Western Philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600

To what extent was Machiavelli a Machiavellian? Was he an amoral adviser of tyranny or a stalwart partisan of liberty? A neutral technician of powe...

Materialism - the view that facts are dependent upon or reducible to physical processes - is one of the most long-standing and controversial of all...

This book provides a comprehensive study of major issues of moral psychology throughout history, from ancient to early modern philosophy. The volum...

This book provides an exhaustive overview of the ontology of relations. Moreover, it offers a detailed defense of the existence of irreducible rela...

May you laugh in church? The church fathers said no, but the question resurfaced thanks to a German custom of making the congregation laugh on East...

George Gemistos Plethon (c. 1360-1454) was a remarkable and influential thinker, active at the time of transition between the Byzantine Middle Ages...

Though they have long been portrayed as arch rivals, Alan Perreiah here argues that humanists and scholastics were in fact working in complementary...

Gregor Reisch's The Philosophical pearl (Margarita Philosophica), first published in 1503 and republished 11 times in the sixteenth century, was th...

Gregor Reisch's The Philosophical pearl (Margarita Philosophica), first published in 1503 and republished 11 times in the sixteenth century, was th...

Oliver Keenan brings the medieval philosophy of Thomas Aquinas to life.Thomas Aquinas is more than a medieval curiosity. He was a reluctant revolut...

From medieval to modern, exploring instrumental attitudes toward physical gadgets, diagrams, concepts, methods, and disciplines Opening up the inst...

This collection of scholarly essays engages historical, theological, and exegetical dimensions of St. Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on Hebrews, treat...

Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England offers a wide-ranging exploration of hybridity in medieval English literature. Anxiety about hybrid...

Moses Maimonides, a scientist, physician, philosopher, rabbinic scholar, and communal leader, was perhaps the most imposing Jewish figure of the pr...

From medieval to modern, exploring instrumental attitudes toward physical gadgets, diagrams, concepts, methods, and disciplines Opening up the inst...

This is the first book dedicated to Leonardo da Vincis commission for The Virgin of the Rocks. Leonardo completed fewer than twenty paintings in hi...