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"Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the only book-length work to have been published during his lifetime, continues to generate interest and scholarly debate. This volume of new essays showcases contemporary ideas on how to interpret the Tractatus and throws new light on some of its most challenging passages"--

Hume considered his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals to be one of his best works. In it he offers his most elegant and approachable account of the origins and scope of morality. With the hope of reaching a broad audience, he argues that morality is neither rigid nor austere, but is rather a product of sentiments that all human beings share, and which they are naturally inclined to recognize and act upon. In this Critical Guide, a team of distinguished scholars discuss each section of the Enquiry, its place in Hume's philosophy as a whole, and its historical context; their topics include the nature of morals, talents and moral virtues, benevolence, sympathy, and the sources of moral disagreement. The volume will be valuable for scholars and advanced students working on Hume.

"Cicero's De Officiis is perhaps his most influential philosophical work. This Critical Guide, the first collection of essays devoted to the work, explores its richness and variety and will be valuable for a range of readers in fields including philosophy, classics and political theory"--

Despite the importance of The Sickness unto Death to Kierkegaard scholarship, it has been somewhat overlooked. This book applies diverse approaches to the work, explaining complex issues in clear language. It will be required reading for those interested in Kierkegaard as well as existentialism, religious philosophy, and moral psychology.

This is the first book-length study in English of Thomas Hobbes's On the Citizen. The volume comprises twelve original essays, which show that it is a valuable and distinctive philosophical work in its own right. The volume is aimed at Hobbes specialists and graduate students.

This volume presents thirteen newly-commissioned essays that deepen our understanding of Aristotle's key concepts, including living, form, reason, and capacity. It will prove invaluable for researchers in ancient philosophy and the history of science and ideas.

The essays in this volume explore the distinctive features of the Prolegomena, including Kant's discussion of philosophical methodology, his critical idealism, the nature of experience, his engagement with Hume, the nature of the self, the relation between geometry and physics, and what we can cognize about God.

This Critical Guide contains sixteen new essays from an international group of leading Hegel scholars that shed much-needed light on both the whole and the parts of the Encyclopedia system. It will be invaluable to students and professional scholars with an interest in Hegel and the history of philosophy.

Presenting a sophisticated account of this rich and important work, the volume explores the state of the art in Hegel scholarship and allows readers to gain a clear understanding of Hegel's philosophical position in this text. The essays engage with philosophy of mind and action, law and religion, and ethics and aesthetics.

This volume brings together the work of some of today's leading Fichte scholars. It will be an essential guide for students and researchers wanting to deepen their understanding of Fichte's ethical thought, as well as for those interested in the history of ethics more broadly.

Contains ten chapters, all written by leading Kant scholars, constituting the most comprehensive and informed treatment of Kant's metaphysics lectures to date. They provide balanced coverage of all parts of the lectures along with expert advice about how to make responsible use of these key materials from the Kantian corpus.

Maimonides' magnum opus, the Guide of the Perplexed, is the most influential text in the history of Jewish philosophy. Controversial in its day, it continues to generate interest and scholarly debate. This Critical Guide will be of interest to philosophers, Judaists, theologians, and medievalists.

This volume offers an in-depth overview of Hume's Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, one of the major texts of early modern philosophy. It analyses the work section by section and assesses its historical context and its place within Hume's philosophy as a whole.

Bringing together an international team of scholars, this book breaks new ground in the study of Spinoza's Political Treatise, the least studied of his major works. It will be a major resource for scholars who are interested in Spinoza's political philosophy.

Provides a critical and philosophically informed exploration of this, one of the most mature, sophisticated, and carefully crafted scientific writings, in which Aristotle gives an account of animal reproductive processes. Important for scholars and students of ancient philosophy and of the history and philosophy of science.

This book provides cutting-edge investigations of metaphysics, ethics, law, and theology in the Summa Theologiae, Thomas Aquinas' most important work. These in-depth critical essays will appeal to those interested in the history of philosophy and theology, medieval studies, and issues around the nature of the human and the divine.

This is the first book-length study in English of Thomas Hobbes's On the Citizen. The volume comprises twelve original essays, which show that it is a valuable and distinctive philosophical work in its own right. The volume is aimed at Hobbes specialists and graduate students.

Presenting a sophisticated account of this rich and important work, the volume explores the state of the art in Hegel scholarship and allows readers to gain a clear understanding of Hegel's philosophical position in this text. The essays engage with philosophy of mind and action, law and religion, and ethics and aesthetics.

The essays in this volume shed light on the principal arguments of the Critique of Practical Reason and explore their relation to Kant's critical philosophy as a whole. Engaging and critical, this volume will be invaluable to advanced students and scholars of Kant and to moral theorists alike.

Bringing together an international and diverse team of authors, this book makes use of cutting-edge research to provide new perspectives on Spinoza's masterpiece, addressing issues including identity, rationality, and freedom. The volume will appeal to scholars and students of modern philosophy, metaphysics, and Jewish thought.

This book presents new readings of all parts of Plato's Symposium and offers fresh perspectives on topics including beauty, desire, and immortality. Students and scholars in philosophy and classics will benefit from this insightful and critical examination of a complex and influential dialogue of philosophical, historical, and literary interest.

Despite being a great influence on nineteenth-century philosophy, Fichte's Foundations of Natural Right remains little understood. This Guide presents cutting-edge research that highlights its most important ideas and innovations. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of German Idealism, nineteenth-century philosophy, and the history of political thought.

Exploring the key themes of Hegel's seminal work of legal, social and political philosophy - Elements of the Philosophy of Right - this series of essays, written by leading experts in the field, adopts a fresh perspective to make readers aware of the breadth and depth of this classic work.

Kant's monumental Critique was arguably the most conceptually revolutionary work in the history of philosophy, but it is a notoriously difficult work, and its philosophical significance is hotly disputed. In this volume, experts clarify Kant's arguments and address the latest controversies, making it invaluable for students and scholars of Kant.

Contains ten chapters, all written by leading Kant scholars, constituting the most comprehensive and informed treatment of Kant's metaphysics lectures to date. They provide balanced coverage of all parts of the lectures along with expert advice about how to make responsible use of these key materials from the Kantian corpus.

Bringing together an international team of scholars, this book breaks new ground in the study of Spinoza's Political Treatise, the least studied of his major works. It will be a major resource for scholars who are interested in Spinoza's political philosophy.

Arguably the foundational text of Western political theory, Aristotle's Politics has become one of the most carefully studied works in ethical and political philosophy. This volume offers fresh interpretations of Aristotle's key work by internationally renowned contributors and opens new paths for students and scholars to explore.