Philosophy – Ancient to Contemporary

Los Col·loquis de la insigne ciutat de Tortosa és una magnífica obra literària escrita per Cristòfol Despuig el segle XVI. Malgrat la distància que ens en separa, els temes tractats són de plena vigè …

El Llibre de paraules i dites de savis i filòsofs és una obra de caràcter didàctic i moralitzador que recull 753 sentències provinents d'origens diversos. Feta per encàrrec del rei Jaume II, rec …

Isabel de Villena és l'única escriptora medieval en llengua catalana de la qual en coneixem el nom i escriu la seva obra al llarg del segle XV, compartint temps amb els millors escriptors del se …

This book is a history of human views and ideas and their related motives and consequences, from pre-history and early civilization through Judaic, Greek, and Christian heritages, and all the way up …

Philosophy explores the deepest, most fundamental questions of reality—and this accessible and entertaining chronology presents 250 milestones of the most important theories, events, and seminal publ …

Here is the evolution of man through the eyes of Dr. Carus. Opening with a chapter on divinity, he then charts the rise of man: “Anthropoid Apes, ” “Primitive Man, ” “Neanderthal Man, ” as well as fu …

“A gripping exploration of some of society’s biggest contradictions.… [Natality] is a fascinating read.” —Dana Suskind, MD, author of Parent Nation An exhilarating exploration of natality, a much-nee …

Samuel Pufendorf’s Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion (published in Latin in 1687) is a major work on the separation of politics and religion. Written in response to the revocation of the Ed …

Christian Wolff’s The Law of Nations is a cornerstone of eighteenth-century thought. A treatise on the philosophy of human action, on the foundations of political communities, and on international la …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach …