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Trois Études Sur La Tradition Des Commentaires Anciens À La Métaphysique d'Aristotle
ISBN: 9789004120747 / Francuski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume deals with the rapports among the extant Greek commentaries on Aristotle's "Metaphysics": Alexander of Aphrodisias, Syrianus, Asclepius, Ps. Alexander. It traces the precise map of these texts and provides a starting point for any future research in the field.
This volume deals with the rapports among the extant Greek commentaries on Aristotle's "Metaphysics": Alexander of Aphrodisias, Syrianus, Asclepius, P...
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722,39 |
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Ludus Sapientiae: Studien Zum Werk Und Zur Wirkungsgeschichte Des Nikolaus Von Kues
ISBN: 9789004120815 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 411 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains 3 papers published here for the first time as well as 13 studies from the years 1979-2001 in revised and in part expanded form. The themes cover in 5 sections (I) Cusanus in his time (1401- 1464), (II) his oeuvre and individual treatises (De concordantia catholica, De docta ignorantia, De ludo globi), (III) his sources (from antiquity, Patristics - in particular Ps.-Dionysius - and the Renaissance) and (IV) three studies on his reception. The volume ends with an appendix with two detailed interpretations of Juan Luis Vives' Fabula de homine and of Jorge de...
This volume contains 3 papers published here for the first time as well as 13 studies from the years 1979-2001 in revised and in part expanded form. T...
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888,11 |
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Al-Ghazālī's Unspeakable Doctrine of the Soul: Unveiling the Esoteric Psychology and Eschatology of the Iḥyāʾ
ISBN: 9789004120839 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text marks a radical rethinking of the soul and the afterlife in the writings of al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111), particularly within his magnum opus, Reviving Religious Knowledge (Ihyā'ulūm al-dīn). Attending closely to variations of genre and discourse mode within his works, it attempts to resolve some of the major ambiguities that have vexed al-Ghazālī's readers for nearly nine hundred years. Beginning with his theory of multi-level, multi-genre writing and working through his theological, philosophical, and mystical positions on the soul's true...
This text marks a radical rethinking of the soul and the afterlife in the writings of al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111), particularly within his magn...
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569,42 |
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Aristotle's Ethics in the Italian Renaissance (Ca. 1300-1650): The Universities and the Problem of Moral Education
ISBN: 9789004120853 / Angielski / Twarda / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume studies the teaching of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics (the standard textbook for moral philosophy) in the universities of Renaissance Italy. Special attention is given to how university commentaries on the Ethics reflect developments in educational theory and practice and in humanist Aristotelianism. After surveying the fortune of the Ethics in the Latin West to 1650 and the work's place in the universities, the discussion turns to Italian interpretations of the Ethics up to 1500 (Part Two) and then from 1500 to 1650 (Part Three). The focus is on the...
This volume studies the teaching of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics (the standard textbook for moral philosophy) in the universities of Renaiss...
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960,35 |
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The Chivalric Ethos and the Development of Military Professionalism
ISBN: 9789004120952 / Angielski / Twarda / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume explore the extent to which the chivalric ethos and military professionalism were incompatible, as well as their relative significance for developments in the art of war, and the rise of the state. Essays explore the armies and societies of late-medieval and early-modern France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany, England and the Netherlands. They examine both the theory and practice of war, using literary, archival and artistic evidence. Overall the volume probes what constitutes military 'professionalism'; assesses the real long term significance of developments in...
The essays in this volume explore the extent to which the chivalric ethos and military professionalism were incompatible, as well as their relative si...
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815,87 |
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Literacy, Education and Manuscript Transmission in Byzantium and Beyond
ISBN: 9789004120969 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The papers in this volumes consider literacy, education and manuscript transmission in Byzantium and its neighbouring worlds, areas which to date have received surprisingly little sustained scholarly treatment among Byzantinists. Contributions include an overview, survey papers and individual case studies, many of which draw on recently discovered or rarely consulted sources: literary sources include astrological texts, saints' lives and florilegia as well as documentary texts, art and archaeological evidence. The contributors' fields reflect the interdisciplinary scope of this volume,...
The papers in this volumes consider literacy, education and manuscript transmission in Byzantium and its neighbouring worlds, areas which to date have...
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607,66 |
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Byzantium in the Year 1000
ISBN: 9789004120976 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One thousand years ago, the Byzantine Empire was reaching the height of its revival as a medieval state. The ten contributions to this volume by scholars from six European countries re-assess key aspects of the empire's politics and culture in the long reign of the emperor Basil II, whose name has come to symbolise the greatness of Byzantium in the age before the crusades. The first five chapters deal with international diplomacy, the emperor's power, and government in Asia Minor and the frontier provinces of the Balkans and southern Italy. The second half of the volume covers aspects of law,...
