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New English translations, with accessible commentary, of psychological and ethical writings by Galen, the foremost philosopher-doctor of the ancient world.

This book analyzes three often-debated questions of Spinoza's legacy: was Spinoza a religious thinker? How should we understand Spinoza's mind-body doctrine? What meaning can be given to Spinoza's notions - such as salvation, beatitude, and freedom - which are seemingly incompatible with his determinism, his secularism, and his critique of religion.

This book offers a critique of civilian nuclear power as a green energy strategy for India. The author argues that the existing growth-based, highly technology-centric model of organizing economic activity is unsustainable and urgently needs reform. Categorizing nuclear power in India as an "authoritarian technology, " the book proposes an alternative arrangement, a synergy of ideas from the fields of economic development, energy planning, sci...

This book charts the twists and turns in the change processes of a recent phase of an old practice in China: state extraction from the rural population. Using extensive interview data with local and central bureaucrats, Li's findings highlight the role of parallel developments and agency in the change process, as well as the prevalence of contingency and uncertainty. It also elegantly blends the narrative of the rural tax and administrative re...

An original analysis of Russian politics, reflecting on the underlying features of Russia's political system since 1991.

This 2009 text charts the history of the short story from the nineteenth century, with detailed analysis of key works.

Stephen Prickett explores the 'narrative' in ways of thinking about the world over 300 years.

This Companion is an accessible up-to-date introduction to Schumann: his time, his temperament, his style and his œ, uvre. An international team of scholars explores the cultural context, musical and poetic fabric, sources of inspiration and interpretative reach of key works from the Schumann repertoire ranging from his famous lieder and piano pieces to chamber, orchestral and dramatic works. Additional chapters address Schumann’, s p...

A fascinating study examining the imagery of the mouth in classical Athenian invective.

Thistranslation is the first English edition to reunite Schopenhauer's two major essays on ethics in one volume.

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Als der kleine Fisch von seinem Freund, dem Frosch, erfährt, was es da so alles auf dem Lande gibt - bunte Vögel und Kühe mit rosa Säcken voll Milch, Menschen und Farben und Lichter -, da will er das auch sehen und springt an Land.

Examines the flourishing and subsequent decline of praise poetry as a genre from Antiquity to the present.

Dieses Arbeitsheft ist konzipiert für den Deutschunterricht mit Flüchtlingskindern. Es sorgt für die schnelle Vermittlung von Basiskenntnissen der deutschen Sprache und enthält englische und arabische Untertitel als zusätzliche Hilfestellung. Das Heft eignet sich auch für die selbstständige Bearbeitung zum Erlernen erster Wörter für das tägliche Leben.