I am busy with the hawkweeds; that is to say, I am learning to distinguish and to name as many as I can. For scientific classification I have little mind; it does not happen to fall in with my habits of thought; but I like to be able to give its name (the "trivial" by choice) to every flower I meet in my walks. Why should I be content to say, "Oh, it's a hawkweed"?

As a journalist, historian, and novelist born into a family that included two past Presidents, Henry Adams was forever focused on the experiences and expectations unique to America. A prompt bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Education of Henry Adams (1918) recounts his own and his country's development from 1838--the year Adams was born--up to 1905, thus incorporating ...(展开全部)

As a journalist, historian, and novelist born into a family that included two past Presidents, Henry Adams was forever focused on the experiences and expectations unique to America. A prompt bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Education of Henry Adams (1918) recounts his own and his country's development from 1838--the year Adams was born--up to 1905, thus incorporating ...(展开全部)

作者简介 哈罗德·惠特斯通·约翰斯顿(1859—1912)，生于美国伊利诺伊州拉什维尔，是一位古典历史学家，同时也是一位才华横溢的教师，在印第安纳大学担任拉丁语教授一职。哈罗德热心拉丁语教育事业，出版有《西塞罗演讲与书信集》《拉丁手稿》《凯撒的〈高卢战记〉》等。其中他最出名著作The Private Life of the Romans，就是专为尚未掌握拉丁语却对罗马个人史感兴趣的大学生而编写。 译者简介 黄瑶，英国威斯敏斯特大学媒体管理学硕士，曾赴牛津大学埃克塞特学院进修英国古典文学，译有《藏书的艺术》《早知今日》《从天而落》《书信的历史》等。曾游历欧亚17个国家，翻译了法国、西班牙、泰国等国的导游类书籍。

作者简介 哈罗德·惠特斯通·约翰斯顿(1859—1912)，生于美国伊利诺伊州拉什维尔，是一位古典历史学家，同时也是一位才华横溢的教师，在印第安纳大学担任拉丁语教授一职。哈罗德热心拉丁语教育事业，出版有《西塞罗演讲与书信集》《拉丁手稿》《凯撒的〈高卢战记〉》等。其中他最出名著作The Private Life of the Romans，就是专为尚未掌握拉丁语却对罗马个人史感兴趣的大学生而编写。 译者简介 黄瑶，英国威斯敏斯特大学媒体管理学硕士，曾赴牛津大学埃克塞特学院进修英国古典文学，译有《藏书的艺术》《早知今日》《从天而落》《书信的历史》等。曾游历欧亚17个国家，翻译了法国、西班牙、泰国等国的导游类书籍。

作者简介 哈罗德·惠特斯通·约翰斯顿(1859—1912)，生于美国伊利诺伊州拉什维尔，是一位古典历史学家，同时也是一位才华横溢的教师，在印第安纳大学担任拉丁语教授一职。哈罗德热心拉丁语教育事业，出版有《西塞罗演讲与书信集》《拉丁手稿》《凯撒的〈高卢战记〉》等。其中他最出名著作The Private Life of the Romans，就是专为尚未掌握拉丁语却对罗马个人史感兴趣的大学生而编写。 译者简介 黄瑶，英国威斯敏斯特大学媒体管理学硕士，曾赴牛津大学埃克塞特学院进修英国古典文学，译有《藏书的艺术》《早知今日》《从天而落》《书信的历史》等。曾游历欧亚17个国家，翻译了法国、西班牙、泰国等国的导游类书籍。

Nearly twenty years after its original publication, The Idea of Private Law is widely recognized as a seminal contribution to legal philosophy, and one of the leading attempts to explain and justify the moral foundations of private law. Rejecting the functionalism popular among legal scholars, Ernest Weinrib advances the provocative idea that private law is an autonomous and no...(展开全部)

Michel Henry (1922-2002) was a French philosopher and novelist whose work spanned decades and genres while remaining united by a singular vision. In this specially commissioned collection, eight internationally recognized experts on Henry's thought investigate his profound acquaintance with the mystery of life-which he understood as the irreducible bedrock of all reality-in its...(展开全部)

Michel Henry (1922-2002) was a French philosopher and novelist whose work spanned decades and genres while remaining united by a singular vision. In this specially commissioned collection, eight internationally recognized experts on Henry's thought investigate his profound acquaintance with the mystery of life-which he understood as the irreducible bedrock of all reality-in its...(展开全部)