Robin Collins 6 The Argument from the Appearance of Design 51J. J. C. Smart B Cosmological Arguments 55 1 Plato’s Cosmological Argument 57Plato 2 The Eternality of Motion and the Unmoved Mover 62Aristotle 3 The Kalam Cosmological Argument 66Al-GhazAli 4 The Existence and Oneness of God 68Moses Maimonides 5 The First Three Ways 71Thomas Aquinas 6 The Argument from Dependent Beings 73Samuel Clarke 7 Critique of the Cosmological Argument 76David Hume C Ontological Arguments 79 1 Anselm’s Ontological Argument 81Anselm 2 Descartes’s Ontological Argument 84René Descartes 3 Kant’s Critique of the Three Traditional Proofs 90Immanuel Kant 4 The Ontological Argument 98Alvin Plantinga III Other Approaches to Religious Belief 113 Introduction 115 A Experience and Revelation as Grounds for Religious Belief 117 1 The Numinous 119Rudolf Otto 2 Mysticism and Religious Experience 123William J. Wainwright 3 The Existence of God and the Existence of Homer: Rethinking Theism and Revelatory Claims 137Sandra Menssen and Thomas D. Sullivan B Fideism 151 1 Truth is Subjectivity 153Søren Kierkegaard 2 Kierkegaard’s Arguments against Objective Reasoning in Religion 157Robert M. Adams 3 Lectures on Religious Belief 168Ludwig Wittgenstein C Naturalistic Re-interpretations of Religious Belief 175 1 Origin of Religion 177David Hume 2 The Essence of Religion in General 183Ludwig Feuerbach 3 The Future of an Illusion 187Sigmund Freud IV Who or What is God? 191 Introduction 193 1 On Being 195Melissus of Samos 2 The Final Cause 198Aristotle 3 The Divine Darkness 201Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite 4 Perfect Being 206Anselm 5 On the Trinity 210Richard of St Victor 6 Omnipotence 213Peter Geach 7 Omniscience and Immutability 223Norman Kretzmann 8 Atemporal Personhood 231William L. Craig V Fate, Freedom, and Foreknowledge 237 Introduction 239 1 The Sea Battle Argument 241Aristotle 2 On Fate and On Divination 244Cicero 3 God’s Timeless Knowing 246Boethius 4 Ockham on God’s Foreknowledge, and Future Contingents 251Marilyn Adams 5 Middle Knowledge 260William Hasker VI Religion and Morality 265 Introduction 267 A Is Religion Needed for Morality? 269 1 God is the Measure of All Things 271Plato 2 The Moral Argument for the Existence of God 272Immanuel Kant B Divine Command Theory and Divine Motivation Theory 277 1 The Euthyphro Dilemma 279Plato 2 Questions on the Books of the Sentences 283Pierre d’Ailly 3 Lectures on Romans 286Martin Luther 4 Divine Commands 288Robert M. Adams 5 The Virtues of God and the Foundations of Ethics 299Linda Zagzebski C Natural Law 311 1 Selections from Treatise on Law 313Thomas Aquinas VII The Problem of Evil 319 Introduction 321 1 God is Not the Author of Evil 323Plato 2 On the Anger of God 325Lactantius 3 That Which Is, Is Good 327Augustine 4 On the Free Choice of the Will 329Augustine 5 Formal Summary of the Theodicy 332Gottfried Leibniz 6 Myth of the Goddess Pallas 339Gottfried Leibniz 7 Evil and Omnipotence 342J. L. Mackie 8 The Free Will Defense 350Alvin Plantinga 9 Soul-making Theodicy 369John Hick 10 Friendly Atheism, Skeptical Theism, and the Problem of Evil 380William L. Rowe 11 Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God 389Marilyn Adams VIII Death and Immortality 399 Introduction 401 A Is Death Bad? 403 1 Death is Nothing to Us 405Epicurus 2 Death 407Thomas Nagel B Life after Death 413 1 The Separation of the Soul from the Body 415Plato 2 The Future Life 417Averroes (Ibn Rushd) 3 The Possibility of Immortality 420René Descartes 4 Personal Identity and Consciousness 422John Locke 5 Do We Survive Death? 427Bertrand Russell 6 Religious and Near-death Experience in Relation to Belief in a Future Life 430Paul Badham IX The Diversity of Religions 441 Introduction 443 1 Religious Pluralism and Salvation 445John Hick 2 The Bodhgaya Interview (1981) 455The Dalai Lama 3 Christianity and the Non-Christian Religions 459Karl Rahner 4 Self-trust and the Diversity of Religions 465Linda Zagzebski X Faith, Reason, and the Ethics of Belief 475 Introduction 477 A Faith and Reason 479 1 How Justin Found Philosophy 481Justin Martyr 2 Prescriptions against the Heretics 487Tertullian 3 In What Respect Philosophy Contributes to the Comprehension of Divine Truth 490Clement of Alexandria 4 The Decisive Treatise, Determining the Nature of the Connection between Religion and Philosophy 492Averroes (Ibn Rushd) 5 Faith and Reason 496Thomas Aquinas 6 Belief in God is Natural 501John Calvin 7 Faith, Reason, and Enthusiasm 504John Locke 8 Return to Reason: The Irrationality of Evidentialism 515Kelly James Clark B Pragmatism and the Ethics of Belief 533 1 The Wager 535Blaise Pascal 2 Pascalian Wagering 538Thomas V. Morris 3 The Ethics of Belief 544W. K. Clifford 4 The Will to Believe 549William James XI Science, Religion, and Naturalism 559 Introduction 561 A Miracles 563 1 Miracles 565Thomas Aquinas 2 A Discourse of Miracles 567John Locke 3 Of Miracles 572David Hume 4 David Hume and the Probability of Miracles 583George I. Mavrodes B Science, Religion, and Naturalism 595 1 Letter to Castelli 597Galileo Galilei 2 Signs of Intelligence 602William A. Dembski 3 Atheism and Evolution 614Daniel C. Dennett 4 Darwin, Design, and Divine Providence 624John F. Haught 5 How Naturalism Implies Skepticism 636Alvin Plantinga 6 A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand: Plantinga on the Self-defeat of Evolutionary Naturalism 648Timothy O’Connor

