Peter Adamson is the author of two previous novels, Facing out to Sea and The Tuscan Master. His short story ‘Sahel’ was awarded the Royal Society of Literature V.S.Pritchett Memorial Prize in 2013.For sixteen years Adamson was Senior Adviser to the Executive Director of UNICEF in New York. In the 1970s he founded New Internationalist magazine.
39 Ebooks par Peter Adamson
Peter Adamson: The Kennedy Moment
‘Nothing could be simpler… Don’t wear a suit’ Dr Michael Lowell—a mild–mannered American, unshakeably decent and at the top of his profession—accepts an invitation to a weekend reunion of Oxford coll …
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Peter Adamson: Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
Peter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all schools of thought were formed: from the third century BC to the six …
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€11.59
Peter Adamson: Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
Peter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all schools of thought were formed: from the third century BC to the six …
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€11.55
Peter Adamson: Classical Philosophy
Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more thoroughly but also more enjoyably than ever before. In …
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€11.68
Peter Adamson: Classical Philosophy
Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more thoroughly but also more enjoyably than ever before. In …
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€11.76
Peter Adamson: Al-Kindi
Al-Kindi was the first philosopher of the Islamic world. He lived in Iraq and studied in Baghdad, where he became attached to the caliphal court. In due course he would become an important figure at …
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€52.54
Peter Adamson & Richard C. Taylor: Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy
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€44.78
Peter Adamson & Richard C. Taylor: Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy
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€45.21
Peter Adamson: Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World
This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the Islamic world: law and philosophy. In both sunni and shiite Islam, it became the norm for scholars to acquire a high level of exper …
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€129.95
Peter Adamson & G. Fay Edwards: Animals
Philosophical controversy over non-human animals extends further back than many realize — before Utilitarianism and Darwinism to the very genesis of philosophy. This volume examines the richness and …
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€38.77
Peter Adamson & G. Fay Edwards: Animals
Philosophical controversy over non-human animals extends further back than many realize — before Utilitarianism and Darwinism to the very genesis of philosophy. This volume examines the richness and …
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€30.52
Peter Adamson: Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World
This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the Islamic world: law and philosophy. In both sunni and shiite Islam, it became the norm for scholars to acquire a high level of exper …
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€129.95
Abdelkader Al Ghouz: Islamic Philosophy from the 12th to the 14th Century
This volume is based on the ongoing studies on post-Avicennian philosophy in the context of naturalising philosophy and science in Islam from the 12th to the 14th century – a topic that deserves the …
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€80.00
Peter Adamson & Christof Rapp: State and Nature
A much-maligned feature of ancient and medieval political thought is its tendency to appeal to nature to establish norms for human communities. From Aristotle’s claim that humans are ‘political anima …
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€139.95
Peter Adamson: Health
From antiquity to the early modern period, many philosophers also studied anatomy and medicine, or were medical doctors themselves — yet the history of philosophy and of medicine are pursued as sepa …
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€20.31
Peter Adamson & Jonardon Ganeri: Classical Indian Philosophy
Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world’s richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literatur …
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€12.83
Peter Adamson & Jonardon Ganeri: Classical Indian Philosophy
Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world’s richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literatur …
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€12.69
Peter Adamson: Al-R?z?
This book introduces readers to Abu Bakr al-Razi (known in Latin as Rhazes), one of the most innovative and divisive figures of the early philosophical tradition in the Islamic world. Drawing on his …
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€31.45
Peter Adamson: Al-R?z?
This book introduces readers to Abu Bakr al-Razi (known in Latin as Rhazes), one of the most innovative and divisive figures of the early philosophical tradition in the Islamic world. Drawing on his …
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€31.69
Peter Adamson: Philosophy in the Islamic World
The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approac …
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€11.74
Peter Adamson: Philosophy in the Islamic World
The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approac …
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€11.57
Peter Adamson: Medieval Philosophy
Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of t …
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€11.78
Peter Adamson: Health
From antiquity to the early modern period, many philosophers also studied anatomy and medicine, or were medical doctors themselves — yet the history of philosophy and of medicine are pursued as sepa …
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€26.13
Peter Adamson: Medieval Philosophy
Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of t …
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€11.76
Peter Adamson: Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy
Peter Adamson explores the rich intellectual history of the Byzantine Empire and the Italian Renaissance.Peter Adamson presents an engaging and wide-ranging introduction to the thinkers and movements …
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€25.58
Peter Adamson: Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy
Peter Adamson explores the rich intellectual history of the Byzantine Empire and the Italian Renaissance.Peter Adamson presents an engaging and wide-ranging introduction to the thinkers and movements …
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€25.66
Peter Adamson: Don’t Think for Yourself
How do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our own, independent views? This book seeks the answer in medieval philosophical thou …
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€35.99
Peter Adamson: Don’t Think for Yourself
How do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our own, independent views? This book seeks the answer in medieval philosophical thou …
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€46.12
Peter Adamson: Studies on Early Arabic Philosophy
Philosophy in the Islamic world from the 9th to 11th centuries was characterized by an engagement with Greek philosophical works in Arabic translation. This volume collects papers on both the Greek p …
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€51.54
Peter Adamson: Studies on Early Arabic Philosophy
Philosophy in the Islamic world from the 9th to 11th centuries was characterized by an engagement with Greek philosophical works in Arabic translation. This volume collects papers on both the Greek p …
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€51.67
Peter Adamson: Studies on Plotinus and al-Kindi
This book collects 15 papers on the greatest philosopher of late antiquity and founder of Neoplatonism, Plotinus (d.270), and the founding figure of philosophy in the Islamic world: al-Kind A (d. ca. …
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€51.47
Peter Adamson: Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sina, often known in English by his Latinized name …
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€9.50
Peter Adamson: Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sina, often known in English by his Latinized name …
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€9.67
Peter Adamson: Studies on Plotinus and al-Kindi
This book collects 15 papers on the greatest philosopher of late antiquity and founder of Neoplatonism, Plotinus (d.270), and the founding figure of philosophy in the Islamic world: al-Kind A (d. ca. …
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€51.47
Peter Adamson & Christof Rapp: State and Nature
A much-maligned feature of ancient and medieval political thought is its tendency to appeal to nature to establish norms for human communities. From Aristotle’s claim that humans are "political …
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€153.66
Peter Adamson: Fabulous Faces: From Motivation to Transformation Through Plastic Surgery
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