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PEELS, R. and VAN WOUDENBERG, R., The Cambridge Companion to Common-Sense Philosophy: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2020. 370p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Common-sense philosophy is important because it maintains that we can know many things about the world, about ourselves, about morality, and even about things of a metaphysical nature. The tenets of common-sense philosophy, while in some sense obvious and unsurprising, give rise to powerful arguments that can shed light on fundamental philosophical issues, including the perennial problem of scepticism and the emerging challenge of scientism. This Companion offers an exploration of common-sense philosophy in its many forms, tracing its development as a concept and considering the roles it has been assigned to play throughout the history of philosophy. Containing fifteen newly commissioned chapters from leading experts in the history of philosophy, epistemology, the philosophy of science, moral philosophy and metaphysics, the volume will be an essential guide for students and scholars hoping to gain a greater understanding of the value and enduring appeal of common-sense philosophy. (Publisher's information). € 95.89 (New) (MD)

PEET, T. E., The Stone and Bronze Ages in Italy and Sicily: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 544p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology. Eric Peet (1882–1934) is better known as an Egyptologist, but this, his 1909 first published work, remained the standard reference on its subject for many years. Gaining a Craven Scholarship from Oxford, he spent three years exploring Italian and Maltese sites, but later found work on Egyptian excavations (his co-authored publication on The Cemeteries of Abydos is also reissued in this series). This book is organised chronologically from the palaeolithic period to the Bronze Age, and, as Peet points out in his preface, pulls together not only his own research but the earlier work of Italian archaeologists, mostly published in scattered form in journals. From the finds in early cave shelters to the sophisticated metal and ceramic wares found in Bronze Age settlements and burials, this highly illustrated work demonstrates the development of prehistoric society in a region generally much better known for the later achievements of the Romans. (Publisher's information). € 43.68 (New) (MD)

PEETERS, C.A., Fas et Nefas. Een semantische studie. With an english summary. Kemink, Utrecht, 1945. 185p. Sewn. Binding bit weak. Yellowed. Diss.Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

PEETERS, F., A Bibliography of Vergil. Giorgio Bretschneider, Roma, 1975. Photomechanical reprint ed.1933. 92p. Carton cover. Series: Philologica, 5. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

PEETERS, J., P.C. SUTTON, a.o., The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Paintings of the Golden Age. [Exhibition Catalogue]. Waanders, Zwolle, n.d.(1997).107p. ills. Paperback. € 15.50 (Antiquarian)

PEGG, M. G., A Most Holy War. The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom. Oxford University Press, 2009. 288p. Paperback. Series: Pivotal Moments in World History. Compelling account. Christopher Hirst, the Independent 18.12.09 (Publisher's information). € 19.01 (New) (MD)

PEGG, M. G., Beatrice's Last Smile. A New History of the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press, 2023. 512p. Hardback. Beatrices Last Smile is undeniably well-researched. Pegg includes often marginalised groups, such as women and Jews, and the chapters on the later Middle Ages from the Albigensian Crusade to the Black Death are a particular highlight Helen Carr, The Spectator 28/07/23 (Publisher's information). € 38.03 (New)

PEI, M.A., The Italian Language. Columbia University Press, New York, 1941. XVI,272p. Cloth. Corners slightly bumped. Head and tail spine slightly worn. A few light stains on cover. Upper edge slightly stained. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 21.50 (Antiquarian)

PEIL, D., Der Streit der Glieder mit dem Magen. Studien zur Überlieferungs- und Deutungsgeschichte der Fabel des Menenius Agrippa von der Antike bis ins 20.Jahrhundert. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main (...), 1985. VIII,221,12p. ills. Paperback. € 42.00 (Antiquarian)

PEIRANO, Irene, The Rhetoric of the Roman Fake. Latin Pseudepigrapha in Context. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015. First paperback ed. X,311p. Paperback. Irene Peirano addresses a marginal but also curious group of poetic texts which she terms ‘fakes’: 'texts which self-consciously purport either to be the work of the author to whom they are attributed or to be written at a different time from that in which they were composed'; the former she calls ‘impersonations’, the latter ‘chronological fictions’ (p. 3). As Peirano justly notes, in traditional scholarship 'texts that […] are suspected of being fakes are taken into consideration only for as long as it takes either to rehabilitate them as authentic or to banish them from the canon as unwanted impostors.' (p. 8) In contrast, Peirano aims 'to build a case for the existence of the fake as a distinct literary type with its own internal rules and, in the process, to suggest new and profitable interpretations of texts that have been neglected and often poorly understood.' (p. 31) (...) It is well worth reading. Peirano has a keen eye for detail, especially for intertextual parallels, which she interprets ingeniously. Everyone interested in the (unduly) unpopular texts that are the subject of this book can profit from Peirano’s close readings. Peirano’s discussion of the cultural background of the fake is both well-informed and original.' (BORIS KAYACHEV in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.11.52). € 36.00 (New)