For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country's ability to acquire knowledge and technical skill and transform them into strength and prosperity. Leading historian Jeremy Black approaches global history from a distinctive per…
Rethinking biblical literacy
What do people know about the Bible, and how much do they know? The media often discusses the worrying 'decline' in biblical literacy, but what does this really mean, and how can we measure this assumed 'decline'? How can we go about teaching 'biblical literacy', and about teach…
Contribution à la discussion internationale sur la question de la légitimité : qu'est-ce qui permet aujourd'hui de dire qu'une loi est juste, un énoncé vrai? Il y a eu les grands récits, l'émancipation du citoyen, la réalisation de l'Esprit, la société sans classes. L'âge modern…
The Georgics has for many years been a source of fierce controversy among scholars of Latin literature. Is the work optimistic or pessimistic, pro- or anti-Augustan? Should we read it as a eulogy or a bitter critique of Rome and her imperial ambitions? This book suggests that th…
Main description: Peter Bornedalprovides an interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole in the context of 19th century philosophy of mind and cognition. Thestudy explains Nietzsche's notion of truth; his epistemology; his notions of the split and fragmented subject, ofma…
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