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Aristotle Poeticsby AristotleISBN 0198141750 (0-19-814175-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle Poetics'Book summary:The original, Aristotle's short study of storytelling, written in the fourth century B.C., is the world's first critical book about the laws of literature. Sure, it's 2400 years old, but Aristotle's discussions--Unity of Plot, Reversal of the Situation, Character--though written in the context of ancient Greek Tragedy, Comedy and Epic Poetry, still apply to our modern literary forms. The book is quite short, and Aristotle illuminates his points with clear examples, making the Poetics perfectly readable, the better to impress people at parties when you say, "Of course, as Aristotle says..." [via]
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Aristotle: Poeticsby D.W. LucasISBN 019814024X (0-19-814024-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Aristotle's on the Art of Poetryby AristotleISBN 0198141106 (0-19-814110-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle's on the Art of Poetry'Book summary:This book, "Aristotle, On the art of poetry (1920)", by Aristotle, Bywater, Ingram, 1840-1914, Murray Gilbert, is a replication of a book originally published before 1920. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature. [via]
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Atlas of Classical Historyby Michael GrantISBN 0195210743 (0-19-521074-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Atlas of Classical History/from 1700 Bc to Ad 565by Michael GrantISBN 0195210786 (0-19-521078-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Atlas of World Historyby Patrick K. O'BrienISBN 0195215672 (0-19-521567-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atlas of World History'Book summary:Synthesizing exceptional cartography and impeccable scholarship, the Atlas of World History traces 12,000 years of history with 450 full-color maps and over 200,000 words of text. Its outstanding features include:
* More than 200 illustrations and tables
* Longer essays on worldwide trends, political developments, and military conflicts, highlighting the most significant socioeconomic, cultural, and religious themes for five pivotal historical periods
* Devotion to the rich past of Africa, Asia, and the Americas
* Cross-references and an 8,000-entry index with alternative name forms permitting movement through regions and time periods with the utmost of ease
The Atlas of World History is sure to appeal to a wide audience of history and geography buffs and scholars, as well as students. [via]More editions of Atlas of World History:
Britain in Revolution 1625-1660by Austin WoolrychISBN 0198200811 (0-19-820081-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Charles the Second King of England, Scotland, and Irelandby Ronald HuttonISBN 0198229119 (0-19-822911-9)
Hardcover, Clarendon Pr
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Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europeby Richard W. KaeuperISBN 0198207301 (0-19-820730-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Concise History of Costumeby James LaverISBN 0195203798 (0-19-520379-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Concise History of the Worldby J. M. RobertsISBN 0195211510 (0-19-521151-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Cornelii Taciti Annalivm: Ab Excessv Divi Avgvsti Libriby C. D. FisherISBN 0198146337 (0-19-814633-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660-1789by T. C. W. BlanningISBN 0198227450 (0-19-822745-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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De Arte Poetica Liberby Aristotle, Rudolf V. KasselISBN 0198145640 (0-19-814564-0)
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The European Dynastic States 1494-1660by Richard Bonney, J.M. RobertsISBN 0198730233 (0-19-873023-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and Its Peoples 8000 Bc-Ad 1500by Barry CunliffeISBN 0199240191 (0-19-924019-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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France, 1789-1815: Revolution and Counterrevolutionby D.M.G. SutherlandISBN 0195205138 (0-19-520513-8)
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Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Scienceby Peter AtkinsISBN 0198609418 (0-19-860941-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Glimpses of World History: Being Further Letters to His Daughter, Written in Prison, and Containing a Rambling Account of History for Young Peopleby Jawaharlal NehruISBN 0195623606 (0-19-562360-6)
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Glimpses of World History: Centenary Editionby Jawaharlal NehruISBN 0195623967 (0-19-562396-7)
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The Golden Assby Apuleius, P.G. WalshISBN 0198149328 (0-19-814932-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Historiaeby ThucydidISBN 0198145500 (0-19-814550-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A History of the Canadian Peoplesby Jack BumstedISBN 0195416880 (0-19-541688-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Holy Bible: New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Revised Standard Version/Black Leather/9914by Bruce MetzgerISBN 0195283708 (0-19-528370-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Holy Bible: New Oxford Annotated Bible W/Apocrypha, New Revised Standard Version/ Burgundy Leather/9914A: ISBN 0195283759 (0-19-528375-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Holy Bible: The New Oxford Annotated Bible With Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, New Revised Standard Version: ISBN 019528366X (0-19-528366-X)
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In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britainby David CannadineISBN 0195219260 (0-19-521926-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical Worldby Abraham PaisISBN 0198519974 (0-19-851997-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World'Book summary:Abraham Pais's Subtle Is the Lord was a publishing phenomenon: a mathematically sophisticated exposition of the science and the life of Albert Einstein that reached a huge audience and won an American Book Award. Reviewers hailed the book as "a monument to sound scholarship and graceful style" (The New York Times Book Review), "an extraordinary biography of an extraordinary man" (Christian Science Monitor), and "a fine book" (Scientific American).