One thousand years ago, the Byzantine Empire was reaching the height of its revival as a medieval state. The ten contributions to this volume by schol...
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607,66 |
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Narrative Illustration in Persian Lithographed Books
ISBN: 9789004121003 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study surveys a distinctive type of the "Islamic" book which has been largely neglected in previous scholarship: the genre of illustrated lithographed books produced in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Iran. In addition to introducing the history of printing in Iran and surveying the investigated sources, the study supplies basic data on genres of illustrated books, artists active in lithographic illustration, and aspects germane to this particular field of art. The documentation includes bibliographical references for 116 illustrated books in a total of 351 particular editions...
This study surveys a distinctive type of the "Islamic" book which has been largely neglected in previous scholarship: the genre of illustrated lithogr...
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713,90 |
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Nature, Man and God in Medieval Islam
ISBN: 9789004121027 / Angielski / Twarda / 724 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A contemporary to Thomas Aquinas in Latin Catholic Italy, and with a parallel motivation to stabilize each his own civilization in its flux and storm, 'Abd Allah Baydawi of Ilkhan Persia wrote a compact and memorable Arabic Summation of Islamic Natural and Traditional Theology. With the same strokes of his pen he presented the Islamic version of the Science of Theological Statement, bafflingly called "Kalam" while familiarly embracing "Theology." Baydawi's Tawali'al-Anwar min Matal'al-Anzar (Rays of Dawnlight Outstreaming from Far Horizons of Logical Reasoning), with Mahmud Isfahani's...
A contemporary to Thomas Aquinas in Latin Catholic Italy, and with a parallel motivation to stabilize each his own civilization in its flux and storm,...
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2205,41 |
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Verbranntes Ufer: Auswirkungen Mamlukischer Seepolitik Auf Beirut Und Die Syro-Palästinensische Küste (1250-1517)
ISBN: 9789004121089 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Verbranntes Ufer zeichnet erstmals das Bild der Entwicklung der syro-palastinensischen Hafenstadte nach der Vertreibung der letzten Kreuzfahrer mit Hilfe lokaler Chroniken wie den Werken von Sāliḥ Ibn Yaḥyā und Ibn Sibāṭ. Die Mamluken zerstorten die Kustenstadte, um den Kreuzfahrern keinen potentiellen Bruckenkopf fur eine erneute Landung zu geben. Auf die Politik des verbrannten Ufers griffen die Mamluken zuruck, weil sie keine planvolle Seepolitik betrieben. Daher besaen sie keine Flotte, mit der sie die Kuste schon auf dem Meer hatten...
Verbranntes Ufer zeichnet erstmals das Bild der Entwicklung der syro-palastinensischen Hafenstadte nach der Vertreibung der letzten Kreuzfahrer...
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1049,59 |
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Fritz Meier, Nachgelassene Schriften, Band 1. Bemerkungen Zur Mohammedverehrung, Teil 1. Die Segenssprechung Über Mohammed
ISBN: 9789004121102 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The centre of Islamic piety is the Prophet Mohammed whose perfection was eternal from pre-existence and who stands completely within God's grace. For the believers he occupies the most important role of intermediary between themselves and God. The Prophet's intercession is accepted, and through his intercession the believers hope their prayers will be heard and their wishes fulfilled. Invoking blessings on Mohammed is a means for attaining the effective help of the Prophet. Along with expressing thanks for the benefits mankind has received from Mohammed, it constitutes a preliminary to the...
The centre of Islamic piety is the Prophet Mohammed whose perfection was eternal from pre-existence and who stands completely within God's grace. For ...
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633,15 |
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Individuum, Society, Humankind: The Triadic Logic of the Species According to Hajime Tanabe
ISBN: 9789004121188 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection on the Kyoto School of Philosophy, the author offers the reader Tanabe's religious philosophy, but also, and for the first time, his philosophy of nature and ontology. It is not only on individuum, society, and humankind, but also on the logical structure of Tanabe's thinking, and aspects such as nature, beauty, matter, contemplation, practice, politics, religion, science, history, eternity, etcetera. A highly original work, the more as the reader becomes acquainted with Ozaki's own creative synthetic view of the main problems of Christian-Buddhist theological, resp....
In this collection on the Kyoto School of Philosophy, the author offers the reader Tanabe's religious philosophy, but also, and for the first time, hi...
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565,16 |
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Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, Volume 2: Volume Two: B-, P-, F-
ISBN: 9789004121218 / Angielski / Twarda / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The multi-volume Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian by Gabor Takacs "promises to open a new chapter in Egyptian and Afro-Asiatic comparative lingustics" (A. Dolgopolsky, in Israel Oriental Studies). The amount of material offered, the extensive treatment of scholarly discussions on each item, and the insights into the connections of Egyptian and the related Afro-Asiatic (Semito-Hamitic) languages, including many new lexical parallels, will make it an indispensable tool for comparative purposes and an unchallenged starting point for every linguist in the field. This second...
