Dieser erste Band einer siebenbändigen Reihe beleuchtet den Vorschlag einer philosophischen Korrektur im Denken von Martin Heidegger. Mit diesen Korrekturen sollen Themen hervorgehoben werden, die den philosophischen Analysen Heideggers besonders am Herzen lagen und die in der wissenschaftlichen [...]

englischThe original essays in this volume continue the collective exploration of the texts attributed to Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans in the Hellenistic and Imperial times, initiated in the same series in 2021. The topics covered in these largely understudied texts written by unknown authors [...]

englischFreedom is obviously an important value in people's lives. After all, freedom means that people can decide for themselves what kind of life they want to lead. However, the inherent paradox of freedom is that it can only be guaranteed if it is also subject to restrictions. The function of the [...]

englischThe study examines the significance of numbers in Plato's metaphysics and philosophy of mathematics with the aim of reassessing the testimonies of Plato in Aristotle. In careful interpretations of Plato's dialogues Politeia, Timaeus and Parmenides, the significance of numbers for the [...]

englischThis collection of mainly literary and philological essays on Plato's Protagoras demonstrates how productive a literary/philological approach in the study of Plato can be. It aims to provide the reader with

1. A new look at the literary texture of one of Plato's most literary dialogues.

2. A [...]

englischTo love and to be loved are among the most fundamental experiences of human existence. As indisputable as this insight is, it is also complex when examined in terms of its theoretical premises, its diverse artistic representations and its social contextualizations. The contributions in this [...]

englischThis book brings together perspectives from philosophy and neuroscience on cognition in Ancient Greek Philosophy and its reception. It first provides a useful introduction to various aspects of cognition in Ancient Greek Philosophy, at different periods of its history, both from the [...]

englischIn the 21st century, the struggle to make the world, the self and the social available culminates in a steady increase of complex societal transformations. Developments in ecology, technology and politics give rise to experiences of the unavailable where previously the certainty of [...]

englisch„Turn of the times" is the key term for understanding the present. The Russian war of aggression on Ukraine has led to the destruction of the European peace order. The long-held hope has been shattered that interstate conflicts can be settled without the use of force through negotiation and [...]

englischPlato's and Aristotle's theories of vision have often been read within the dichotomy of passive receiving vs. active constructing. In giving detailed readings of the relevant passages, the study shows how not only this dichotomy is untenable, but also unfolds a critique of [...]

englischThe book enters the debate on the relationship between aesthetics and politics with an original and comprehensive theory. As Fransoni makes clear, a political theory is not a theory of politics, but a theory that deals with things, in this case art, in order to read them in the light of the [...]

englisch2,500 years of philosophical work, from antiquity to modernity, from Parmenides to Heidegger. Whoever wants to engage with this tradition requires an understanding of its historical development. This introduction to philosophical thinking addresses readers who are willing to follow along the [...]

englischIn this book, Filimon Peonidis gathers one unpublished and seven published essays that he wrote between 1997 and 2021. The first three refer to the early history of freedom of expression focusing on the work of James and John Stuart Mill and its possible significance in a contemporary [...]

englischThroughout history, Western philosophical thought has focused on questions of ethics and politics on the one hand. On the other hand, it has pursued rational inquiry with the aim of scientific progress.

On this second front, historical-philosophical research, supported by philology, aims to [...]

englischOne assumption in debates about the relation between religion and science is that both are concerned with the same topic and that there is therefore conflict between the two. According to Wittgenstein's philosophy, on the other hand, religion and science are two different realms of language [...]

englischIn the modern age, two developments are central, whose connections are considered self-evident: an overall progressing politicisation seems unthinkable without the simultaneous expansion of the state schools system. However, the effect of schools is unclear, since the ability to participate [...]

englischThe difficulties in interpreting Plato depend on a misunderstanding of his writing technique. To overcome them, this study focuses on his technique, based on a laborious game, by which he prompts the reader to take action in response to his provocations and to his use of Socratic maieutics: [...]

englischEvil is centrally linked to being human - and has been a recurring theme since time immemorial: in myth, in fairy tales, in philosophy from the very beginning, here always seen and interpreted differently. Evil is the critical reproach to every optimistic image of man, at the same time the [...]

englischIn 1667, Johann Amos Comenius wrote the memorandum Angelus Pacis against the backdrop of Anglo-Dutch peace negotiations in Breda. Unlike his pedagogical works, this writing has received little attention to date, even though Comenius' comments on peace ethics seem more relevant than ever [...]

englischHow can the "foolish" and "mad" moral philosopher La Mettrie be explained? Manfred Starke's starting point is La Mettrie's torn nature: in philosophical terms between his pessimistic, sceptical and positive, constructive tendencies, in political terms between his liberal-anarchist and [...]

englischThis book provides a new critical edition of the Eryxias, an often neglected dialogue concerning the relationship between wealth and virtue transmitted into Plato’s corpus, but probably written in the Ancient Academy after the founder’s death. This new edition, which is founded on a complete [...]

englischThis work considers myths through a detailed analysis of the afterlife myths of the Gorgias, Republic and Phaedo, as discursive tools that fulfil an admonitory function in their dialogical contexts. Through them, the narrator of the myth attempts to convince his listeners to lead a life [...]