In this groundbreaking new volume, Pais undertakes a history of the physics of matter and of physical forces since the discovery of x-rays. The book attempts to relate not only what has happened over the last hundred years but why it happened the way it did, what it was like for those scientists involved, and how what at the time may have seemed a series of bizarre or unrelated events, now with hindsight emerges as a logical sequence of events.
Pais, a noted physicist, was personally involved in many of the developments he describes, and thus Inward Bound , like his earlier book, is filled with unique insights into the world of big and small physics. Between 1895 and 1983, the period he covers, the smallest distances explored have shrunk a hundred millionfold, Pais notes. Along this incompletely traveled "road inward," scientists have established markers that later generations will rank among the principal monuments of the twentieth century. In alternating technical and nontechnical sections, this magisterial survey richly conveys what has been discovered about the constituents of matter, the laws to which they are subject, and the forces that act on them. But the advances have certainly not come smoothly. The book shows that these have been times of progress and stagnation, of order and chaos, of clarity and confusion, of belief and incredulity, of the conventional and the bizarre; also of revolutionaries and conservatives, of science by individuals and by consortia, of little gadgets and big machines, and of modest funds and big money.
About the Author:
Abraham Pais is Detlev W. Bronk Professor of Physics at the Rockefeller University.
The author of the prizewinning biography of Einstein now undertakes a history of modern physics [via]More editions of Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World:
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Karl Marx: Selected Writingsby David McLellanISBN 0198782659 (0-19-878265-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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King Learby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 019832054X (0-19-832054-X)
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The Kings & Queens of Britainby Anne Hargreaves, John Ashton CannonISBN 0198609566 (0-19-860956-6)
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A Land of Liberty?: England 1689-1727by Julian HoppitISBN 0198228422 (0-19-822842-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Later Tudors: England 1547-1603by Penry WilliamsISBN 0198228201 (0-19-822820-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Later Tudors: England 1547-1603'Book summary:The Later Tudors, the second volume to be published in Oxford's authoritative series The New Oxford History of England, tells the story of England between the accession of Edward VI and the death of Elizabeth I. The second half of the sixteenth century was a period of intense conflict between the nations of Europe, and between competing Catholic and Protestant beliefs. These struggles produced acute anxiety in England, but the nation was saved from the disasters that befell her neighbors and, by the end of Elizabeth's reign, achieved a remarkable sense of political and religious identity.
In this masterly and comprehensive study, Penry Williams explains how this process came about. He begins by weaving together the political, religious,and economic history of the nation, setting out the workings and development of the English state. Later chapters establish the broader perspective, with a thorough analysis of English society, family relations, and culture, focusing on the ways in which art and literature were used to uphold--and sometimes to subvert--the social and political order. The final chapter looks to Europe and across the seas at England's part in the shaping of the New World. [via]More editions of The Later Tudors: England 1547-1603:
The Lights That Failed: European International History 1919-1933by Zara SteinerISBN 0198221142 (0-19-822114-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198321465 (0-19-832146-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracyby Judith M. BrownISBN 0198731132 (0-19-873113-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy'Book summary:A new edition of this widely used text covers the last two centuries of Indian history, concluding with an epilogue written from the perspective of the 1990s. It thematically and analytically discusses the emergence of India as one of the world's largest democracies and one of the most stable of the states to emerge from the experience of colonialism. The foundations of this rare phenomenon in either Asia or Africa are seen in India's society, the ideas and beliefs of her people, and the institutions of government and politics which have developed on the subcontinent, in a process of interaction between what was indigenous to India and the many external influences brought to bear on the country by economic, political, and ideological contact with the Western world.
