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A reconstruction of the philosophical thought of Henri Poincare, the mathematician who founded the field of topology and made important contributions to theoretical physics. It presents his thought as a unified system, reconciling apparent conflicts and examining its potential shortcomings.

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Does God play cards with the universe Do women have better poker faces than men These and other questions are pondered in this witty collection of essays that demonstrates what serious card sharks have long known: winning big takes more than a good hand and a straight face.

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The Focus Philosophical Library's edition of Aristotle's Politics is a lucid and useful translation for the student of undergraduate philosophy, as well as for the general reader interested in the major works of western civilization. Includes an introductory essay and glossaries of names and important Greek words.

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Sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. This title appends Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683) - relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time - with notes and a short commentary.

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Sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. This title appends Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683) - relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time - with notes and a short commentary.

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Offers reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life - and not simply an intellectual discipline. This book traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studied or even used to solve particular practical problems.

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Exploring the work of Howard Stein, these essays treat such topics as: Plato's conception of exact science; the structure of argumentation in Newton's "Principia"; imagery in the work of Descartes and Newton; patterns of reasoning in Maxwell; and Mach's conception of space, time and motion.

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A comprehensive English-language collection of the writings of the pivotal period in Chinese intellectual history. This volume provides translations of key works, arranged chronologically within topics, and accompanied by headnotes, a glossary, and a bibliography.

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This anthology offers the key works of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz in their entirety or in substantial selections, along with a rich selection of associated texts by other leading thinkers of the period.

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This anthology offers the key works of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume in their entirety or in substantial selections, along with a rich selection of associated texts by other leading thinkers of the period.

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Intended for the bibliography of 'Aristotle's Ethics', this book covers the issues of interpretation.

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Significantly advancing our notion of what constitutes a network, Philip Armstrong proposes a rethinking of political public space that specifically separates networks from the current popular discussion of globalization and information technology.

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Baltasar Gracian, a 17th-century Spanish Jesuit writer, explored the political uses of rhetoric. The essays in this volume focus on the relevance of Gracian in the late-20th century, arguing that the so-called "new world order" is an old idea, stretching back to the sophists of ancient Greece.

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The essays written for this volume reflect the scope of Professor Fingarette's scholarship, which ranges from social philosophy to Confucian thought, and the essential unity in his concern with what it means to live a personal life.

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