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Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern Library Anne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic love Since it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has ...Show more
KING'S TWO BODIES by Jordan, William Chester
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the postmortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, "The king is dead. ...Show more
Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - New and Expanded Edition by Erich Auerbach, Edward W. Said
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Category: Special Orders | Series: Princeton Classics
More than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's Mimesis remains a masterpiece of literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how great European writers from Homer to Virginia Woolf depicted reality has taught generations how to ...Show more
Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Princeton Classics
The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analyt ...Show more
Tao of Architecture by Amos lh Tiao Chang
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Category: Architecture and Urbanism | Series: Princeton Classics
Frank Lloyd Wright first noted the affinity between modern Western architecture and the philosophy of the ancient Chinese writer Laotzu. In this classic work, Amos Ih Tiao Chang expands on that idea, developing the parallel with the aid of architectural drawings and Chinese paintings. Now with a new for ...Show more
The Muqaddimah : An Introduction to History by Bruce B. (INT) N. J. (EDT); Lawrence Franz (TRN); Dawood Ibn Khaldûn; Rosenthal
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Category: Special Orders | Series: Princeton Classics: Bollingen
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl R. Popper
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Category: Special Orders | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
One of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. An immediate sensation when it was first published, Karl Popper's monumental achievement has ...Show more
The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics by Martha C. Nussbaum
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Category: Special Orders | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these Hellenistic schools have been unjustly neglected in recent ...Show more
Twelve Who Ruled : The Year of Terror in the French Revolution by R. R. Palmer; Isser Woloch
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Category: Special Orders | Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer’s fascinating narrative fol ...Show more
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