Modern scholarship has shown how diverse and complex was India's socio-economic and political development; and this theme runs through the study which eschews any simple understanding of India's political development as a clash between "imperialism" and "nationalism", or the making of a new nation. The complexity reflects many of the continuing ambiguities and inequalities in the subcontinent's life and suggests why the structures of the state, and indeed the very nature of the Indian nation, are now being questioned, often with unprecedented public violence. India's dilemmas are not hers alone: they also raise economic, political, and social issues of profound significance throughout the contemporary world. [via]More editions of Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy:
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Muhammad: Prophet and Statesmanby William Montgomery WattISBN 0198810784 (0-19-881078-4)
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A Natural History of Latinby Tore Janson, Nigel Vincent, Merethe Damsgaard SorensenISBN 0199214050 (0-19-921405-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible: College EditionISBN 019528335X (0-19-528335-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon the Oxford Annotated Bible for essential scholarship and guidance to the world of the Bible for four decades. Now a new editorial board and team of contributors have completely updated this classic work. The result is a volume which maintains and extends the excellence the Annotated's users have come to expect, bringing new insights, information, and approaches to bear upon the understanding of the text of the Bible.
The new edition includes a full index to all of the study material (not just to the annotations), and one that is keyed to page numbers, not to citations. And, to make certain points in the text clearer for the reader, there are approximately 40 in-text, line drawing maps and diagrams.
With the best of the Annotated's traditional strengths, and the augmentation of new information and new approaches represented in current scholarship, the Third Edition will remain the reader's and student's constant resource. [via]More editions of The New Oxford Annotated Bible: College Edition:
- New Oxford Annotated Bible : New Revised Standard Verson Without Apocrypha (Indexed): ISBN 019528481X (0-19-528481-X)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press - The New Oxford Annotated Bible: College Edition: ISBN 0195284836 (0-19-528483-6)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press - The New Oxford Annotated Bible With the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version College Edition: ISBN 0195284119 (0-19-528411-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible: With the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books/New Revised Standard Version: ISBN 0195284852 (0-19-528485-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version Genuine Leather Burgundy Indexed 9714: ISBN 0195284917 (0-19-528491-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible With the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version Genuine Leather Black 9714: ISBN 0195284925 (0-19-528492-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version With the Apocrypha Genuine Leather/Burgundy/Indexed: ISBN 019528495X (0-19-528495-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible/Revised Standard Version/Black: ISBN 0195283341 (0-19-528334-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible With the Apocrypha: An Ecumenical Study Bible/Completely Revised and Enlarged/Indexed/9900A: ISBN 0195283821 (0-19-528382-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible: With the Apocryphal/ Standard Edition: ISBN 019528478X (0-19-528478-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version: ISBN 0195284801 (0-19-528480-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible With the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version Hardcover Indexed 9700A: ISBN 0195284828 (0-19-528482-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible With the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version: ISBN 0195284844 (0-19-528484-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - New Oxford Annotated Bible With the Apocrypha: ISBN 019528335X (0-19-528335-X)
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- New Oxford Annotated Bible : New Revised Standard Verson Without Apocrypha (Indexed): ISBN 019528481X (0-19-528481-X)
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible: The Holy Bible/No 08900by Bruce M. Metzger, Herbert G. MayISBN 0195283244 (0-19-528324-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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One of the most celebrated volumes in Oxford's renowned line of bibles, the RSV New Oxford Annotated Bible features an impressive array of supplementary materials to guide in readers' understanding of the scripture. Outstanding biblical scholarship, affordability, and thousands of satisfied readers have proven that the RSV NOAB is the best ecumenical resource available today.
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Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible With the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books. New Revised Standard Version: ISBN 0195283562 (0-19-528356-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The New Oxford Annotated Bible: The Holy Bible/No 08900: ISBN 0195283244 (0-19-528324-4)
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The Nineteenth Century: Europe 1789-1914by T. C. W. BlanningISBN 0198731353 (0-19-873135-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents From The National Archivesby National ArchivesISBN 0195309596 (0-19-530959-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Oxford Classical Dictionaryby Simon Hornblower, Antony SpawforthISBN 0198606419 (0-19-860641-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Classical Dictionary'Book summary:For almost half a century, the Oxford Classical Dictionary has been the unrivaled one-volume reference work on the Greco-Roman world. Whether one is interested in literature or art, philosophy or law, mythology or science, intimate details of daily life or broad cultural and historical trends, the OCD is the first place to turn for clear, authoritative information on all aspects of ancient culture. Now comes the Third Edition of this redoubtable resource, 20 per cent larger than the previous edition, with virtually every entry rewritten to bring it up to date with current scholarship, and with over 800 new entries that reflect the greatly expanded scope of classical studies.
