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Governing Property, Making the Modern State: Law Administration and Production in Ottoman Syria

Smith, Richard Saumarez; Mundy, Martha (I.B. Tauris, )
Baumgarten and Kant on Metaphysics

Fugate, Courtney D.; Hymers, John (Oxford University Press, )

This volume explores the metaphysics of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–1762) and its decisive influence on Immanuel Kant. For over a century, scholars have recognized the significance of Baumgarten's Metaphysics, both ...
Eberhard’s “Preparation for Natural Theology”: With Kant’s Reflections, Natural Theology Lectures and Related Materials

Fugate, Courtney D.; Hymers , John (Bloomsbury Academic, )
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: The Ikhwan al-Safa' and Their Rasa'il: An Introduction

El-Bizri, Nader (Oxford University Press, )
On Arithmetic and Geometry: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 1–2

El-Bizri, Nader (Oxford University Press, )

This volume is the fifth of the series, consisting of the first critical edition of the Rasa 'il in its original Arabic, complete with the fully annotated English translation. Prepared by Dr. Nader El-Bizri, Epistles 1 and ...
Founding Figures and Commentators in Arabic Mathematics: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics

El-Bizri, Nader; Rashed, Roshdi (Routledge, )

In this unique insight into the history and philosophy of mathematics and science in the mediaeval Arab world, the eminent scholar Roshdi Rashed illuminates the various historical, textual and epistemic threads that ...
Metaphysics: A Critical Translation with Kant's Elucidations, Selected Notes, and Related Materials

Fugate, Courtney D.; Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb; Kant, Immanuel (Bloomsbury Academic, )

Alexander Baumgarten (1714–1762), an influential German philosopher preceding Immanuel Kant, is remembered mainly as a founder of modern aesthetics. His manual on metaphysics was one of the chief textbooks of philosophical ...
On Composition and the Arts: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 6–8

Fugate, Courtney D. (Cambridge University Press, )
On the Beginnings of Theory: Deconstructing Broken Logic in Grice, Habermas, and Stuart Mill

Bornedal, Peter (University Press of America, )
The Occult Sciences in Pre-Modern Islamic Cultures

El-Bizri, Nader; Orthmann, Eva (Ergon Verlag, )

This volume examines the occult sciences and their context within the body of scientific knowledge in pre-modern Islamic cultures. The chapters explore the relationships between the phenomena of nature and the supernatural ...
On Magic I: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistle 52a--Rasail Ikwan al-Safa wa-kullan al-wafa (52 Alif)

El-Bizri, Nader (Oxford University Press, )

The Ikhwan al-Safa’ [Brethren of Purity], the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, holds an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy amongst Muslims due to ...
On Composition and the Arts: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 6–8

El-Bizri, Nader; de Callataÿ, Godefroid (Oxford University Press, )

The Brethren of Purity, the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and ...
Recto Verso: Redefining the Sketchbook

El-Bizri, Nader; Bartram, Angela; Gittens, Douglas (Ashgate, )

Bringing together a broad range of contributors covering art, architecture, and design, academic theorists and historians, in addition to practicing artists, architects, and designers, this volume explores the place of the ...
Lacan Contra Foucault: Subjectivity, Sex, and Politics

Bou Ali, Nadia; Goel, Rohit (Bloomsbury, )

Lacan Contra Foucault seeks to ground the divergences and confluences between these two key thinkers in relation to contemporary philosophy and criticism. The book specifically addresses the topics of sexuality, the theory ...
Hegel and the Metaphysical Frontiers of Political Theory

Goodfield, Eric Lee (Routledge, )

This book takes the reception of Hegel’s political thought as a lens through which contemporary methodological and ideological prerogatives are exposed. It traces the nineteenth century origins of the positivist revolt ...
The Teleology of Reason: A Study of the Structure of Kant's Critical Philosophy

Fugate, Courtney D. (Walter de Gruyter, )

This work argues that teleological motives lie at the heart of Kant’s critical philosophy and that a precise analysis of teleological structures can both illuminate the basic strategy of its fundamental arguments and provide ...
Ibn al-Haytham and analytical mathematics: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics

El-Bizri, Nader; Rashed, Roshdi (Routledge, )

This volume provides an unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and the exact sciences in the mediaeval Arab world. The second of five comprehensive volumes, this book offers a detailed exploration ...
Practicing Philosophy in Lebanon - Pratiquer la philosophie au Liban - ممارسة الفلسفة في لبنان

El-Bizri, Nader (Orient Institut Beirut, )

This is an edited volume of a collection of academic studies that are engaged with various strands of philosophy in the twenty-first century within a local Lebanese context. It furthermore offers a broader focus on the ...
The Surface and the Abyss: Nietzsche as Philosopher of Mind and Knowledge

Bornedal, Peter (Walter de Gruyter, )
Modern Devlet'e Giden Yolda Mülk Siyaseti

Smith, Richard Saumarez; Mundy, Martha (I.B. Tauris, )

The book is a Turkish translation of “Governing Property: Making the Modern State Law Administration and Production in Ottoman Syria”. Here, Martha Mundy and Richard Saumarez Smith draw on over a decade of primary source ...

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