"Although the ancient Greeks did not have an anthropology as we know it, they did have an acute interest in human nature, especially questions of difference. What makes men different from women, slaves different from free men, barbarians different from Greeks? Are these differen…
Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern.
This revised edition of a classic analyzes the centuries-long debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality and power.
"The time of the transition from the Middle Ages to the onset of early modernity (c. 1400-1550) is a very complex one. It brought what on first sight appear to be contradictory developments. Human creativity and freedom became much more important; yet, at the same time, the foun…