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Product Description: "Nicholas of Autrecourt" contains a critical edition and a complete English translation of the correspondence conducted by the 14th-century "sceptic" author, Nicholas of Autrecourt, with Bernard of Arezzo and a Master Giles. The introduction analyzes the extant manuscripts and discusses the different positions of Nicholas, Bernard and Giles: the purport of Giles's reply to Nicholas, contrary to common opinion, is identified as a defence of Aristotelianism rather than of Bernard's "sceptic" views...read more

Product Description: Since their publication in 1982, Samuel Shirley's translations of Spinoza's Ethics and Selected Letters have been commended for their accuracy and readability. Now with the addition of his new translation of Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect this enlarged edition will be even more useful to students of Spinoza's thought...read more

Product Description: This volume is the first of three which will contain all of Locke's extant writings on philosophy which relate to An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, other than those contained in volumes of the Clarendon Edition of John Locke such as the Correspondence...read more

Product Description: In 1746 the French philosophe Condillac published his Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge, one of many attempts during the century to determine how we organize and validate ideas as knowledge. In investigating language, especially written language, he found not only the seriousness he sought but also a great deal of frivolity whose relation to the sober business of philosophy had to be addressed somehow...read more

Product Description: Theaetetus, the Sophist, and the Statesman are a trilogy of Platonic dialogues that show Socrates formulating his conception of philosophy as he prepares the defense for his trial. Originally published together as The Being of the Beautiful, these translations can be read separately or as a trilogy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...every blunted sensibility into life...read more

Product Description: George Berkeley's three accounts of vision: the Essay, the account in the fourth dialogue of Alciphron, and Visual Language are presented with a commentary by Colin Murray Turbayne.