Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars -- many commissioned especially for this volume -- are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper explains the presentation of these works, discusses questions concerning ...
This third edition of 'The Trial and Death of Socrates' presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for 'Plato, Complete Works'. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with a Select Bibliography. John M. Cooper is Stuart Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University.
An examination of the political and social changes which took place in America during the first two decades of this century. It looks at, amongst other things, how the role of president was transformed under the leadership of Roosevelt and Wilson.
This unique, easy-to-use reference guide quickly provides context for reading God's Word. Each book of the Bible is presented on a colorful two-page spread, helping readers understand the biblical story and its significance. It can also be used as a companion to The Bible in 90 Days curriculum.
The colossal figures who shaped the politics of industrial America emerge in full scale in this engrossing comparative biography. In both the depth and sophistication of intellect that they brought to politics and in the titanic conflict they waged with each other, Roosevelt and Wilson were, like Hamilton and Jefferson before them, the political ...
This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately involved in the governance of the Roman empire ...
The fight over the League of Nations at the end of World War I was one of the great political debates in American history. President Woodrow Wilson, himself a key architect of the League, was uncompromising in his belief that the United States would rise to a position of leadership in the peaceful union of states that he had envisaged. A masterful ...
Knowledge, Nature, and the Good brings together some of John Cooper's most important works on ancient philosophy. In thirteen chapters that represent an ideal companion to the author's influential Reason and Emotion, Cooper addresses a wide range of topics and periods - from Hippocratic medical theory and Plato's epistemology and moral philosophy, ...
Eagerly anticipated by bird-watchers and naturalists in the Pacific- Northwest, this volume covers 89 passerines, the largest order of birds, including swallows, corvids, chickadees, wrens, thrushes, starlings, and others. Individual species accounts discuss distribution, seasonality, migratory movements, habitat requirements, reproduction, and ...
This remarkable collection of essays by ten preeminent scholars of nineteenth-century America addresses the epochal impact of the Civil War in two ways: by examining the conflict in terms of three Americasantebellum, wartime, and post-bellum; and by commenting upon the critical role that white northerners, white southerners, and African Americans ...
"Introduction to Veterinary and Comparative Forensic Medicine" is a ground-breaking book in an emerging new specialty. It reflects the increasing demand for expert opinion by veterinarians and others in courts of law. A particular feature is practical advice, with protocols on dealing with common problems, together with case studies, various ...
The Dead Sea Scrolls, a 2,000-year-old collection of Biblical writings and Jewish teachings, were discovered in 1947. Here readers can explore the work of Biblical scholars who translated the scrolls and the struggle between the many groups who claimed their ownership. B&w illustrations accompany the text.
Managing Archaeology explores the interdependence of theory and practice in archaeology and demonstrates how management renders simplistic divisions between the two counter-productive. This volume is an introduction to a wide range of exciting perspectives on the relationship between archaeology and modern society. The authors examine vital ...
This book brings together twenty-three distinctive and influential essays on ancient moral philosophy - including several published here for the first time - by the distinguished philosopher and classical scholar John Cooper. This volume gives a systematic account of many of the most important issues and texts in ancient moral psychology and ...
Mendelssohn's posthumously published Symphony in A Major has become one of the staples of the nineteenth-century symphonic canon, and is often considered emblematic of Mendelssohn's stylistic strengths and weaknesses - yet the version by which the work has always been known is the first complete version (1833), which was rejected by the composer ...
Since the cornerstone was laid on October 13, 1792, the history of the White House has mirrored the American experience. In many ways, the White House represents living history, a beautiful and powerful symbol of American political culture. In this collection, historians and journalists reflect on and assess the first two hundred years of the ...
"Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis Night" is a book about tolerance and acceptance in the face of cultural, political, and religious strife. Its point of departure is the Walpurgis Night. The Night, also known as Beltane or May Eve, was supposedly an annual witches' Sabbath that centered around the Brocken, the highest peak of the Harz ...
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