Oxford University Press

The Stoic philosopher Epictetus has always been one of the most influential of ancient thinkers. Ten specially written papers discuss his thought on a wide range of subjects, including ethics, logic, theology, and psychology; explore his relations to his predecessors; and examine his influence on later thinkers....

Charting Ireland's progression from a poor society on the periphery of Europe, dominated by the conflicts of competing warlords, to a centralized political unit with a rapidly developing market economy,  Contested Island is the story of the people who became the modern Irish....

An exploration of English romance across the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Helen cooper traces romance motifs - quests and fairy mistresses, passionate heroines and rudderless boats and missing heirs - from the first emergence of the genre in French and Anglo-Norman in the twelfth century to the early seventeenth century....

Hegel's Philosophy of Right concerns ideas on justice, moral responsibility, family life, economic activity, and the political structure of the state. It shows how human freedom involves living with others in accordance with publicly recognized righs and laws. This edition combines a revised translation with a cogent introduction to Hegel's work....

Category theory is a branch of abstract algebra with incredibly diverse applications. This text and reference book is aimed not only at mathematicians, but also researchers and students of computer science, logic, linguistics, cognitive science, philosophy, and any of the other fields in which the ideas are being applied. Containing clear...

The Life and Times of Son HouseIn June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin&' the Blues, the biography of American blues signer and guitarist Eddie James "e;Son"e; House, Jr. (1902 - 1988). House pioneered an...