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Book SynopsisIn Wine & Philosophy, philosophers, wine critics, and winemakers share their passion for wine through well-crafted essays that explore wine's deeper meaning, nature, and significance Joins Food & Philosophy and Beer & Philosophy in in the Epicurean Trilogy Essays are organized thematically and written by philosophers, wine writers, and winemakers Chapters include, The Art & Culture of Wine; Tasting & Talking about Wine; Wine & Its Critics; The Beauty of Wine; The Metaphysics of Wine; and The Politics & Economics of Wine Accessible to a general audience while at the same time covering some serious philosophical ground Incorporates traditional areas of philosophical study, including philosophy of language, philosophy of perception, aesthetics, metaphysics, ethics and political philosophy A great complimentary text to any guided-tour visit to the Napa Valley or other wineries Trade Review"The complexity and subtlety of the distinctions made by master tasters is quite astonishing, and is all the more interesting when comparing notes with others." (Network Review, 1 June 2011) "It turns out that not only have reputable psychologists at well-respected institutions done experimental studies on this effect, but it also serves as a kind of foul point for various philosophical questions. The works set out to address the intersection between philosophy and areas of everyday general concern: food, wine, and beer. In addition to straightforward philosophical discussions, the volumes include historical discussions, legal questions, some personal reflections.” (Gastronomica, Fall 2008) "It has some of the best, thoughtful essays about wine and health, winemaking, wine appreciation, wine jargon and wine writers...a very smart book about wine." (InsideBayArea.com) “A truly well rounded view…and a critical reflection on what and how we eat can contribute to a robust enjoyment of gastronomic pleasures.” (Gourmet Retailer) “A rare treat. These grape-stained craftsmen dive into their subjects with Socratic gusto. Nuggets of wit … throughout.” (Wine Enthusiast) Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Foreword by Paul Draper ix Acknowledgments xi Planting the Vines: An Introduction 1 Fritz Allhoff I The Art & Culture of Wine 13 1 Wine in Ancient Greece: Some Platonist Ponderings 15 Harold Tarrant 2 On and Off the Wagon: Wine and the American Character 30 Jonathon Alsop 3 Muse in a Stem Glass: Art, Wine, and Philosophy 44 Kirsten Ditterich-Shilakes 4 In Vino Sanitas 63 Frederick Adolf Paola II Tasting & Talking about Wine 79 5 Mmmm . . . not Aha! Imaginative vs. Analytical Experiences of Wines 81 John Dilworth 6 Talk about Wine? 95 Kent Bach 7 Winespeak or Critical Communication? Why People Talk about Wine 111 Keith Lehrer and Adrienne Lehrer III Wine & Its Critics 123 8 What the Wine Critic Tells Us 125 John W. Bender 9 Experiencing Wine: Why Critics Mess Up (Some of the Time) 137 Jamie Goode IV The Beauty of Wine 155 10 You’ll Never Drink Alone: Wine Tasting and Aesthetic Practice 157 Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås 11 Who Cares If You Like It, This Is a Good Wine Regardless 172 George Gale 12 Listening to the Wine Consumer: The Art of Drinking 186 Steve Charters V Wine & Metaphysics 203 13 Is There Coffee or Blackberry in My Wine? 205 Kevin W. Sweeney 14 The Soul of Wine: Digging for Meaning 219 Randall Grahm 15 The Notion of Terroir 225 Matt Kramer VI The Politics & Economics of Wine 235 16 Wine-Tasting Epiphany: An Analysis of the 1976 California vs. France Tasting 237 Orley Ashenfelter, Richard E. Quandt, and George M. Taber 17 The Old World and the New: Worlds Apart? 248 Warren Winiarski 18 Taste How Expensive This Is: A Problem of Wine and Rationality 257 Justin Weinberg 19 Shipping across State Lines: Wine and the Law 275 Drew Massey Notes on Contributors 288 Index 295

