Readers today no longer relish sustained allegorical narratives the way they did in the Middle Ages, when the art of βother-speakingβ was as ...
Continue Reading βThe Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy offers a balanced and comprehensive account of philosophical thought from the middle of the fourteenth century to ...
Continue Reading βThe well-known Italian semiotician and novelist Umberto Eco discloses for the first time to English-speaking readers the unsuspected richness, breadth, complexity, and originality ...
Continue Reading βPhilosophers working on aesthetics have paid considerable attention to art and artists of the early modern period. Yet early modern artistic practices scarcely ...
Continue Reading βThis volume brings together the three most influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Aristotle’s Poetics contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, ...
Continue Reading βThe principle of the “lesser evil,” which asserts that it is acceptable to pursue an undesirable course of action in order to prevent ...
Continue Reading βThat aesthetics is central to Hegel’s philosophical enterprise is not widely acknowledged, nor has his significant contribution to the discipline been truly appreciated. ...
Continue Reading βA split between modern and historical realities – whether real, imagined, projected or fantasised – has long configured modern architectural culture. The very ...
Continue Reading βA beloved multidisciplinary treatise comes to Penguin Classics since its initial publication in 1958, The Poetics of Space has been a muse to ...
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