Rupert Spira 
Transparency of Things [PDF ebook] 

Even those who take themselves to be breaking from tradition-from the metaphysical tradition of philosophy, from grand narratives, neoliberalism or Eurocentrism-can remain blindly attached to them. A …

This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus“ seminar on Plato“s Phaedrus, one of the world“s most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplaton …

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle suggests that a moral principle “does not immediately appear to the man who has been corrupted by pleasure or pain“. Phantasia in Aristotle“s Ethics investigat …

The notion of “the human“ is in need of urgent redefinition. At a time of radical bio-technological developments, and in light of the political and environmental imperatives of our age, the term “ …

First published in 1999, this volume re-examines Bertrand Russell’s views on modal logic and logical relevance, arguing that Russell does in fact accommodate modality and modal logic. The author, Jan …

First published in 1998, this book is an investigation of the possibility of articulating a coherent thesis of truth relativism within first, a host correspondence theory of truth and second, a host …

The schizoanalytic method and the lines of flight that it has inspired align with contemporary feminist concerns and practices in productive and revealing ways in this ground-breaking collection. To …

Creating Future People offers readers a fast-paced primer on how new genetic technologies will enable parents to influence the traits of their children, including their intelligence, moral capacities …

The philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi (c. 870-c. 950 CE) is a key Arabic intermediary figure. He knew Aristotle, and in particular Aristotle“s logic, through Greek Neoplatonist interpretations translat …

Hannah Arendt“s (1906-1975) writings, both in public magazines and in her important books, are still widely studied today. She made original contributions in political thinking that still astound re …