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Book SynopsisQuantum Non-Locality and Relativity is recognized as the premier philosophical study of Bell s Theorem and its implication for the relativistic account of space and time. The third edition has been carefully updated to reflect significant developments.Trade Review"Maudlin's book is outstanding, and is particularly remarkable for three central achievements: the clearest exposition of Bell's theorem I know of; a careful discussion of the (in)compatibility between the implications of that theorem and relativity; and astute suggestions for how one could deal with this problem. Maudlin is a professional philosopher who writes on this most fundamental issue of physics in a way that is far clearer than the work of most physicists." -Jean Bricmont, University of LouvainTable of ContentsPreface to First Edition vi Preface to Second Edition x Preface to Third Edition xii Introduction 1 1 Bell’s Theorem: The Price of Locality 6 Appendix A: The GHZ Scheme 24 2 Relativity and Space-time Structure 27 3 Finger Exercise: Superluminal Matter Transport 55 4 Controlling the Connection: Signals 74 Appendix B: Bohmian Mechanics 106 5 Causation 114 6 Secret Messages 148 7 Points of View 173 8 Life in Elastic Space-time 205 9 Morals 221 10 New Discoveries and Deeper Insights: The View from 2010 224 An Overview of Quantum Mechanics 260 References 284 Index 290

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Book SynopsisPresents the articles of philosophical and theological interest - those that influenced Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Voltaire and formed the basis for various eighteenth-century discussions, including "David", "Manicheans", "Paulicians", "Pyrrho", "Rorarius", "Simonides", "Spinoza", and "Zeno of Elea".

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Book SynopsisHermeneutics, the study of interpretation, is an essential and valuable branch of philosophy. Hermeneutics is also a central component of the methodology of the social sciences and the humanities, for example historiography, anthropology, art history, and literary criticism. In a sequence of accessible chapters, contributors across the human sciences explain the leading concepts and ideas of hermeneutics, the historical development of the field, the importance of hermeneutics in philosophy today, and the ways in which it can address contemporary concerns including intercultural relations, relations between subcultures within a single society, and relations across race and gender. Clearly structured and written in non-technical language, this Companion will be an important contribution to a growing field of study.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Hermeneutics and theology Christoph Bultmann; 2. Hermeneutics and nature Dalia Nassar; 3. Hermeneutics and romanticism Fred Rush; 4. Hermeneutics and German idealism Paul Redding; 5. Hermeneutics and history John H. Zammito; 6. Hermeneutics and positivism Frederick C. Beiser; 7. Hermeneutics: Nietzschean approaches Paul Katsafanas; 8. Hermeneutics and psychoanalysis Sebastian Gardner; 9. Hermeneutics and phenomenology Benjamin Crowe; 10. Hermeneutics and critical theory Georgia Warnke; 11. Hermeneutics: francophone approaches Michael N. Forster; 12. Hermeneutics: non-Western approaches Kai Marchal; 13. Hermeneutics and literature Jonathan Culler; 14. Hermeneutics and law Ralf Poscher; 15. Hermeneutics and the human sciences Kristin Gjesdal.

