This volume presents a selection of David Gauthier's writings on Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and the theory of political contractarianism. The eight essays on Hobbes, written over four decades, represent the author's changing understanding of the moral and political theories since the publication of The Logic of Leviathan (OUP, 1969). These include essays on Hobbes on law, challe...(展开全部)

Product Description A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Epictetus became one of the most influential thinkers of his time. Discourses and Selected Writings is a transcribed collection of informal lectures given by the philosopher around AD 108. A gateway into the life and mind of ...(展开全部)

Max Weber (1864-1920), generally known as a founder of modern social science, was concerned with political affairs throughout his life. The texts in this edition span his career and illustrate the development of his political thinking on the fate of Germany and the nature of politics in the modern Western state in an age of cultural "disenchantment." The introduction discusses ...(展开全部)

伊夫-夏尔•扎卡（Yves Charles Zarka），巴黎大学哲学荣休教授，当代法国著名政治哲学家，现代政治思想史领域杰出学者。法国学术季刊《城邦》、法文评注版《霍布斯全集》以及“政治的基础”“哲学与社会”等丛书的主编。曾在法国国家科学研究院（CNRS）创立托马斯•霍布斯中心并担任该中心及现代哲学史中心主任。其主要研究领域为现代政治哲学理论、霍布斯研究、当代欧洲问题等。著有《霍布斯的形而上学决断》（1987）、《霍布斯与现代政治思想》（1995）、《古典时期的哲学与政治学》（1998）、《大地的不可占有：一种哲学重建的原则》（2013）、《重建世界主义》（2014）等，与哈贝马斯合著《重塑欧洲》（2012）。

伊夫-夏尔•扎卡（Yves Charles Zarka），巴黎大学哲学荣休教授，当代法国著名政治哲学家，现代政治思想史领域杰出学者。法国学术季刊《城邦》、法文评注版《霍布斯全集》以及“政治的基础”“哲学与社会”等丛书的主编。曾在法国国家科学研究院（CNRS）创立托马斯•霍布斯中心并担任该中心及现代哲学史中心主任。其主要研究领域为现代政治哲学理论、霍布斯研究、当代欧洲问题等。著有《霍布斯的形而上学决断》（1987）、《霍布斯与现代政治思想》（1995）、《古典时期的哲学与政治学》（1998）、《大地的不可占有：一种哲学重建的原则》（2013）、《重建世界主义》（2014）等，与哈贝马斯合著《重塑欧洲》（2012）。

Jean Wahl (1888–1974), once considered by the likes of Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, and Gabriel Marcel to be among the greatest French philosophers, has today nearly been forgotten outside France. Yet his influence on French philosophical thought can hardly be overestimated. Levinas wrote that “during over a half century of teaching and research, [Wahl] w...(展开全部)

Labyrinths (1962) is an English-language collection of short stories and essays by Jorge Luis Borges. It includes Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, The Garden of Forking Paths, and The Library of Babel, to name some of Borges' more famous stories. Many of the stories are from the collections Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949). The English edition was edited by Donald A. Yates and J...(展开全部)

Labyrinths (1962) is an English-language collection of short stories and essays by Jorge Luis Borges. It includes Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, The Garden of Forking Paths, and The Library of Babel, to name some of Borges' more famous stories. Many of the stories are from the collections Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949). The English edition was edited by Donald A. Yates and J...(展开全部)

Edward Sapir was one of those men, rare among scientists and scholars, who are spoken of by their colleagues in terms of genius. His writings on frontier problems in cultural anthropology, psychology, and linguistics are outstanding for their provocative insights and remarkable control of factual data. His long essay on language, his principal field of study, is an illuminating...(展开全部)