Francis Bacon (Häftad)
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ISBN: 9780691009667 - UTGIVEN: 199911Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), commonly regarded as one of the founders of the Scientific Revolution, exerted a powerful influence on the intellectual development of the modern world. He also led a remarkably varied and dramatic life as a philosopher, writer, lawyer, courtier, and statesman. Although [...]
How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the West (Häftad)
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ISBN: 9780691121420 - UTGIVEN: 200509Religious intolerance, so terrible and deadly in its recent manifestations, is nothing new. In fact, until after the eighteenth century, Christianity was perhaps the most intolerant of all the great world religions. "How Christian Europe and the West" went from this extreme to their present universa[...]
Thucydides: An Introduction for the Common Reader (Övrig)
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ISBN: 9780691138800 - UTGIVEN: 2008-12-08This book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining Thucydides' landmark "History of the Peloponnesian War", [...]
Hobbes and the Law of Nature (Övrig)
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ISBN: 9780691139807 - UTGIVEN: 2009-11-16This is the first major work in English to explore at length the meaning, context, aims, and vital importance of Thomas Hobbes's concepts of the law of nature and the right of nature. Hobbes remains one of the most challenging and controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about[...]
