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G A Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009, he had plans to bring together a number of his most significant papers. This title contains these papers that have shaped many of the central debates in political philosophy.

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This book completes A. John Simmons's exploration and development of Lockean moral and political philosophy, a project begun in The Lockean Theory of Rights (Princeton paperback edition, 1994). Here Simmons discusses the Lockean view of the nature of, grounds for, and limits on political relations between persons. Originally published in 1993. Th

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Contents include: The Style of the Mythical Age: An Introduction by Hermann Broch ON THE ILIAD Hector Thetis and Achilles Helen The Comedy of the Gods Troy and Moscow Priam and Achilles Break Bread Poets and Prophets Originally published in 1947. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-d

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Contents include: The Style of the Mythical Age: An Introduction by Hermann Broch ON THE ILIAD Hector Thetis and Achilles Helen The Comedy of the Gods Troy and Moscow Priam and Achilles Break Bread Poets and Prophets Originally published in 1947. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-d

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Mark Green and Phillip Griffiths set forth the initial stages of an infinitesimal theory for algebraic cycles. The book aims in part to understand the geometric basis and the limitations of Spencer Bloch's beautiful formula for the tangent space to Chow groups.

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In this collection of three beautifully written essays, the distinguished philosopher Jacques Maritain presents his reflections on the role of philosophy in the life of man as a social being. In his concern for the social relevance of philosophy, Professor Maritain writes of the ways in which philosophy helps one to live. His essays are a dear and

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Professor Knorr examines bends in the values which nations derive in their international relationships from the possession and use of both nuclear and non-nuclear military forces, and suggests that territorial conquest and the furtherance of economic benefits by military means have generally diminished in appeal. He inquires into the costs and disa

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Looking at the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people who wrote about the Andean region that became Peru, this work shows how the lens of Rome had a profound influence on Spanish understanding of the Incan empire. It focuses on issues such as the role of language in conquest, the interpretation of civil war, and the founding of cities.

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The classical uniformization theorem for Riemann surfaces and its recent extensions can be viewed as introducing special pseudogroup structures, affine or projective structures, on Riemann surfaces. In fact, the additional structures involved can be considered as local forms of the uniformizations of Riemann surfaces. In this study, Robert Gunning

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The threat to the survival of humankind posed by nuclear weapons has been a frightening and essential focus of public debate for the last four decades and must continue to be so if we are to avoid destroying ourselves and the natural world around us. One unfortunate result of preoccupation with the nuclear threat, however, has been a new kind of "r

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In a series of closely related essays, Professor Lindenberger analyzes the language, style, imagery, and organization of Wordsworth's "Prelude." In precise detail and with richly relevant use of critical and historical materials, he demonstrates the variety and complexity of "The Prelude" leading the reader into a deepened understanding of one of t

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Contrary to those observers who attribute group violence to irrationality, primordial instinct, or complex psychology, this work uncovers a systematic exploitation of self-interest in the underpinnings of group identification and collective violence. It also uses examples from Mafia vendettas to ethnic violence in places such as Bosnia and Rwanda.

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In One Hundred Semesters, William Chace mixes incisive analysis with memoir to create an illuminating picture of the evolution of American higher education over the past half century. Chace follows his own journey from undergraduate education at Haverford College to teaching at Stillman, a traditionally African-American college in Alabama, in the 1