History of Western Philosophy

Through a close textual analysis and a contrastive examination of documents from both cultures, Mark Glouberman explores the biblical roots of our ...

This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--an...

Confrontations brings, together in one volume six essays by the distinguished critic Rene Wellek. Five have been previously published but are now p...

Ethics, or the systematized set of inquiries and responses to the question “what should I do?” has infused the history of human narrative for more ...

"Open Democracy envisions what true government by mass leadership could look like."—Nathan Heller, New YorkerHow a new model of democracy that open...

A new reading of Machiavelli’s major works that demonstrates how he has been previously misreadTo what extent was Niccolò Machiavelli a “Machiavell...

This book, the first of its kind, provides a sweeping critical history of social theories about war and peace from Hobbes to the present. Distingui...

Bernard Berofsky formulates a concept of determinism in terms that will be constructive for the continuing libertarian-determinist debate. His disc...

Confrontations brings, together in one volume six essays by the distinguished critic Rene Wellek. Five have been previously published but are now p...

Because of its fragmentary, evolving, exploratory, and dialectical character, Diderot's thought has continuously resisted overall synthesis. In the...

An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Roman...

What are the blissful islands? And where are they? This book takes as its starting-point the chapter called ‘On the Blissful Islands’ in Part Two o...

For more than three decades, Margaret Wilson's essays on early modern philosophy have influenced scholarly debate. Many are considered classics in ...