Why should we fetch Taine's work up from its dusty box in the basement of the national library? First of all because his realistic views of our human nature, of our civilization and of socialism as well as his dark premonitions of the 20th century were proven correct. Secondly because we may today with more accuracy call his work: "The Origins of Popular Democracy and of Commun...(展开全部)

Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede's radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, correctness of individual choice, and self-enslavement due to incorrect choice. Anchoring ...(展开全部)

Why should we fetch Taine's work up from its dusty box in the basement of the national library? First of all because his realistic views of our human nature, of our civilization and of socialism as well as his dark premonitions of the 20th century were proven correct. Secondly because we may today with more accuracy call his work: "The Origins of Popular Democracy and of Commun...(展开全部)

Christian Meier is one of Europe's preeminent authorities on the classical world. A Culture of Freedom marks the apex of his lifelong research on ancient Greek culture. Beginning with a section on medieval and modern Europe's enormous inheritance of Greek institutions and ideas, the book moves on to chronicle the rise of Greek civilization from the Bronze Age to the Greco-Persi...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂安·迈耶 慕尼黑大学古代史荣誉退休教授，前德国历史学家协会主席，前德国语言与文学学院院长，著有《凯撒》、《从雅典到奥斯维辛》、《被遗忘的命令与不可缺少的记忆》等作

毛里齐奥·斯卡尔帕里（司马儒），意大利汉学家，曾担任东亚研究系主任，亚洲与北非研究学院院长等职位。主要研究中国的先秦时期，长期耕耘在中国古代哲学思想、文学史、考古学领域，从各个可能的角度研究中国文明的形成与兴起，探究中国文化和身份的基本特征，尤其是传统与现代的关系。出版了多部著作，包括《孟子与执政之道》（2013）、《道教：历史、学说与实践》（2014）、《儒家学说》（2015）、《回归孔子之道：在传统文化与现代市场之间的今日中国》（2015）等。

毛里齐奥·斯卡尔帕里（司马儒），意大利汉学家，曾担任东亚研究系主任，亚洲与北非研究学院院长等职位。主要研究中国的先秦时期，长期耕耘在中国古代哲学思想、文学史、考古学领域，从各个可能的角度研究中国文明的形成与兴起，探究中国文化和身份的基本特征，尤其是传统与现代的关系。出版了多部著作，包括《孟子与执政之道》（2013）、《道教：历史、学说与实践》（2014）、《儒家学说》（2015）、《回归孔子之道：在传统文化与现代市场之间的今日中国》（2015）等。

Christian Meier is one of Europe's preeminent authorities on the classical world. A Culture of Freedom marks the apex of his lifelong research on ancient Greek culture. Beginning with a section on medieval and modern Europe's enormous inheritance of Greek institutions and ideas, the book moves on to chronicle the rise of Greek civilization from the Bronze Age to the Greco-Persi...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂安·迈耶 慕尼黑大学古代史荣誉退休教授，前德国历史学家协会主席，前德国语言与文学学院院长，著有《凯撒》、《从雅典到奥斯维辛》、《被遗忘的命令与不可缺少的记忆》等作

Aliens: Past, Present, Future covers the subject of extraterrestrial life from every angle, from the earliest speculations more than 400 years ago to today's ongoing search for Earth 2.0. In between are lessons learned about how life originated on our own planet, as well as the story behind the vast cult that has grown up around "flying saucers" and strange visitors from other ...(展开全部)