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What is freedom? What is equality? What is sovereignty? Few texts have offered more influential answers to these questions than Rousseau's Social Contract, and in this new Cambridge Companion, a multidisciplinary team of contributors provide new ways to navigate a masterpiece of political philosophy- and its animating questions.

The essays of The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss provide a comprehensive and non-partisan survey of the major themes and problems that constituted Strauss's work. The volume also examines Strauss's complex relation to a range of contemporary political movements and thinkers, as well as the creation of a distinctive school of 'Straussian' political philosophy.

This collection of essays provides an accessible introduction to Arabic philosophy. It includes chapters on individual thinkers or groups; on areas of philosophical inquiry across the tradition, such as ethics and metaphysics; on later Islamic thought; and on the connections between Arabic philosophy and Greek, Jewish, and Latin philosophy.

This comprehensive collection offers accessible overviews of the central features of Karl Popper's philosophy, as well as discussions of the more technical aspects of philosophy. The book will appeal to the general reader of philosophy, as well as to specialists.

This book explores the work of the influential philosopher Fichte, from his theoretical, ethical and political thought to his studies of religion and history. It is essential reading for students of Fichte and of German idealism, as well as for those interested in the history of philosophy more widely.

New edition offering a philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century movement that profoundly influenced western culture. Distinguished contributors examine the writings of Hume, Smith and many more. With five entirely new chapters and widespread updates elsewhere, it is essential for students of modern philosophy and intellectual history.

This volume contains cutting-edge work on natural law ethics. It will appeal to philosophers, theologians, political theorists, bioethicists and economists, whether students or researchers. The book addresses both theoretical and applied ethical issues, centring on the question: are ethical norms derived from human nature, God, both or neither?

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the first and arguably most important treatise on ethics in Western philosophy. Covering all sections of the Nicomachean Ethics and selected topics in Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics and Protrepticus, this volume offers the reader a solid foundation in Aristotle's ethical philosophy.

Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Locke currently available.

Plotinus was the greatest philosopher in the 700-year period between Aristotle and Augustine. In this volume, sixteen leading scholars introduce and explain the many facets of Plotinus' complex system. They place Plotinus in the history of ancient philosophy while showing that he was a founder of medieval philosophy.

The philosophy of Kant is the watershed moment of modern thought, irrevocably changing the landscape of the field and preparing the way for all the significant philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This 2006 volume provides the broadest and deepest introduction currently available on Kant and modern philosophy.

This volume highlights Berlin's significance to contemporary readers, regarding not only liberty and liberalism, the Enlightenment and Romanticism, and pluralism, but also political theory, history, and the social sciences. Berlin's writings remain indispensable for showing how great political and ethical ideas have shaped contemporary history.

Liberalism emerged as a tradition of political thought in Europe during the Enlightenment and extended throughout the continent and to America into the twentieth century. This volume provides an expert survey of liberal approaches and responses to a range of important topics including freedom, equality, toleration, religion, and nationalism.

The volume provides clear and comprehensive coverage of the main methodological debates and approaches within philosophy. The book gives equal weight to analytical and continental approaches, and pays attention to approaches that are often overlooked.

The essays of The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss provide a comprehensive and non-partisan survey of the major themes and problems that constituted Strauss's work. The volume also examines Strauss's complex relation to a range of contemporary political movements and thinkers, as well as the creation of a distinctive school of 'Straussian' political philosophy.

Jean Piaget's (1896-1980) work has had a tremendous influence on a range of disciplines from philosophy to education, and notably in developmental psychology. The Cambridge Companion to Piaget provides a comprehensive introduction to different aspects of Piaget's work. The book will be of interest to students, academic psychologists, educational psychologists, and philosophers.

This 1998 collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo's work.

Jean Piaget's (1896-1980) work has had a tremendous influence on a range of disciplines from philosophy to education, and notably in developmental psychology. The Cambridge Companion to Piaget provides a comprehensive introduction to different aspects of Piaget's work. The book will be of interest to students, academic psychologists, educational psychologists, and philosophers.

These essays provide a comprehensive overview of the work of Michel Foucault, from his early work on madness to his history of sexuality, and relate his thought to major contemporary movements such as critical theory and feminism. This revised edition contains five new essays and an extensive, updated bibliography.

T. W. Adorno (1903-69) was one of the main philosophers of the first generation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. An accomplished musician, Adorno first focused on the theory of culture and art. Later he turned to the problem of the self-defeating dialectic of modern reason and freedom.

Merleau-Ponty was described by Paul Ricoeur as 'the greatest of the French phenomenologists'. The essays in this volume examine the full scope of his philosophy, from his abiding concern with the nature of perception and the bodily constitution of intentionality to his reflections on science, nature, art, history, and politics.

T. W. Adorno (1903-69) was one of the main philosophers of the first generation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. An accomplished musician, Adorno first focused on the theory of culture and art. Later he turned to the problem of the self-defeating dialectic of modern reason and freedom.

Merleau-Ponty was described by Paul Ricoeur as 'the greatest of the French phenomenologists'. The essays in this volume examine the full scope of his philosophy, from his abiding concern with the nature of perception and the bodily constitution of intentionality to his reflections on science, nature, art, history, and politics.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the first and arguably most important treatise on ethics in Western philosophy. Covering all sections of the Nicomachean Ethics and selected topics in Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics and Protrepticus, this volume offers the reader a solid foundation in Aristotle's ethical philosophy.

Comprehensive, accessible and detailed, this volume will be important for students and teachers seeking to develop their understanding of Nietzsche's philosophy. Key texts, including The Birth of Tragedy and Thus Spoke Zarathustra, are explored in depth, and topics covered include truth, science, art, history and his famous 'will to power'.

In the wake of political collapse in Eastern Europe, the intellectual influence of Marx's thought requires re-appraisal. Backed by current debate and new perspectives, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of his significant contributions.

An internationally recognized team of Kant scholars explore his argument that the basic principles of the natural science are imposed on reality by human sensibility and understanding, and thus that human beings are also free to impose their own free and rational agency on the world. This 1992 volume is the only systematic and comprehensive account of the full range of Kant's writings available.

Aristotle is one of the very greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. The contributors to this volume do not attempt to disguise the nature of that difficulty, but at the same time they offer a clear exposition of the central philosophical concerns in his work.

Peter Abelard (1079-1142) is one of the greatest philosophers of the medieval period. Although best known for his views about universals and his dramatic love affair with Heloise, he made a number of important contributions in metaphysics, logic, philosophy of language, mind and cognition, philosophical theology, ethics, and literature.

This companion volume contains twelve essays by leading scholars on the life, thought, and influence of one of Judaism's greatest thinkers: Moses Maimonides (1138-1204). Philosopher, Rabbi, Bible commentator, physician, Talmudic expositor and social commentator, Maimonides wrote on subjects that touch every aspect of life.