Scrinium Classical Antiquity

IRVINE, W. B., On Desire. Why We Want What We Want. Oxford University Press, 2007. 336p. Paperback. € 17.65 (New) (MD)

HEADLAM, W., On Editing Aeschylus. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 208p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics. This is an early publication (1891) by the highly regarded classical scholar and poet Walter George Headlam (1866–1908). Headlam, who taught at King's College, Cambridge, was deeply interested in textual criticism and dedicated much of his short life to translating and interpreting the works of Aeschylus, and even thirty years after his untimely death his notes formed the basis for an influential edition of the Oresteia. Although Headlam's subtitle does not name the target of his 'criticism', this book is in fact an impassioned attack on the style and method of editing employed by A. W. Verrall in Seven Against Thebes in 1887, and Agamemnon in 1889. Headlam condemns Verrall's 'rationalist' methods which in his view 'required outspoken criticism'. The young Headlam painstakingly dissects Verrall's work on Aeschylus, pointing out the errors, inconsistencies and shortcomings of the texts and proposing his own editorial methods. (Publisher's information). € 24.26 (New) (MD)

KARSHAN, T. M., On Essays. Montaigne to the Present. Oxford University Press, 2021. 400p. Paperback. Original research, innovative analysis, and clear writing make this ode to the essay an exemplary piece of scholarship. Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. C. B. Kerr, CHOICE June 2021 |a 02/06/2021 (Publisher's information). € 29.88 (New)

LYCAN, W. G., On Evidence in Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2019. 160p. Hardback. William G. Lycan has written a short but action-packed book about why philosophical arguments don't establish skeptical or radically revisionary claims concerning the nature of reality or our capacities as knowers and agents. A terrific volume, it is sure to annoy or maybe even infuriate many philosophers who think highly of their own arguments. . . . Here is a philosopher who is deeply reflective, self-critical, and able to impart insights with concision and wit. I recommend the book to all philosophers interested in methodology, skepticism, and knowledge. Nathan Ballantyne, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |a 16/01/2020 (Publisher's information). € 67.25 (New) (MD)

FILELFO, FRANCESCO, On Exile. Edited by J. De Keyser. Translated by W. Scott Blanchard. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) / London, 2013. XXVI,485p. Cloth wrps. Series: The I Tatti Library, ITRL 55. € 27.50 (New)

LASS, R., On Explaining Language Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1980.XIII,186p. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. A few pen markings and annotations from KJD. 'What Lass offers in his book (…) is an attempt to explain why language change cannot be explained, or more precisely, why none of the reasons advanced so far is truly explanatory.' (SUZANNE ROMAINE in Language in Society, 1983, p.223). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)

Lass, On Explaining Language Change. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 204p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 27. Roger Lass is concerned about the nature of argumentation within linguistics and the status of its data and theoretical constructs. Through an examination of standard strategies of explanation in historical linguistics (particularly of phonological change), in the light of past approaches to scientific epistemology, Dr Lass convincingly demonstrates that attempts to model explanations of linguistic change on those of the physical sciences are failures both in practice and in principle. Linguists can neither assimilate their discipline crudely to the natural or the other human sciences nor, at the other extreme, shelter behind the notion of a private self-validating paradigm. Although Dr Lass outlines some tentative paths towards an alternative epistemology, his main concern is that linguists should confront the philosophical implications of their subject, and he raises questions which both linguists and philosophers will need to consider. (Publisher's information). € 30.34 (New) (MD)

SANCHEZ, I. M., On Geography. An Arabic Edition and English Translation of Epistle 4. Oxford University Press, 2014. 252p. Hardback. Series: Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. € 61.14 (New)

WEBB, S. H., On God and Dogs. A Christian Theology of Compassion for Animals. Oxford University Press, 2002. 234p. Paperback. Thoughtful and reflective writing on our relationship with the animal world can be hard to come by, particularly among those writing from a specifically Christian perspective ... Stephen Webb's latest book is therefore a welcome contribution. It recognizes the theological differences between human beings and other animals, yet without reducing the relationship to a purely instrumental one ... Webb has written the best book we have on the subject. Modern Theology (Publisher's information). € 59.77 (New) (MD)

On God and the World. An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 49-51. Oxford University Press, 2019. 600p. Hardback. Series: Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. € 108.70 (New)