Here, in over six thousand entries ranging from long articles to brief identifications, readers can find information on virtually any topic of interest--athletics, bee-keeping, botany, magic, Roman law, religious rites, postal service, slavery, navigation, and the reckoning of time. The Dictionary profiles every major figure of Greece and Rome, from Homer and Virgil, to Plato and Aristotle, to Tacitus and Thucydides, to Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. (The OCD also covers many important but lesser known figures who will not be found in other reference works.) Readers will find entries on mythological and legendary figures, on major cities, famous buildings, and important geographical landmarks, and on legal, rhetorical, literary, and political terms and concepts. Equally important, the OCD features extensive thematic articles that offer superb coverage of topics of interest to both scholars and general readers, exploring everything from medicine and mathematics to music, law, and marriage.
In addition, there are over 800 completely new entries in the Third Edition, additions that reflect the insights and interests of a new generation of classical scholars. Readers will now find substantial coverage of women in the ancient world (with entries on abortion, breast-feeding, childbirth, housework, midwives, menopause, and motherhood, among many others), sexuality (homosexuality, love and friendship, contraception, pornography), the Far East (with entries ranging from Gandhara to the Persian Gulf), Jews (Dead Sea Scrolls, Pharisees, rabbis, Talmud), and early Christians (churches, pilgrimages, St. Paul). In addition, there are many more thematic articles than in previous editions, some of which reflect the new emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches to classical studies (such as Anthropology and the Classics, Marxism and Classical Antiquity, and Literary Theory and Classical Studies), while others examine issues of general interest to modern readers (race, class struggle, ecology, ethnicity, alcoholism, incest, suicide, pollution, propaganda, literacy, and much more).
Finally, the OCD boasts contributions and guidance from some of the finest classical scholars in the world. In addition to the superb efforts of general editors Hornblower and Spawforth, there were fifteen Area Advisors, including such respected figures as Martha Nussbaum (philosophy), Tony Honore (Roman law), Patricia Easterling (Greek literature), John Matthews (late antiquity), Geoffrey Lloyd (maths and sciences), Helen King (women's studies), Ernst Badian (Roman Republican prosopography), and Emily Kearns (Greek myth and religion). And among the many eminent authorities who have offered contributions are Albert Henrichs, Fritz Graf, Gian Biagio Conte, Oswyn Murray, Elaine Fantham, Julia Annas, J.J. Pollitt, Michael Jameson, and over three hundred others--a truly international team. Indeed, the aim throughout has been to secure the best experts on the topics covered, wherever in the world they happen to be. Thus, in the area of Greek religion, for instance, contributions have come from Canada, France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States.
As an authoritative one-volume guide to all aspects of the ancient world--political, economic, philosophical, religious, artistic, and social--the Oxford Classical Dictionary has no equal in any language. It is the definitive summation of classical scholarship as it stands today. [via]More editions of The Oxford Classical Dictionary:
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The Oxford History of Western Philosophyby Oxford University Press, Anthony John Patrick KennyISBN 0198242786 (0-19-824278-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford History of Western Philosophy'Book summary:From Plato's Republic and St. Augustine's Confessions through Marx's Capital and Sartre's Being and Nothingness, the extraordinary philosophical dialogue between great Western minds has flourished unabated through the ages. Dazzling in its genius and breadth, the long line of European and American intellectual discourse tells a remarkable story--a quest for truth and wisdom that continues to shape our most basic ideas about human nature and the world around us. That quest is brilliantly brought to life in The Oxford History of Western Philosophy.
Featuring hundreds of spectacular illustrations--including sixteen pages of full-color plates--this splendidly written volume takes the reader on a magnificient chronological tour through the revolutions of thought that have forged the Western philosophical tradition from ancient times to the present. Throughout, the six contributors--an internationally renowned team of philosophers including Roger Scruton, Anthony Quinton, and Anthony Kenny--bring the astonishingly diverse, wide-ranging landscape of intellectual history into sharp focus, emphasizing how notions seen today as part of an inevitable march of ideas were in their own time often considered radical, if not revolutionary. Thus we are treated, for example, to lively accounts of how Plato's "theory of forms" and Aristotle's pioneering exercises in logic broke with the past to irrevocably alter the course of Western thought. The authors also reveal the relationships between landmark thinkers, and the ways they drew on their intellectual heritage. They show, for instance, how St. Augustine and Aquinas, though advancing the cause of Christian doctrine, picked up where their pagan Greek forebears had left off. We witness how, during the Renaissance, the profound empiricist ideas underlying Descarte's famous utterance--"I think, therefore I exist"--lived in a tense but complementary relationship with Locke's rationalist theories. Moving into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the book explores how Hume greatly influenced Kant's conception of the "transcendental aesthetic," and how Hegel drew upon the lesser known (but groundbreaking) work of Fichte and Schelling. The authors bring the story up to our own time, vividly recounting the existential trend from Nietzsche ("God is dead") to Sartre, along with other increasingly fractious schools of thought. Along the way, we not only encounter the vast intellectual riches of the Western mind, but we also meet the personalities behind the great thoughts, from the saintly Hume (described by Adam Smith as having "come as near to perfection as anybody could") to the ill-mannered outcast Fichte. And the hundreds of maps and striking illustrations (including full-color reproductions of art ranging from medieval manuscripts to the works of Raphael, Ingres, and Magritte) form an integral part of the book, revealing the interweaving of art and ideas through the ages, as artists have striven to give visual immediacy to philosophical concepts.
