An important work by 20-century philosopher Hans Blumenberg, here translated into English for the first time, 'The Laughter of the Thracian Woman' describes the reception history of an anecdote best known from Plato's 'Theaetetus' dialogue: while focused on observing the stars, …
Ungvári Tamás újabb esszégyűjteménye szerves folytatása A feledés enciklopédiája és Az emlékezés enciklopédiája című könyveinek. A halhatatlanságból olyan alakokat emel ki, akikre a hamis mítosz vagy épp a feledés homálya vetül, holott érdemes jobban ismerni életüket. A közvélem…
This book, a part of the American Chemical Society's Symposium Series, is a collection of some delightful bits of whimsy and humor, both intentional and accidental, from the world of chemistry. Underneath those famous white lab coats clearly beat hearts that are capable of findi…
"The Musical Madhouse is the first complete translation into English of Hector Berlioz's Les Grotesques de la musique. It is the funniest of all his works, and consists of a number of short anecdotes, witticisms, open letters, and comments on the absurdities of concert life. Ala…
"The Musical Madhouse is the first complete translation into English of Hector Berlioz's Les Grotesques de la musique. It is the funniest of all his works, and consists of a number of short anecdotes, witticisms, open letters, and comments on the absurdities of concert life. Ala…
Consorts of the Caliphs is a seventh/thirteenth-century compilation of anecdotes about thirty-eight women who were, as the title suggests, consorts to those in power, most of them concubines of the early Abbasid caliphs and wives of latter-day caliphs and sultans. This slim but …
Consorts of the Caliphs is a seventh/thirteenth-century compilation of anecdotes about thirty-eight women who were, as the title suggests, consorts to those in power, most of them concubines of the early Abbasid caliphs and wives of latter-day caliphs and sultans. This slim but …
In this collection of brief lives--and deaths--of nearly two hundred of the world's greatest thinkers, noted philosopher Simon Critchley creates a register of mortality that is tragic, amusing, absurd, and exemplary. From the self-mocking haikus of Zen masters on their deathbeds…