Dieses Buch von Stephan Kirste führt in das rechtsphilosophische Denken ein. Rechtsphilosophie setzt sich kritisch mit dem juristischen Denken auseinander. Sie vermittelt damit die ethischen Grundlagen des Rechts und fördert die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit ihm. Dazu untersucht sie zunächst [...]

englischDo you sometimes think the world could be a better place? Do you think that hunger, war, poverty and misery should be eliminated? The signs pointing to the world getting better are currently not good. War is raging in Ukraine, the pandemic remains prevalent, the first consequences of global [...]

englischDigitization has extensive effects on various areas of life in society and individuals. The book examines these impacts from a socio-philosophical point of view and considers issues of identity, knowledge, communication, and power in the context of digitization. It also addresses the impact [...]

englischEveryone talks about sport. Everyone about something different. This lack of clarity hinders a practical, pedagogical, administrative, economic and political approach to sport that makes sense. A philosophy of sport has to clear this up, i.e. it has to enlighten. First of all, this means [...]

englischReligious studies see the concept of "syncretism" as a general process of emergence, development and diversification of religions. Basically, on the one hand, one can speak of the mixing of two or more religious systems, so that a new religious system emerges, or on the other hand, it is [...]

englischThe book contains proceedings of the online conference conducted on May 12-13, 2022 and organized by the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Allenstein), Poland. The conference concerned multiple forms of ritual behavior practiced in various cultural, historical, and societal [...]

englischThis book serves as prolegomena to a new edition of the first two books of the Anthology of Stobaeus (5thc. CE). This edition will replace the now outdated one by C. Wachsmuth published in 1884. After having drawn up a detailed list of all the manuscripts of the Anthology, Tiziano Dorandi [...]

englischThis book provides a new critical edition with Italian translation of the pseudo-Platonic Horoi (Definitions), accompanied by a substantive introduction and commentary. Despite the relatively limited attention the Horoi has received in the scholarship, the study brings out the value of this [...]

englischThe new volume contains an editorial part, an interpretative part and an informative part. An edition of the correspondence between the Hegel student Heinrich Gustav Hotho and Varnhagen von Ense deals with the editing of the "Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche Kritik" (H. Schneider and W. [...]

englischThe most important and extensive of Bernard Bolzano’s (1781–1848) correspondences is the one with his student and friend Michael Josef Fesl (1788–1864) which comprises altogether some 730 letters. Due to the great number of letters, starting with 1831, only Bolzano’s contributions are [...]

englischRichard McKirahan systematically examines the Aristotelian discussion of the thought of Parmenides, Zeno and Melissus, shedding light on the more obscure and complex passages. He also complements his study by proposing a novel 'Aristotelianising' interpretation of Parmenides' poem. The texts [...]

englischThe relationship between religion, social structures and political institutions has always played a fundamental role in human societies. This collection of essays aims to explore possible ways in which philosophical conceptualizations of god, the gods, and the divine in the ancient world [...]

englischDoes a philosopher need the support of poets? Ancient sources suggest that Chrysipp of Soloi (3rd century BC), the greatest Stoic thinker of his time, quoted abundantly from poetry in his philosophical writings. For the first time, the collection and systematic analysis of these poetic [...]

englischThe subject of this monograph lies at the intersection of metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of action of the late Platonist Proclus and his Georgian commentator from the 11th/12th century, Ioane Petrizi. With Proclus, the theme of the 'One in us' is closely connected both with his [...]

englischThis volume assembles contributions from the twelfth Bohemicum Dresdense in 2021. Under the title "Jan Amos Komenský - Johann Amos Comenius: Czech and International", that conference is dedicated to Comenius' approach to language. Comenius dealt with language from the perspective of his [...]

englischThe work focuses on the concept of education (Bildung) according to a particular reading: critical education. The topic is narrowed down to the social- and educational-philosophical perspective of the early Frankfurt School around philosophers and intellectuals such as Horkheimer and Adorno, [...]