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Roman Britainby Peter SalwayISBN 0198229844 (0-19-822984-4)
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navyby Bryan Ranft, J. R. HillISBN 0198605277 (0-19-860527-7)
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Pagan's Crusadeby Catherine JinksISBN 0195534859 (0-19-553485-9)
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The People's Peace: British History, 1945-1989by Kenneth O. MorganISBN 0198227647 (0-19-822764-7)
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Peter, Paul, And Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History And Legendby Bart D. EhrmanISBN 0195300130 (0-19-530013-0)
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Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval Englandby Compton Reeves, Albert Compton ReevesISBN 0195214234 (0-19-521423-4)
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Policing and Punishment in London, 1660-1750: Urban Crime and the Limits of Terrorby J. M. BeattieISBN 0198208677 (0-19-820867-7)
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The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della Rovereby Caroline P. MurphyISBN 0195312015 (0-19-531201-5)
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Prehistory and the First Civilizationsby J. M. RobertsISBN 0195215192 (0-19-521519-2)
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The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwrby R. R. DaviesISBN 0198205082 (0-19-820508-2)
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The Russian Empire, 1801-1917by Hugh Seton-WatsonISBN 0198221525 (0-19-822152-5)
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Scotland : A Historyby Jenny WormaldISBN 0198206151 (0-19-820615-1)
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Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literatureby L. D. Reynolds, Nigel Guy WilsonISBN 0198721463 (0-19-872146-3)
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Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literatureby N.G. Wilson, L. D. ReynoldsISBN 0198721455 (0-19-872145-5)
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The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgyby Paul F. BradshawISBN 0195217322 (0-19-521732-2)
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Selected Writingsby David McLellan, Karl MarxISBN 019876037X (0-19-876037-X)
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Shaping the Nation: England 1360-1461by Gerald HarrissISBN 0198228163 (0-19-822816-3)
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Tacitus: Germaniaby Cornelius Tacitus, J.B. RivesISBN 0199240000 (0-19-924000-0)
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Tacitus: Germaniaby J.B. RivesISBN 0198150504 (0-19-815050-4)
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Tragedy of Macbethby William Shakespeare, Nicholas BrookeISBN 0198129017 (0-19-812901-7)
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The Transformation of European Politics 1763-1848by Paul W. SchroederISBN 0198221193 (0-19-822119-3)
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Vision of William Concerning Piersby LanglandISBN 0198113668 (0-19-811366-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vision of William Concerning Piers'Book summary:The title Piers Plowman or, as I prefer to write it, Piers CP lowman, is one which has been frequently misconstrued 1misunderstood by many authors, and concerning which many books have blundered inextricably. It is most important the reader should have a clear idea of what it means, and as is rather a difficult point to explain accurately, I must ask him give me his best attention; and I cannot refrain from adding hope that, if he succeeds in mastering the explanation of it, will refrain from using the phrase in future in the old slovenly The difficulty is three-fold, as originating in a three-fold error. three mistakes commonly made are these. First, Piers man is used as though it were the name of an author tndiy, two poems which are quite distinct, and the respective of which are familiarly expressed as The Vision of Piers )man and Pierce the Ploughmar CsC rede have been frequently founded together; and thirdly, the name of The Vision of Plowman is commonly given to what is really the Liber de :ro Plowman, of which the Vision forms only about a third I must ask the reader to bear in mind that, in what I am going to say, I make no reference whatever to the Crede, do not make any assertion about it till I again expressly tntion it by its full title. Unless this be remembered, our ice of arriving at the truth is much lessened. Just as Christian is not the author of Bunyans Pilgrim s Probut only the subject of it, so Piers the Plowman is not the lor of the Vision, but the subject of it; he is the personage T bif mistake occurs, for instance, in Chaucer s England, vol. ii. p. 230, Matthew Browne; who should have known better.
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Women in Early Modern England 1550-1720by Patricia CrawfordISBN 019820812X (0-19-820812-X)
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