The multi-volume Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian by Gabor Takacs "promises to open a new chapter in Egyptian and Afro-Asiatic comparative l...
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1100,58 |
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The Crimean Tatars: The Diaspora Experience and the Forging of a Nation
ISBN: 9789004121225 / Angielski / Twarda / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking as its starting point the ethnogenesis of this ethnic group during the Mongol period (13th century), this volume traces their history through Islam, the Ottoman and the Russian Empires (15th and 17th century). The author discusses how Islam, Russian colonial policies and indigenous national movements shaped the collective identity of this victimized ethnic group. Part two deals with the role of forced migration during the Russian colonial period, Soviet nation-building policies and ethnic cleansing in shaping this people's modern national identity. This work therefore also has wider...
Taking as its starting point the ethnogenesis of this ethnic group during the Mongol period (13th century), this volume traces their history through I...
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888,11 |
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A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East
ISBN: 9789004121263 / Angielski / Twarda / 648 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about all aspects of man's contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.
This book is about all aspects of man's contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to t...
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1219,56 |
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Christliche Architektur in Ägypten
ISBN: 9789004121287 / Angielski / Twarda / 824 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first comprehensive survey of Christian architecture in Egypt from the fourth century up to early modern times, covering not only church architecture, but also and extensively the building art of pilgrimage centers, monasteries, cemeteries, defence structures and private houses. Special attention is given to building technique, arrangement of the interior, and liturgical (local) conditions. With a descriptive catalogue of urban and monastic churches.
This is the first comprehensive survey of Christian architecture in Egypt from the fourth century up to early modern times, covering not only church a...
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1079,34 |
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The Art of the Deal: Intermediaries of Trade in Medieval Montpellier
ISBN: 9789004121294 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Medieval commercial transactions did not occur spontaneously. They were crafted by merchants with the support of numerous personnel on the medieval marketplace: notaries, innkeepers, brokers, transporters, and subordinate personnel of the merchant's entourage. This study introduces the reader to the challenges of trade in the Mediterranean world and to specific market conditions in the Mediterranean French town of Montpellier. A case study of the business of the Cabanis merchants permits an in-depth examination of the facilitation of trade by intermediaries whose activities are traced in the...
Medieval commercial transactions did not occur spontaneously. They were crafted by merchants with the support of numerous personnel on the medieval ma...
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594,91 |
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Athena in the Classical World
ISBN: 9789004121423 / Angielski / Twarda / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among ancient Greek deities, none has enjoyed as rich a life as Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and the arts - and she continues to fascinate and challenge today.
This volume sheds light on the goddess more comprehensively than has previously been attempted. It brings together the latest research, centring on Greek and Roman religion, literature and archaeology, yet also encompassing ancient Near Eastern, Indo-European, and modern interpretations. Cults and myths are explored, as are political, social, and gendered roles, and art historical and etymological developments. Recurrent themes... Among ancient Greek deities, none has enjoyed as rich a life as Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and the arts - and she continues to fascinate and chal...
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930,60 |
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A Commentary on Isocrates' Busiris
ISBN: 9789004121430 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains the first scholarly commentary on the puzzling work Busiris - part mythological jeu d'esprit, part rhetorical treatise and part self-promoting polemic - by the Greek educator and rhetorician Isocrates (436-338 BC). The commentary reveals Isocrates' strategies in advertising his own political rhetoric as a middle way between amoral 'sophistic' education and the abstruse studies of Plato's Academy. Introductory chapters situate Busiris within the lively intellectual marketplace of 4th-century Athens, showing how the work parodies Plato's...
This volume contains the first scholarly commentary on the puzzling work Busiris - part mythological jeu d'esprit, part rhetorical treat...
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616,16 |
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Brill's Companion to Cicero: Oratory and Rhetoric
ISBN: 9789004121478 / Angielski / Twarda / 646 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is intended as a companion to the study of Cicero's oratory and rhetoric for both students and experts in the field: for the neophyte, it provides a starting point; for the veteran Ciceronian scholar, a place for renewing the dialogue about issues concerning Ciceronian oratory and rhetoric; for all, a site of engagement at various levels with Ciceronian scholarship and bibliography. The book is arranged along roughly chronological lines and covers most aspects of Cicero's oratory and rhetoric. The particular strength of this companion resides in the individual, often very original...
This volume is intended as a companion to the study of Cicero's oratory and rhetoric for both students and experts in the field: for the neophyte, it ...
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1266,31 |