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The book delves into the intricate intellectual history connecting the Byzantine Empire and the Italian Renaissance, highlighting the exchange of ideas and cultural influences between these two significant periods. Peter Adamson presents a compelling narrative that examines key thinkers and their contributions, illustrating how the legacy of Byzantine thought shaped Renaissance philosophy and art. Through this exploration, readers gain insights into the continuity and transformation of knowledge across centuries.

In this book, Peter Adamson introduces the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sina. After describing the historical context in which he lived, what we know of the man, and his surviving works, Adamson discusses the different areas of Ibn Sina's thought.

Exploring the tension between expert opinion and independent thought, this book delves into medieval philosophical perspectives to provide insights on how to evaluate the reliability of experts. It examines the criteria for discerning when to trust authoritative voices versus forming personal judgments, drawing on historical philosophical frameworks to inform contemporary debates about knowledge and belief.

Peter Adamson presents an engaging and wide-ranging introduction to two great intellectual cultures: Byzantium and the Italian Renaissance. First he tells the story of philosophy in the Eastern Christian world, from the 8th century to the 15th century, then he explores the rebirth of philosophy in Italy in the era of Machiavelli and Galileo.

Adamson and Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world's richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They guide us through such famous works as the Vedas and the Upanisads, and tell the stories of how Buddhism and Jainism developed. Anyone curious about South Asian philosophy can start here.

The book explores the influence of Greek philosophy on Islamic thought during the 9th to 11th centuries, focusing on the Arabic translations of Greek works. It features a collection of scholarly papers that examine both the newly translated Greek philosophers and the responses to the translation movement, setting the stage for the intellectual contributions of Avicenna. This volume highlights the dynamic interplay between cultures and the evolution of philosophical ideas during this pivotal period in Islamic history.

Adamsom offers a lively and accessible tour through 600 years of intellectual history, offering a feast of new ideas in every area of philosophy. He introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western tradition including Abelard, Anselm, Aquinas, Hildegard of Bingen, and Julian of Norwich.

This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the Islamic world: law and philosophy. In both sunni and shiite Islam, it became the norm for scholars to acquire a high level of expertise in the legal tradition. Thus some of the greatest names in the history of Aristotelianism were trained jurists, like Averroes, or commented on the status and nature of law, like al-Fārābī. While such authors sought to put law in its place relative to the philosophical disciplines, others criticized philosophy from a legal viewpoint, like al-Ghazālī and Ibn Taymiyya. But this collection of papers does not only explore the relative standing of law and philosophy. It also looks at how philosophers, theologians, and jurists answered philosophical questions that arise from jurisprudence itself. What is the logical structure of a well-formed legal argument? What standard of certainty needs to be attained in passing down judgments, and how is that standard reached? What are the sources of valid legal judgment and what makes these sources authoritative? May a believer be excused on grounds of ignorance? Together the contributions provide an unprecedented demonstration of the close connections between philosophy and law in Islamic society, while also highlighting the philosophical interest of texts normally studied only by legal historians.

This volume traces the history of animals in philosophy, from antiquity down to contemporary times. Negative attitudes towards animals, as found in Aristotle and Descartes, turn out to be more nuanced than usually supposed, while remarkable discussions of animal welfare appear in late antiquity, India, the Islamic world, and Kant.

Daring, ingenious and profoundly moving, The Kennedy Moment is masterful storytelling from an author whose career has put him at the heart of international affairs. Shortlisted for the Staunch Book Prize.