Scrinium Classical Antiquity

ABRAHAM, W., Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2023. 454p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 165. What do we mean when we say things like 'If only we knew what he was up to!' Clearly this is more than just a message, or a question to our addressee. We are expressing simultaneously that we don't know, and also that we wish to know. Several modes of encoding contribute to such modalities of expression: word order, subordinating subjunctions, sentences that are subordinated but nevertheless occur autonomously, and attitudinal discourse adverbs which, far beyond lexical adverbials of modality, allow the speaker and the listener to presuppose full agreement, partial agreement under presupposed conditions, or negotiation of common ground. This state of the art survey proposes a new model of modality, drawing on data from a variety of Germanic and Slavic languages to find out what is cross-linguistically universal about modality, and to argue that it is a constitutive part of human cognition. (Publisher's information). € 29.12 (New) (MD)

ABREU, S., Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames. A Sociological Study of New Christian Movements in Contemporary Goa. Oxford University Press, 2020. 304p. Hardback. An important and accessible contribution towards an understanding of the appeal of Pentecostal-Charismatic groups in India, their practices and identity formation, and how they relate to other religious groups. Darren Duerksen, Review of Religious Research |a 18/06/2021 (Publisher's information). € 62.49 (New) (TO)

ACHARD, G., La communication à Rome. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1991. 298p. Paperback. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

ACHILLES TATIUS, The adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon. With an English translation by S. Gaselee. Heinemann / Putnam, London / New York, 1917. 1st ed. XVI,455p. Cloth. Upper edge gilded. Head spine repaired with adhesive tape. Ex libris on paste-down endpaper. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

ACHILLES TATIUS, Quae feruntur Astronomica et in Aratum opuscula: de Universo, De Arati vita, De phaenomenorum interpretatione. Edidit G. Di Maria. Università di Palerma, Palermo, 1996. XXXIV,97p. Sewn. Series: Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell'Università di Palermo, Studi e Ricerche 27). 'M. is admirably clear and meticulous throughout in the printing of his text, the identification of quotations and allusions, and minutiae of the apparatus criticus. He adds a most welcome and comprehensive series of indexes to assist the study of this less familiar material - of key terms, stars, names, and passages cited. There is, however, no commentary or translation of the Greek, and acknowledgements, preface, and apparatus are in Latin. (...) This monograph is to be highly recommended as an attractive presentation of a previously inaccessible text, now produced according to the strictest standards of editing.' (M.R. WRIGHT in The Classical Review (New Series), 2000, pp.591-92). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)

ACHILLES TATIUS, Leucippe and Clitophon. Books I–II. Edited by T. Whitmarsh. Cambridge University Press, 2020. XI,284p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. The Greek Novels have moved from the margins to the centre-stage over recent decades, not just because of their literary qualities and thrilling narratives, but also because they offer revealing insights into the culture of the Greek world of the Roman Empire: sexual mores, the position of women and men, identity, religion. Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon, the most influential of the novels in antiquity, remains the favourite of many. With its freewheeling plotline, its setting on the edge of the Greek world (in modern Lebanon), its ironic play with the reader's expectations and its sallies into obscenity, it represents a new, mature, sophisticated stage in the development of the novel as a genre. This is the first commentary in English on Achilles for over 50 years, a period that has seen great strides forward in the understanding of the literary, linguistic and textual interpretation of this brilliant text. (Publisher's information). € 30.00 (New)

ACHILLEUS TATIOS, De Liefdesperikelen van Leukippe en Kleitofon. Vertaald en toegelicht door Hein L. van Dolen. (Met bibliografie, noten en namenlijst). Atheneum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam, 1998. 1st ed. 175p. Original black cloth with dust wrps. spine gilt titled. With belly band. Nice copy. Series: Baskerville. € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

ACHINSTEIN, P., Evidence, Explanation, and Realism. Essays in Philosophy of Science. Oxford University Press, 2010. 344p. Hardback. Warmly recommended... It collects some of the best works of one of today's most significant thinkers on science. International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (Publisher's information). € 91.04 (New) (MD)

ACHINSTEIN, P., Particles and Waves. Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Science. Oxford University Press, 1992. 352p. Paperback. a terrific work. Rarely has such outstanding history of science been coupled with such subtle and penetrating philosophical analysis ... Particles and Waves deploys the analytical rigor Achinstein is justly famous for. Frederick Suppe, University of Maryland (Publisher's information). € 152.86 (New) (MD)

ACHINSTEIN, P., Evidence and Method. Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell. Oxford University Press, 2013. 192p. Hardback. [T]he renowned philosopher of science Peter Achinstein focuses on the question whether observed phenomena constitute evidence that a theory is true. ...The book is clearly written, aims at a general audience and provides valuable insights into the works of these two icons of modern science. Thus, it is warmly recommended for the readers of Science & Education. Science & Education (Publisher's information). € 48.22 (New) (MD)