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Why did Greek tragedy and "the tragic" come to be seen as essential to conceptions of modernity And how has this belief affected modern understandings of Greek drama In Genealogy of the Tragic, Joshua Billings answers these and related questions by tracing the emergence of the modern theory of the tragic, which was first developed around 1800 by

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Gilles Deleuze, a major figure in the intellectual history of the late-20th century, inaugurated the radical non-Hegelianism that has marked French intellectual life during the past three decades. This book offers an understanding of Deleuze's complete body of work.

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English translation of Plato's dialogue of Socrates seeking the true definition of rhetoric, with an attempt to show the flaws of the sophistic orators. Includes speeches from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian Wars that reflect Plato's themes.

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English translations of "Gorgias" and "Rhetoric", which, by juxtaposing the two texts, creates an interesting "conversation": Plato's questioning of what is problematic in rhetoric and Aristotle's response on what makes rhetoric useful. With notes, introduction and glossary.

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This is an expanded edition of James Ellington's translation of Kant's essay, in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of harmful consequences.

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A timely intervention in the current debate surrounding the "politics" of Heidegger's philosophical thought.

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Presents an account of Heidegger's relation to the philosophical tradition, and of his criticism of Cartesianism.

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Presents a discussion of Heidegger's thought. This title provides an account of his development from "Being and Time" to the last writings, which make the changes in his thought continuous and intelligible.

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Providing nearly a hundred pages of additional material, this title offers the English translation of the account of Stoic ethics by Anus Didysmus, sources on Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Scepticism, expanded representation of Plutarch and Cicero, and a fuller representation of papyrological evidence.

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Presents the articles of philosophical and theological interest - those that influenced Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Voltaire and formed the basis for various eighteenth-century discussions, including "David", "Manicheans", "Paulicians", "Pyrrho", "Rorarius", "Simonides", "Spinoza", and "Zeno of Elea".

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Classicist Beneker translates three political essays written by the philosopher, statesman, and moralist Plutarch of Chaeronia. These essays are timeless reflections on the proper way to lead and serve, publicly, at least with respect to the European and American political traditions.

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Argues that philosophy of human freedom has been transformed by developments in science, especially evolution. The author accounts for freedom and creativity, and tests his theory with examples from drug addiction, hypnosis, slavery, brainwashing, and creative leaps in thought.

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Argues that philosophy of human freedom has been transformed by developments in science, especially evolution. The author accounts for freedom and creativity, and tests his theory with examples from drug addiction, hypnosis, slavery, brainwashing and creative leaps in thought.

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An anthology that provides a set of distinctive, influential views that explore the mysteries of human nature from a variety of perspectives.

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An anthology that provides a set of distinctive, influential views that explore the mysteries of human nature from a variety of perspectives.

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Power and counterpower in the space of silence

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