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Book Synopsis'What is the meaning of a word?' In this thought-provoking book, Hagberg demonstrates how this questionwhich initiated Wittgenstein's later work in the philosophy of languageis significant for our understanding not only of linguistic meaning but of the meaning of works of art and literature as...

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Book SynopsisThe popular mind often associates scepticism with irreligion, and critical distance with unbelief. In this view, reason and faith, or scientific method and religious dogma, are not only different but indeed antagonistic means of viewing the world, understanding human existence, and conducting one''s life. Pierre Bayle''s scepticism was of a singularly distinct sort. He argued not that religion is untrue, but that the discourses proper to theology and the discourses proper to philosophy are incapable of any meaningful exchange. Bayle sought to advance a secular morality that would be independent of both speculative theism and religious revelation. Bayle blazed a philosophical path that Denis Diderot, David Hume, and other Enlightenment thinkers would follow. The continuing significance of this work is its vigorous defence of complete religious toleration. It is in itself a primary historical source of our modern tradition of religious tolerance.

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Book SynopsisEugene B. Young has a PhD in Comparative Literature and Religion from Emory University and teaches Philosophy and English at Le Moyne College, USA. His work focuses on intersections between Deleuze and Blanchot in literature, philosophy, and film.With contributions by:Gary Genosko is Professor of Communication at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Toronto, Canada. He is editor of The Guattari Reader, Deleuze and Guattari: Critical Assessments (1996), and author of Baudrillard and Signs, Undisciplined Theory, and McLuhan and Baudrillard: The Masters of Implosion (1994).Janell Watson is Associate Professor of French at Virginia Tech University, USA. Her previous publications include Literature and Material Culture from Balzac to Proust (1999).Trade ReviewAn essential resource, The Deleuze and Guattari Dictionary is modelled on Laplanche and Pontalis’ seminal work The Language of Psychoanalysis and it offers Deleuze and Guattari scholars a similarly attentive account of their key concepts. -- Ian Buchanan, founding editor of Deleuze StudiesPhilosophy ... is a discipline that is notoriously difficult for an outsider to grasp in any depth; and in this regard, Young and his colleagues are to be applauded ... This is an accessible, readable and well-structured reference work for philosophers, students or those simply seeking a deeper understanding of the world. -- Gareth J. Johnson, Nottingham Trent University * Reference Reviews, Volume 28, No. 7 *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction A-Z Dictionary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor Strasbourg consists of a series of essays and interviews by French philosopher and literary theorist Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) about the city of Strasbourg and the philosophical friendships he developed there over a forty year period. It is a profound interrogation of the relationship between philosophy and place, philosophy and language, and philosophy and friendship.Trade Review"Derrida did not plan to publish For Strasbourg, but it is an illuminating addition to his legacy," -Times Literary Supplement "This volume gathers some of Derrida's last texts, from 2002 to 2004, as he was engaged in fascinating discussions with Jean-Luc Nancy and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe about questions of sovereignty, event, responsibility, friendship, hospitality, singularity, community, the people, the human and animality, and his own relation to Heidegger and to the "Strasbourg school." More poignantly, Derrida develops extraordinary meditations on death, on his own death, on dying alone or together, on survival and disappearance, on eternity, immortality and finitude, returning to the notions of trace, spectrality, and mourning. This is a moving and extraordinarily rich volume, which reveals Derrida's final philosophical reflections." -- -Francois Raffoul Louisiana State UniversityTable of ContentsTranslators' Preface 1. The place name(s): Strasbourg 2. Discussion between Jacques Derrida, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, and Jean-Luc Nancy 3. Opening 4. Responsibility-Of the Sense to Come

