One of the greatest philosophers of the 19th century, Hegel (1770-1831) has influenced the direction of subsequent thought, in Europe and elsewhere. The four volumes of the Critical Assessments reflect the many-sided nature of Hegel's reception from 1831 onwards, while at the same time including critical studies on the full range of his work. The four volumes are arranged chronologically, under the following headings: 19th century readings; late 19th- and 20th-century readings - from British Hegelianism to the Frankfurt school; Hegel's phenomenology of spirit and logic; and Hegel's philosophy...

This text examines one of the most dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam - from the late 9th century to the early 11th century. The age is examined through the thought of its five principal thinkers and labelled after the first and greatest of these, the Age of Farabism. It is demonstrated in this book that the great Islamic philosopher al-Farabi, called the second master after Aristotle, produced a recognizable school of thought in which others pursued and developed some of his own intellectual preoccupations.

Ross Poole displays the social content of the various conceptions of morality at work in contemporary society, and casts a strikingly fresh light on such fundamental problems as the place of reason in ethics, moral objectivity and the distinction between duty and virtue.
The book provides a critical account of the moral theories of a number of major philosophers, including Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Habermas, Rawls, Gewirth and MacIntyre. It also presents a systematic critique of three of the most significant responses to modernity: liberalism, nationalism and nihilism. It takes seriously the...

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The influence of classical antiquity on the religious disciplines, theology, mysticism and law of Islam cannot be overestimated. This work demonstrates the significance of the classical heritage by drawing together a great range of literary renderings, paraphrases, commentaries and imitations, as well as independent Islamic elaborations. Professor Rosenthal's collection includes the work of early authors, authors of the Golden Age and later writers who imitated their works. The Classical Heritage in Islam reveals that the Muslim adoption of and dependence on classical texts was not...

Ross Poole displays the social content of the various conceptions of morality at work in contemporary society, and casts a strikingly fresh light on such fundamental problems as the place of reason in ethics, moral objectivity and the distinction between duty and virtue.
The book provides a critical account of the moral theories of a number of major philosophers, including Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Habermas, Rawls, Gewirth and MacIntyre. It also presents a systematic critique of three of the most significant responses to modernity: liberalism, nationalism and nihilism. It takes seriously the...