《苏格拉底前后》是作者在四篇讲稿的基础上修改完成的，是有关古希腊哲学的一部重要著作，内容涉及苏格拉底时代前后古希腊的哲学和科学等内容。在书中，作者以苏格拉底为分界点，将古希腊哲学史分为四个阶段：苏格拉底之前的爱奥尼亚科学、苏格拉底时期、柏拉图时期和亚里士多德时期。当然，作者并非只探讨这几个人，和他们同时代的其他重要学者及学派也有所涉及，对亚里士多德以后的斯多噶派和伊壁鸠鲁学派也有论述。 康福德在本书中对古希腊哲学史的分析可谓鞭辟入里、切中肯綮，他的语言也非常生动流畅，使人读来决不像一般的哲学书那样枯燥乏味，应当说这是一本不可不读的哲学史名著，同时也是了解和研究古希腊史的重要参考书。

In this book, F.M. Cornford explains why the life and work of Socrates stand out as marking a turning-point in the history of thought. He shows how Socrates revolutionized the concept of philosophy, converting it from the study of Nature to the study of the human soul, the meaning of right and wrong, and the ends for which we ought to live. This is, in fact, the story of the wh...(展开全部)

Preston Corporation Tramways was formed in 1904, later becoming Preston Corporation Transport Department. Electric trams, the majority of which were built in Preston, were operated until1935. The firs

In one of his last books, Socrates and Aristophanes, Leo Strauss's examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at eleven plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy, and that poetry emerges as an autonomous wisdom capable of rivaling philosophy.

In one of his last books, Socrates and Aristophanes, Leo Strauss's examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at eleven plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy, and that poetry emerges as an autonomous wisdom capable of rivaling philosophy.

卡尔·洛维特（Karl Lowith）犹太裔德国哲学家。1897年生于慕尼黑，纳粹主政时流亡意大利、日本、美国等地，1952年再度回到德国，于海德堡大学哲学系任教至1964年退休，1973逝世。洛维特的知名著作有：《韦伯与马克思》（1932）、《尼采的永恒回归哲学》（1935）、《布克哈特：这个历史之中的人》（1936）、《欧洲虚无主义：对欧洲战争的前历史的考察》（1940）、《从黑格尔到尼采：十九世纪思想中的革命性断裂》（1941）、《世界历史与救赎历史：历史哲学的神学前提》（1953）、《海德格尔：贫瘠时代的思想家》（1953）与《知识、信仰、怀疑》（1956）等。德国麦兹勒（Metzler）出版社在其辞世后为之出版九大册的作品全集（1981-1988）。 译者简介 区立远台湾大学哲学研究所毕。德国图宾根大学古典语文硕士毕业（拉丁文与希腊文双主修...(展开全部)

Written in the early 1970s amidst widespread debate over the causes of gender inequality, Marilyn Strathern’s Before and After Gender was intended as a widely accessible analysis of gender as a powerful cultural code and sex as a defining mythology. But when the series for which it was written unexpectedly folded, the manuscript went into storage, where it remained for more tha...(展开全部)

In "Masses, Classes, Ideas", French philosopher Etienne Balibar explores the intrinsic relationship between abstract philosophy and concrete politics. He discusses the influence of political philosophy on collective movements, touching on issues of religious and class struggle, nationalism and racism, the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and property as a social relation. The tex...(展开全部)

This long-awaited study of the most enigmatic figure of Greek philosophy reclaims Socrates' ground-breaking originality. Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest for the historical figure focuses ...(展开全部)

This long-awaited study of the most enigmatic figure of Greek philosophy reclaims Socrates' ground-breaking originality. Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest for the historical figure focuses ...(展开全部)