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] wonderful accomplishment: to have provided us with a highly original and ambitious reinterpretation of the moral domain and to thereby have paved the way for a potential paradigm shift in moral theorizing against the background of the basic idea that “no individual is either more or less important than any other” (p. 20)."---Jonas Vandieken, Journal of Moral Philosophy"[The Moral Nexus] brilliantly explores, with nuance and in detail, the reasons embedded in ordinary moral thought that undergird the appeal of a relational interpretation in moral reasoning. . . . It presents the appeal of a relational interpretation of morality in a way that makes it accessible to those who find its attractions mystifying, while simultaneously forcing those of us already drawn to theorizing about morality in relational terms to carefully consider exactly what we take that to involve.—Paul Kumar, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] rich investigation of the origins of philosophical thought in Greek culture."---Peter Adamson, New York Review of Books"Readers will come away with a much more nuanced understanding of the origins of philosophy in Greece and the many contributing factors."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"[Sassi’s] understanding of ancient societies and philological tradition will enrich how surveys of ancient philosophy are taught."---P.W. Wakefield, Choice Reviews

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A gorgeous stand-alone edition. . . . For a reader familiar with Kierkegaard's philosophical work, what's most striking about Three Godly Discourses is its gentle, graceful simplicity."---Will Rees, Times Literary Supplement"Kirmmse's new translation of Kierkegaard's homiletical reflections on Mat­thew 6:24-34 captures the sermons' beauty and gravitas." * The Christian Century *"Kirmmse offers a new translation of this religious work and a concise introduction. In the original preface, Kierkegaard expresses the hope that the lily and the bird would serve as a means for humans to learn silence, obedience, and joy. Those three concepts loom large in some of Kierkegaard's writings, and they receive lucid treatment here." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Corngold offers a shrewd and balanced take on a much-studied figure. This sharp, focused work will impress historians and scholars of German literature." * Publishers Weekly *"Corngold documents, in depth and with an excellent eye for detail, [an] important stage in Mann’s American life. . . . The picture of Mann that emerges from his book is rich, multilayered and always fascinating."---Costica Bradatan, Washington Post"[The book] shows how great novelist Thomas Mann fared after fleeing Hitler’s Germany. He understood how German conservatives feared Communism, backed Hitler as a bulwark against the Bolsheviks, and learned too late that the Fuhrer’s fury was as deadly as Stalin’s."---Marvin Olasky, World"This well-written study provides an in-depth account of Thomas Mann’s tenure at Princeton. . . . Corngold’s book is a welcome contribution." * Choice Reviews *"A vivid testimony to the profound disconcertions of a life and mind in transit and offers an immensely insightful account of the intellectual and personal quandaries that preoccupied Thomas Mann in Princeton."---Margarete Tiessen, German History"Absorbing."---Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise

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Book SynopsisThe present text has been designed with the intention of acquainting readers with the various philosophical outlooks that have defined education over many millennia. The present text has been designed with the intention of acquainting readers with the various philosophical outlooks that have defined education over many millennia.

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Book SynopsisIn a series of publications over the course of a decade, Edward Feser has argued for the defensibility and abiding relevance to issues in contemporary philosophy of Scholastic ideas and arguments, and especially of Aristotelian-Thomistic ideas and arguments. This work has been in the vein of what has come to be known as “analytical Thomism,” though the spirit of the project goes back at least to the Neo-Scholasticism of the period from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Neo-Scholastic Essays collects some of Feser’s academic papers from the last ten years on themes in metaphysics and philosophy of nature, natural theology, philosophy of mind, and ethics. Among the diverse topics covered are: the relationship between Aristotelian and Newtonian conceptions of motion; the varieties of teleological description and explanation; the proper interpretation of Aquinas’s Five Ways; the impossibility of a materialist account of the human intellect; the philosophies of mind of Kripke, Searle, Popper, and Hayek; the metaphysics of value; the natural law understanding of the ethics of private property and taxation; a critique of political libertarianism; and the defensibility and indispensability to a proper understanding of sexual morality of the traditional “perverted faculty argument.”

