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De ClementiaThe first full philological edition in English of the Roman philosopher Seneca's  De Clementia. It includes the Latin text with apparatus criticus, a new English translation, a substantial introduction, and a commentary on matters of textual and literary criticism and issues of socio-political, historical, cultural, and philosophical...

A Very Short IntroductionDada and Surrealism are two of the most important movements of modern art. This book provides a succinct, digestible account of them in historical terms, but also explains why they are important in wider cultural terms. The author's perspective is very much a contemporary one, looking at how these great movements have...

In this definitive and long-awaited history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter draw extensively on previously unknown archive material to chart the growing rejection of post-war deference by both film-makers and cinema audiences. Harper and Porter explore the effects of social, cultural, and economic change on the 1950s film...

This is a sustained critique of materialism (the thesis that all reality consists        of material particles, their relations and interactions). The contributors offer        arguments from conscious experience, rational thought, the interaction of mind and        body, and the unity and persisting identity of human persons, and develop a...

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback....

A Life in MedicineWilliam Osler, who was a brilliant, innovative teacher and a scholar of the natural history of disease, revolutionized the art of practicing medicine at the bedside of his patients. He was idolized by two generations of medical students and practitioners for whom he came to personify the ideal doctor. But much more than a...