Nicholas D. Smith 
Socrates on Self-Improvement [PDF ebook] 
Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness

In beautiful and pristine prose/poetical writing, Martino captures an ancient time with a mixture of global characters that, nonetheless, still prevail in today’s time both in action and spirit. …

This book provides a comparative analysis and a systemic categorization of the Populist Radical Left Parties (PRLPs) in Western Europe. Institutional and socio-economic aspects have transformed the …

In this new translation, Laruelle offers a serious and rigorous challenge to contemporary theological thought, calling into question the dominant understanding of the relation between Christ, …

This book examines the philosophies of nature of the early Greek thinkers and argues that a significant and thoroughgoing shift is required in our understanding of them. In contrast with the natural …

This book delves into the ethical dimension of urban life: how should one live in the city? What constitutes a ‘good’ life under urban condition? Whose gets to live a ‘good’ life, and whose ideas of …

In a bold new argument, Ulrika Carlsson grasps hold of the figure of Eros that haunts Søren Kierkegaard“s The Concept of Irony, and for the first time, uses it as key to interpret that text …

There is increasing academic interest in how Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology can be applied to management and organization studies (MOS). In a context of increasing complexity faced by organizations and …

In this stimulating work of political philosophy, acclaimed philosopher G. A. Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society in which distributive justice prevails, people’s materi …

Thomas Paine was a hugely influential revolutionary pamphleteer, whose writings were instrumental in bringing about some of the greatest political changes the world has seen. Paine“s enduring import …

This book aims to develop certain aspects of Gottlob Frege“s theory of meaning, especially those relevant to intentional logic. It offers a new interpretation of the nature of senses, and attempts …