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Book SynopsisThe discourse of the Buddha in the Majjhima Nik?ya discusses sixteen defilements of the human mind and the disciple's journey to Arahatship by gradually reducing and eliminating these impurities, focusing on ethical aspects of social behavior. Negligence is the final defilement that can also impact personal matters and relationships.

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains three classical works that cover the history of Pali literature in Sri Lanka, Burma and Southeast Asia.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a broad selection of Siegfried Kracauer’s work on media and political communication, much of it previously unavailable in English. It features writings spanning more than two decades, from the 1930s to the early Cold War period.Trade ReviewHighly recommended book. -- Anna Maria Polidori * Articles and more... *[I] found Kracauer’s discussion of the importance of qualitative analysis to be very stimulating – and highly relevant to current challenges in assessing political dynamics. -- Mike Makin-Waite * Process North *A landmark achievement in Kracauer scholarship, this collection presents many of the formerly neglected and lesser-known writings by one of the twentieth century’s greatest social and cultural critics. Augmenting Kracauer’s reputation as a preeminent film scholar, this book demonstrates his equally impressive gifts as an incisive interpreter of mass media. -- Noah Isenberg, editor of Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar ViennaPainstakingly assembled and carefully annotated by Kang, Gilloch, and Abromeit, this wide-ranging collection of Siegfried Kracauer's analyses of mid-twentieth-century politics and culture reveals a hitherto ignored dimension of his remarkable legacy. Perhaps even more significantly, it still has much to teach us about the uncannily similar challenges we face today. -- Martin Jay, University of California, BerkeleyThis superb volume presents a richly detailed portrait of Siegfried Kracauer's diverse intellectual efforts over a period of more than two decades. The result is an illuminating collection of essays, articles, and projects—some unpublished during Kracauer's lifetime—that nicely complements existing publications in English. Not only are we presented with essays and articles on the new media, popular culture, and propaganda of Kracauer's time, but the insights gathered together in this collection will, for many readers, also shed light on contemporary society. -- Iain Macdonald, Université de MontréalTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsGeneral IntroductionPart I: Studies of Totalitarianism, Propaganda, and the Masses (1936–1940)1. Exposé. Mass and Propaganda. An Inquiry Into Fascist Propaganda2. Totalitarian Propaganda3. Abridged Restricted Schema4. Schemata5. DispositionPart II: The Caligari Complex (1943–1947)6. The Conquest of Europe on the Screen: The Nazi Newsreel, 1939–407. The Hitler Image8. Below the Surface: Project of a Test FilmPart III: Postwar Publics (1948–1950)9. Re-education Program for the Reich10. How and Why the Public Responds to the Propagandist11. Popular Advertisements12. A Duck Crosses Main Street13. National Types as Hollywood Presents Them14. Deluge of PicturesPart IV: Cold War Tensions (1952–1958)15. Appeals to the Near and Middle East: Implications of the Communications Studies Along the Soviet Periphery16. Attitudes Toward Various Communist Types in Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia17. Proposal for a Research Project Designed to Promote the Use of Qualitative Analysis in the Social Sciences18. The Challenge of Qualitative Content Analysis19. On the Relation of Analysis to the Situational Factors in Case Studies20. The Social Research Center on the Campus: Its Significance for the Social Sciences and Its Relations to the University and Society at LargeAppendix 1: T. W. Adorno, “Report on the Work ‘Totalitarian Propaganda in Germany and Italy’ by Siegfried Kracauer, 1–106”Appendix 2: John Abromeit, “Siegfried Kracauer, and the Early Frankfurt School’s Analysis of Fascism as Right-Wing Populism”BibliographySourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1995, Advances was first written by Jacques Derrida as a long foreword to a book by one of his most promising former students, the philosopher Serge Margel’s Le Tombeau du Dieu Artisan (The Tomb of the Craftsman). What Derrida uncovers for us is Margel’s own unique theory of the promise in relation to an an-archic, pre-chronological temporality, in conjunction with Margel’s radical rereading of Plato’s Timaeus. As Derrida states right away, Margel’s reading is a new one, a new reading of the Demiurge. A new promise. A new advance. In this magisterial late essay by Derrida, what the reader soon discovers is in part a conversation with his former student, as well as an opening for a new reflection on our current ecological and political crises that are all the more urgent today where the possibility of giving ourselves death as a human race and the end of the world is now, within an era of climate change, more real than ever.As part of Univocal’s Pharmakon series, this essay, itself published in advance, becomes a brief but powerful light pointing toward Univocal’s forthcoming publication of the translation of Serge Margel’s Le Tombeau du Dieu Artisan. “Once again the Timaeus, of course, but a different Timaeus, a new Demiurge, I promise.”

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Book SynopsisSolidly grounded in Chinese primary sources, Neo Confucianism: Metaphysics, Mind, and Morality engages the latest global scholarship to provide an innovative, rigorous, and clear articulation of neo-Confucianism and its application to Western philosophy.Trade Review"This book is clearly one of the greatest accomplishments among English Neo-Confucian philosophical studies in recent decades. JeeLoo Liu uses clear language and rigorous philosophical reasoning to analyze eight pivotal Neo-Confucian figures regarding three major areas: metaphysics, moral theory and moral practice. The book can be aptly used as both an introduction to Neo-Confucianism for beginners and a top reference for researchers, which is itself a rare achievement."Reviewed by Bin Song, Washington CollegeNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews, March 2019Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Part I Neo]Confucian Metaphysics: From Cosmology to Ontology 29 1 From Nothingness to Infinity: The Origin of Zhou Dunyi's Cosmology 31 2 The Basic Constituent of Things: Zhang Zai's Monist Theory of Qi 61 3 Cheng–Zhu School's Normative Realism: The Principle of the Universe 85 4 Wang Fuzhi's Theory of Principle Inherent in Qi 103 Part II Human Nature, Human Mind, and the Foundation of Human Morality 123 5 Zhu Xi's Internal Moral Realism: Human Nature Is Principle 125 6 Lu Xiangshan and Wang Yangming's Doctrine of Mind Is Principle 139 7 Wang Fuzhi's Theory of Daily Renewal of Human Nature and His Moral Psychology 157 Part III The Cultivation of Virtue, Moral Personality, and the Construction of a Moral World 181 8 Zhang Zai on Cultivating Moral Personality 183 9 The Cheng Brothers' Globaist Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology 205 10 Zhu Xi's Methodology for Cultivating Sagehood: Moral Cognitivism and Ethical Rationalism 227 11 Wang Yangming';s Intuitionist Model of Innate Moral Sense and Moral Reflexivism 245 12 Constructing a Moral World: Wang Fuzhi's Social Sentimentalism 265 References 285 Index 301

