Die Philosophie der Antike

In diesem Lehr- und Einführungsbuch zur antiken Philosophie werden Schlüsseltexte in ihren historischen Zusammenhang gesetzt und erklärt. Dabei macht Wiebrecht Ries deutlich, dass die Antworten der an...

Das Maß der Dinge

Intentionalität zwischen Subjektivität und Weltbezug

Transformation der Philosophie

Empedocles

Empedocles (c. 494-434 B.C.) achieved legendary status as a philosopher, scientist, healer, poet and orator. He made important contributions to the developments of European thought with his theory of...

Leven met Hildegard van Bingen

Hildegard van Bingen leefde in een periode van grote veranderingen. Haar blik op mensen en op een leven met God is kritisch en creatief en weerspiegelt het geestelijk denken in de twaalfde eeuw.Haar k...

Henricus de Gandavo Quolibet IV

Henry of Ghent, the most influential philosopher/theologian of the last quarter of the 13th century at Paris, delivered his fourth Quodlibet during 1279. This Quodlibet was written at the beginning of...

Henrici de Gandavo Summa (Quaestiones ordinariae) art. LIII-LV

Critical study of the 'second part' of Henry's Summa devoted to the Persons of the Trinity. Henry of Ghent's Summa, art. 53-55, was composed shortly after Christmas of 1281, at the height of Henry's...

Ancient and Medieval philosophy - Series 1 50 - Ptolemy's tetrabiblos in the translation of William of Moerbeke

First ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy's masterwork This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke's Latin translation of Ptolemy's celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title...

On the Borders of Being and Knowing

Sylvester Mauro, S.J. (1619-1687) noted that human intellects can grasp what is,what is not, what can be, and what cannot be. The first principle, ‘it is not possible that the same thing simultaneousl...

Oosterse filosofie

De oosterse filosofie kent een rijke historie die teruggaat tot zeker 1500 voor Christus. De bronnen van de oosterse filosofie liggen in Azië en dan vooral in India en China. Oosterse filosofie versch...

The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man

New translation of the best stories by one of the twentieth century's greatest and most influential writers 'A genius' Guardian No one has captures the modern experience, its wild dr...

Hypatia of Alexandria

Hypatia-brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty-was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. She has been a legend ever since. In this...

Can One Live after Auschwitz?

This is a comprehensive collection of readings from the work of Theodor Adorno, one of the most influential German thinkers of the twentieth century. What took place in Auschwitz revokes what A...

Kakeibo

Waar blijft mijn geld toch iedere maand? Wie vraagt zich dat ook wel eens af? Geld dat voor het einde van de maand al bijna op is. Door alle digitale betalingen als pinnen en creditcards zijn we het g...

A Perfect Medium?

An in-depth analysis of oracular divination in Plutarch's thought. Oracular divination was of special concern for Plutarch of Chaeronea (45-120 AD), Platonic philosopher as well as priest at the oracl...

Spinoza, filosoof van de blijheid

Baruch (of Benedictus) de Spinoza legt in de 17de eeuw de basis voor een radicaal nieuwe kijk op mens en samenleving. Hij tracht de mens te begrijpen zoals hij is, niet zoals hij zou moeten zijn; de m...

Philosophical Writings

The philosophical writings of Duns Scotus, one of the most influential philosophers of the Later Middle Ages, are here presented in a volume that presents the original Latin with facing page English t...

Friendship

Recent years have seen a marked revival of interest among philosophers in the topic of friendship. This collection of fifteen articles is the first to make some of the best recent work on friendship r...