Oxford University Press

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This book examines the literary and philosophical qualities essential to Seneca's art of science in his Natural Questions. Seneca's meteorological theme raises our gaze from a terrestrial level to a higher, more intuitive plane - a conceptual climb by which Seneca promotes a change of perspective in his readership towards the cosmic viewpoint....

Russell Hardin presents a new view of the moral and political theory of the great 18th-century philosopher David Hume. Hardin demonstrates Hume's strategic sense, his nascent utilitarianism, his powerful theory of convention as a main source of social and political order, and his recognition of moral and political theory as a single enterprise....

Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures presents a new framework for exploring the interactions between global environmental change and globalization. Drawing upon a range of case studies, the book reveals how these interactions may increase inequalities, exacerbate vulnerabilities, and undermine efforts to achieve sustainability....

A physician with 40 years of experience shows parents and professionals how to identify the many causes of anorexia and how to choose the best treatments....