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The American Enlightenment Series: Library of the History of Ideas The Animal/Human Boundary: Historical Perspectives Series: Studies in Comparative History An examination of the difficulties in fundamentally differentiating humans from all other animals. Animals in Human Histories Series: Studies in Comparative History An exploration of the various ways animals and their relations to humans have been depicted throughout the ages. An Anthology of Henry George's Thought [Vol. 1, Henry George Centennial Trilogy] Henry George, the centenary of whose death this three-volume anthology commemorates, was one of the first `social philosophers'; this anthology presents the essentials of his thought. Beyond Contractual Morality Beyond Contractual Morality looks at current debates over the meaning of liberalism by reexamining their roots in eighteenth-century texts, which demonstrate the historical intertwining of political, legal and moral problems in their extension of social contract theory into various realms of public and private lives. Writers such as Rousseau, Voltaire, Sade, and Montesquieu are discussed. Destined for Evil? Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy This collection of 15 essays on various aspects of the problem of evil brings together the opinions of well known authors from various disciplines (philosophy, theology, literary criticism, political science, etc.). Discovering China Series: Library of the History of Ideas Studies of the reaction of European thinkers of the Enlightenment - Leibniz, Wolff, Hegel, Kant, et al -to Chinese culture and ideas. Essays by Lewis White Beck A comprehensive collection of essays by the philosopher Lewis White Beck. Essays on the History of Aesthetics Series: Library of the History of Ideas Twenty-five formative essays on the history of aesthetics, originally published over the past 50 years in the Journal of the History of Ideas. Essays on Political Philosophy Series: Library of the History of Ideas Twenty-three influential essays on political philosophy,culled from the published riches of the JHIover the past half-century. Figures on the Horizon Series: Library of the History of Ideas JHI essays on Durkheim, Wittgenstein, Spengler et al and their theories on society versus the individual. Fire in the Dark Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy The eight essays in Fire in the Dark frame and probe Pascal's underlying contention that the darkling, "hidden" God of Christian revelation, though Himself a profound mystery, especially in the matter of his justice towards fallen mankind, can nonetheless be used to demystify questions that matter most to us. History and the Disciplines A collection of essays from some of the world's leading intellectual historians, representing an international spectrum of research into the history of philosophy, intellect, science and music. The History of Ideas Series: Library of the History of Ideas A History of Reasonableness: Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy A defense of the social operation of thinking, with an emphasis on. testimony and authority. David Hume and Eighteenth-Century America Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy A thorough examination of the role which David Hume's writings played upon the founders of the United States. Kant's Legacy Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy According to Immanuel Kant, humans are creators. The papers in this volume examine Kant's legacy by addressing issues concerning creativity in all aspects of human experience. Kantian Virtue at the Intersection of Politics and Nature Series: North American Kant Society Studies in Philosophy An examination on how virtue is acquired in Kant's ethics. Language and the History of Thought Series: Library of the History of Ideas 17 essays discussing the role of language in the history of western thought. Leibniz on Purely Extrinsic Denominations Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy An examination of the philosopher Gottfried Leibniz's views on extrinsic denominations (relational properties), which argues that they are in fact the properties of the things they denominate. Matter and Spirit Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy This narrative shows how the contours of moral and political philosophy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were shaped by Kant's two distinct philosophical responses to the results of modern science. Music and the Occult Series: Eastman Studies in Music A study of the hitherto unexplored relationship between occult philosophy and its expression in music, in the decades surrounding the Romantic period and up to the middle of the 20th century. Nietzsche's Anthropic Circle Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy The Philosopher's Child A collection of essays examining how philosophers in the Western tradition have viewed and written about children through the ages. The Philosophical Canon in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Essays on philosophy and intellectual history, focusing in particular on John Locke. Philosophy and the Darwinian Legacy Has exclusion of Darwin's views on evolution distorted 20c philosophy? Cunningham suggests a reappraisal. Philosophy, Religion and Science in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Series: Library of the History of Ideas Studies reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of science, philosophy and religion in the 17th and 18th centuries. Plato's Erotic Thought Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy An attempt, by a close reading of three Platonic dialogues, the Symposium, Lysis, and the Phaedrus, to discover the true nature of the object of Eros and especially to understand the mystery of its birth. Race, Class and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Culture Series: Library of the History of Ideas 20 essays reprinted from the Journal of the History of Ideas which contribute to an understanding of how the concepts of race, class and sex were viewed in the 19th century. Race, Gender, and Rank Series: Library of the History of Ideas Essays examining transformations in perceptions of race, gender and rank from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Rationality and Happiness Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy This volume explores the relationship between rationality and happiness from ancient Greek philosophy to early Latin medieval philosophy. Religion and the Origins of the German Enlightenment Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy Analysis of the close relationship between religion and secular learning in the works of one of the central figures of the early German Enlightenment, the jurist and philosopher Christian Thomasius (1655-1728). Renaissance Essays Series: Library of the History of Ideas Renaissance Essays Series: Library of the History of Ideas Fifteen classic essays illuminate a broad cross-section of the intellectual history of the Renaissance. Renaissance Essays II Series: Library of the History of Ideas A second collection of essays on renaissance themes from JHI. Renaissance Essays II (paperback) Series: Library of the History of Ideas A second collection of essays on renaissance themes from JHI. The Republic of Genius Taylor analyzes Nietzsche's thoughts on the state, culture and education. The Scottish Enlightenment Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy A collection of essays dealing with the history of the Scottish Enlightenment, its connection with the European Enlightenment in general, such major figures as Francis Hutcheson, Thomas Reid, and David Hume, and the making of the Scottish identity. Selected Essays on Kant by Lewis White Beck Series: North American Kant Society Studies in Philosophy A collection of Lewis White Beck's most important essays on Immanuel Kant's philosophy. State of Nature or Eden? Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy State of Nature or Eden? Thomas Hobbes and his Contemporaries on the Natural Condition of Human Beings aims to explain how Hobbes' state of nature was understood by a contemporary readership, whose most important reference point for such a condition was the original condition of human beings at the creation, in other words in Eden. The Sublime An important work offering a viable theory for the concept of "Sublime" in philosophy. Understanding Purpose Series: North American Kant Society Studies in Philosophy A collection of essays investigating key historical and scientific questions relating to the concept of natural purpose in Kant's philosophy of biology. The Works of Bishop Butler Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy The complete works of Joseph Butler, newly edited, with an introduction, notes, glossary, and an analytic index. |
