Scrinium Classical Antiquity

HARRIS, J. A., Of Liberty and Necessity. The Free Will Debate in Eighteenth-Century British Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2005. 280p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Philosophical Monographs. James Harris's book, Of Liberty and Necessity, is a remarkable achievement. It is the first book to provide a true chronicle of the rich and intricate discussion in early modern Britain of the relationship between freedom and necessity...The best complement that can be paid to a work of philosophy - in contrast to, say, a novel - is not to just read it, but to use it to do more philosophy. Anyone who reads Harris's wonderful book will find themselves wanting to pay Harris that very complement. Gideon Yaffe, Mind 17/04/2008 (Publisher's information). € 166.45 (New) (MD)

QUINTON, A., Of Men and Manners. Essays Historical and Philosophical. Oxford University Press, 2011. 282p. Hardback. As this book combines a great number of challenging ideas with an extraordinarily clear line of argument, it certainly will play a major role in the discussion of social theories of reasoning and deliberation. It is an important contribution which will put a number of questions on the philosophical agenda for some time to come. Titus Stahl, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (Publisher's information). € 97.83 (New) (MD)

PIATTELLI-PALMARINI, M. U., Of Minds and Language. A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country. Oxford University Press, 2009. 472p. Hardback. The sheer empirical reach of the book makes it essential reading.... David Kirkby, University of Durham (Publisher's information). € 95.11 (New) (MD)

PIATTELLI-PALMARINI, M. U., Of Minds and Language. A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country. Oxford University Press, 2010. 480p. Paperback. REVIEW: Christina Behme, Journal of Linguistics Vol. 49, 2013. No quote, 10/09/2013 (Publisher's information). € 27.16 (New) (MD)

BHUSHAN, N. R., Of Minds and Molecules. New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry. Oxford University Press, 2000. 320p. Hardback. ...they have achieved a rare collaboration of effort between a chemist and a philosopher, to examine what lies at the intersection of these two fields, and the philosophy of chemistry is the richer for it. Bhushan and Rosenfeld have put together a collection by some of the most prestigious authors in this newly emerging field, whose prior work has been spread over numerous journals and other venues that were rarely devoted singly to the philosopher of chemistry. For this alone the book is commendable...it goes beyond collecting work that has already been done and seeks to provide a vision for the discipline...Here the reader gains full appreciation for how the neglect of philosophical concern with chemistry might have implications...perhaps even changing what we conceive the field of the philosophy of science to be about. The Philosophical Review (Publisher's information). € 131.80 (New) (MD)

HUTCHINGS, D. U., Of Popes and Unicorns. Science, Christianity, and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World. Oxford University Press, 2021. 280p. Hardback. The book is an important contribution to the study of the warfare thesis. This book is a comprehensive story, and not discrete chapters. As a result, its content will likely be utilized in many different contexts and read for many years to come. Brent Purkaple, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith Mar 2023 (Publisher's information). € 40.75 (New)

WHEWELL, W., Of the Plurality of Worlds. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 296p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Science and Religion. This controversial essay, first published in 1853, addresses the question of the existence of intelligent life on other planets. It was first published anonymously, owing to the ferocity of the ongoing debates between the religious and scientific scholarly communities. Its author, William Whewell (1794-1866) was a leading intellectual of the Victorian period, and a notable polymath. A contemporary and adviser of Herschel, Darwin and Faraday, he wrote extensively on subjects ranging from astronomy and mineralogy to moral philosophy, educational reform and architecture, and engaged with John Stuart Mill in a lively debate about inductive reasoning. In Of The Plurality of Worlds, Whewell denied the probability of life elsewhere in the universe, afraid that the concept of extraterrestrial life would encourage the theory of evolution and put at risk mankind's connection to God. (Publisher's information). € 30.34 (New) (MD)

HARDWICK, A., Off-Stage Groups in Athenian Drama. Oxford University Press, 2024. 272p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. € 103.27 (New)

SABAPATHY, J., Officers and Accountability in Medieval England 1170-1300. Oxford University Press, 2019. 336p. Paperback. a very elegant book Chris Wickham, History Today Books of the Year 2014 December 2014 (Publisher's information). € 50.26 (New) (MD)

OI ARCHAIOLOGOI MILOUSI GIA TIN PIERIA. ARCHEOLOGISTS SPEAK ABOUT PIERIA. DIE ARCHÄOLOGEN SPRECHEN ÜBER DIE PIERIA. Kalokair 1986. Nele Pierias, 1990. 107p. ills.(B&W and full colour photographs, line drawings). Paperback. Name and date on free endpaper. Nice copy. Greek - English - German texts. Contents: D. PANDERMALIS: In the streets and workshops of Dion (pp.10-15); E. MARKI: Early christian monuments at Vrontisme (pp.16-29); G. KARADEDOS: The Odeum of the Thermae at Dion (pp.30-48); Th. PAPAZOTOS: Mediaeval Pieria (pp.49-66); M. BESSIOS: Excavations of Graves of the Classical Period at Methoni 1986 (pp.67-83); E. POULAKI-PANDERMALI: Olympus 3 (pp.84-95); K. SOUEREF: Excavations of the hill of Sevasti Community (pp.96-106). € 22.50 (Antiquarian)