How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live in Philosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new concepts, reinterpreting old truths, and reconceptualizing fundamental questions, philosophy has progressed―and driven human progress―for more than two millennia. In short, we live in a world philosophy made. In this concise history ...(展开全部)

This book explores the dynamic relationship between myth and philosophy in the Presocratics, the Sophists, and in Plato - a relationship which is found to be more extensive and programmatic than has been recognized. The story of philosophy's relationship with myth is that of its relationship with literary and social convention. The intellectuals studied here wanted to reformula...(展开全部)

This book explores the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals between the late-sixth and mid-fourth centuries BC. Although philosophy may seem far removed from mythological stories, closer examination reveals that Plato and others realized that philosophic accounts too were "stories" about reality. Kathryn Morgan shows how these phil...(展开全部)

约翰·麦克莱兰(John S.McClelland)，英国政治学家，曾在英美几所大学执教，著有《西方政治思想史》、《群众与暴民：从柏拉图到卡内蒂》、《法国的右派》等。其《西方政治思想史》已推出中文简、繁两种版本，在中国知识界、思想界享有盛誉。

约翰·麦克莱兰(John S.McClelland)，英国政治学家，曾在英美几所大学执教，著有《西方政治思想史》、《群众与暴民：从柏拉图到卡内蒂》、《法国的右派》等。其《西方政治思想史》已推出中文简、繁两种版本，在中国知识界、思想界享有盛誉。

The history of Chinese cinema is as long and complicated as the tumultuous history of China itself. Be it the silent, the Communist, or the contemporary, each Chinese cinematic era has necessitated its own form in conversation with broader trends in politics and culture. In Chinese Film, Jason McGrath tells this fascinating story by tracing the varied claims to cinematic realis...(展开全部)

The world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death in 323 BCE. His successors reorganized Persian lands to create a new empire stretching from the eastern Mediterranean as far as present-day Afghanistan, while in Greece and Macedonia a fragile balance of power repeatedly dissolved into war. Then, from the late third century BCE to the end of ...(展开全部)

安傑羅．查尼歐提斯Angelos Chaniotis 普林斯頓大學高等研究院歷史研究學院教授，也是牛津大學萬靈學院（All Souls）的前院士。他曾撰寫多部著作與文章，並擔任《希臘銘文補充調查報告》（Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum）的資深編輯，以及古典研究期刊《謨涅摩敘涅》（Mnemosyne）的編輯。 譯者簡介 黃楷君 政大阿拉伯語文學系、廣播電視學系畢業，曾任出版社編輯，現為文字工作者、譯者、內容力有限公司特約譯者。譯有《手寫時代》、《穆罕默德：宣揚謙卑、寬容與和平的先知》、《福爾摩沙．美麗之島》（合譯）、《時光出土：考古學的故事》、《原始富足：布希曼族的生存之道，以及他們能教給我們什麼？》等書，及合著《吹過島嶼的歌》。

Computers are everywhere. Some are highly visible, in laptops, tablets, cell phones, and smart watches. But most are invisible, like those in appliances, cars, medical equipment, transportation systems, power grids, and weapons. We never see the myriad computers that quietly collect, share, and sometimes leak personal data about us. Governments and companies increasingly use co...(展开全部)