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Book SynopsisIn his third and concluding volume, Lloyd P. Gerson presents an innovative account of Platonism, the central tradition in the history of philosophy, in conjunction with Naturalism, the "anti-Platonism" in antiquity and contemporary philosophy. Gerson contends that Platonism identifies philosophy with a distinct subject matter, namely, the intelligible world and seeks to show that the Naturalist rejection of Platonism entails the elimination of a distinct subject matter for philosophy. Thus, the possibility of philosophy depends on the truth of Platonism. From Aristotle to Plotinus to Proclus, Gerson clearly links the construction of the Platonic system well beyond simply Plato's dialogues, providing strong evidence of the vast impact of Platonism on philosophy throughout history. Platonism and Naturalism concludes that attempts to seek a rapprochement between Platonism and Naturalism are unstable and likely indefensible.Trade ReviewBoth excellent intellectual history and sharp contemporary philosophy, this book will be of great interest to historians of philosophy and naturalistic philosophers alike. Exceptional. * Choice *The significance of this monograph cannot be overestimated. Not only is it a highly original and fresh account of the historical odyssey of Platonism from Plato to Damascius (with Aristotle, like it or not, taken on board and, occasionally, tied to the mast), but it is also an attempt to bring back philosophy, as it was conceived of until quite recently, to the late modern intellectual and spiritual milieu. * The Classical Review *A short review hardly does justice to this formidable book... I applaud his synoptic approach and admire his effort to come to grips with many of the most difficult passages in Plato and other Platonists. Like the book or not, Platonism and Naturalism deserves to be read by anyone trying to make sense of Plato. * Journal of the History of Philosohpy *The book impresses most by the way it combines its depth of hermeneutic and analytical detail with a far-reaching perspective on what is at stake philosophically and for philosophy itself. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 2. Platonism vs. Naturalism 2.1. What Is Platonism? 2.2. What Is Naturalism? 2.3. Methodological, Philosophical Naturalism 2.4. A Rapprochement? 3. Plato's Critique of Naturalism 3.1. Some Hermeneutical Assumptions 3.2. The Turn from Naturalism to Metaphysics 3.3. Socrates's "Autobiography" in Phaedo 3.4. Republic on the Subject Matter of Philosophy 3.5. Theaetetus and Sophist on the Subject Matter of Philosophy 4. Plato on Being and Knowing 4.1. Forms as Explanatory Entities 4.2. Eternity and Time 4.3. Nominalism and Its Connection to Relativism 4.4. The Nature and the Possibility of Knowledge 4.5. Some Exigencies of Knowledge and Belief 5. The Centrality of the Idea of the Good in the Platonic System (1) 5.1. The Idea of the Good, Unhypothetical First Principle of All 5.2. First Principles in Parmenides 5.3. First Principles in Sophist 5.4. First Principles in Philebus 5.5. First Principles in Timaeus 5.6. Aristotle's Account of First Principles in Plato 6. The Centrality of the Idea of the Good in the Platonic System (2) 6.1. The Form of the Good and the Idea of the Good 6.2. Virtue, Knowledge, and the Good 6.3. Platonic Ethics without the Idea of the Good 6.4. The Good, Ethical Prescriptions, and Integrative Unity 6.5. Eros and the Good 7. Aristotle the Platonist 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Aristotle on the Subject Matter of Philosophy 7.3. The Immateriality of Thought 7.4. The Causality of the First Principle 8. Plotinus the Platonist 8.1. The Platonic System 8.2. Critique of Stoicism 8.3. Platonic and Stoic Wisdom 9. Proclus and Trouble in Paradise 9.1. The Dynamics of the Platonic System 9.2. A Crack in the System? 9.3. Damascius 10. Concluding Reflections

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Book SynopsisFor years now, academics worldwide have been pushing for more interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity. Yet for all that, the very concept of transdisciplinarity has proved remarkably tough to define, let alone to enact. This book brings together prominent voices from the debate on transdisciplinarity in a manner that is itself transdisciplinary: scholars present papers from their own discipline, and those are followed by critical replies from different disciplines. The result is a vivid debate, new insights, and a growing confidence that there is something to be gained by approaching a topic from the outside and bringing new approaches to bear.Trade Review"There are concepts that are suffering from their own success. What had once been the label of a productively irritating idea might represent now something that has turned to be part of the usual agenda. 'Sustainability' is one example.'Transdisciplinarity' another. Hence, it is not an easy task, first, not to come too late to reconsidering this concept; second, to achieve to say something new; and, third, to combine structure and content: writing on transdisciplinarity in a transdisciplinary way. This volume is meeting this three-fold task--with a highly prominent line-up, truly new perspectives on still pertinent challenges, and a very well designed structure of seminal papers and equally programmatic replies."--Michael Lineal, Hebrew University

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Book SynopsisIn honor of the 2018 centennial of Czech independence, philosopher of law Jir Prib n and award-winning Czech journalist Karel Hv zdala took the opportunity to examine key moments in Czech history from the ninth century to the twenty-first. Covering such a broad span of time allowed them to look into the past and question how Czechs have viewed their history at different points--and what that means for the Czech present and future. As contemporary politics drift closer towards totalitarianism, historiography from scholars and thinkers who experienced twentieth-century totalitarian regimes is more important than ever. In their spirited dialogue, Hv zdala and Prib n raise and explore these crucial issues, sharing subjects normally reserved for university seminars with the broader public.Trade Review"This contemplation by two Czech intellectuals of Czech history . . . should be mandatory reading for understanding the deeper context of our current crisis."--Jacques Rupnik, Sciences Po "Two men who are as European as they are Czech raise a question--Where are we headed? In answering, they deliver a solid classic. What an inspiring dialogue!"--Petr Pithart, Czech politician and signatory of Charter 77 "It's an interesting book because simply by considering the ideas the authors of In Quest of History put forth, the reader loses his certainty of what is true and what is the common consensus--he becomes an individual."--Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"

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