englischWhich is more important, tragedy or treatise? This question, which was posed as early as in antiquity, cannot easily be answered since tragedy has reflective passages on existential issues, just as philosophy uses tragedy for argumentation or takes the dramatic form itself. This is [...]

englischPraxeology is an analytical theory of action, the intention of which is a description of fundamental action-theoretical relationships that is as conceptually parsimonious as possible. The claim corresponds to that of a descriptive metaphysics. If this claim is valid, it must be possible to [...]

englischThe volume collects a series of nine studies, with a substantial introduction, by international scholars that concern the influence and reception of the philosophy of Parmenides in the whole ancient context. The contributions deal with Parmenides’ thought from the ancient archaic tradition [...]

englischThe Enneadic treatise IV 7 (2) constitutes Plotinus' first attempt to reflect systematically on the problem of the immortality of the soul. It is a complex text, in which the exposition of the Plotinian doctrine is preceded by a long doxographic excursus dedicated to the refutation of the [...]

englischThis volume brings together a selection of papers presented at the Platonicum XII Symposium on Plato's Parmenides, held in Paris from 15 to 19 July 2019. The volume contains fifty contributions that testify to the vitality and diversity of Platonic scholarship on this difficult dialogue. It [...]

englischIt is essential for modern subjectivity that it no longer accepts the given as substantially moral. It confronts it, questions it from various points of view and changes it. This is the birth of modern, reflexive subjectivity. The new view took centuries to establish itself and has shaped [...]

englischThis volume provides a new Greek text and a detailed historical-philosophical commentary on Epicurus' Letter to Pythocles. The content of the letter concerns the study of the causes of celestial phenomena by means of the so-called method of multiple explanations, which is an original [...]

englischThe most important and extensive of Bernard Bolzano’s (1781–1848) correspondences is the one with his student and friend Michael Josef Fesl (1788–1864) which comprises altogether some 730 letters. Due to the great number of letters, starting with 1831, only Bolzano’s contributions are [...]

englischDuring 403–399 a fierce political contest was going on between the king of Sparta Pausanias and Lysander, in which Athens was part of the stakes. I examine the possibility that Socrates became entangled in the backlash of this contest. As Xenophon testifies in Memorabilia, during the trial [...]

englischThis set of previously published essays—several of them now expanded and revised—offers a sustained analysis of conceptual connections between (i) the metaphysics and epistemology of Parmenides and (ii) corresponding themes in the philosophies of other pre-Socratics. The book's central part [...]

englisch“Ethical Inquiry” is a manual developed to accompany Lisa, a philosophical story for teens. It provides introductions to concepts such as identity, truth, justice, freedom, human rights, and animal rights, as well as numerous discussion plans and exercises that encourage exploration of these [...]

englischLisa is the story of a young girl and her classmates. Various events in the lives of these young people prompt them to think about philosophical concepts like truth, justice, sexism, racism, human and animal rights, and death. Through dialogue, they ask profound questions about identity, [...]

englischThis book offers a complete reconstruction of the ancient and Byzantine tradition of the pseudoplatonic Eryxias, a dialogue concerning the relationship between wealth and virtue. This text is preserved in our medieval manuscripts in the Appendix of spurious dialogues, but probably found its [...]

englischHow to face the Socratic riddle? This book offers some clues to address the problem of Socrates and the Socratic philosophies from different perspectives that include the problem of Socrates and the Socratic environment, Plato’s Socrates, the Socratic lines, with special attention to [...]

englischJohn Amos Comenius (1592-1670) is inspired by many sources and is connected to many developments after him. Thus he enters into manifold constellations à la Dieter Henrich: elements of a shared cognitive space in which creative impulses unfold. This volume explores such constellations in [...]

Die Hauptbruchlinie in der heutigen Metaethik verläuft zwischen Kognitivismus und Non-Kognitivismus. Der Streit beginnt schon bei der Charakterisierung dieser Positionen. In diesem Band wird der Non-Kognitivismus im Sinne der folgenden Doppelthese verstanden und vertreten: Ethische Normsätze können [...]

englischThis book provides an overall account of the history of philosophy in the 20th century from a clear philosophical perspective. It shows the new departure in philosophical thinking through Frege and Husserl: The validity of philosophical thinking emancipated itself from psychology and [...]

englischThis original collection of essays by some of the best world specialists of ancient Greek philosophy focuses on the philosophical texts written during the Hellenistic and Imperial times under the names of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. Their unknown authors claimed to convey the positions [...]

englischFew other semantic fields pervade Plato’s oeuvre, from the earliest to the latest works, in such a definitive and ambivalent way as that of mimesis. From the philosophy of language to aesthetics and moral psychology, from metaphysics to cosmology and theology: in a strikingly large array of [...]