This study examines how the ancient Greeks decided questions of justice as a key to understanding the intersection of our moral and political lives. Combining contemporary political philosophy with historical, literary, and philosophical texts, it examines a series of remarkable…
Die düstere Liebesgeschichte zweier leidenschaftlicher Charaktere vor dem Hintergrund der rauen Moor- und Heidelandschaft Yorkshires.
"Building on recent advances in the reconstruction of the charred papyri of Philodemus of Gadara (ca. 110-40 B.C.) excavated from the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, this volume presents eleven new chapters in the history of literary criticism in antiquity. The essays, writt…
"When we think of "heaven," we generally conjure up positive, blissful images, but how and why did Western cultures come to imagine the heavenly realm in such terms? Why is heaven usually thought to be "up there," far beyond the visible sky? And what is the source of the idea th…
