3202 results for '"Stephen P. Magee'

In this book, Buckle provides a historical perspective on the political philosophies of Locke and Hume, arguing that there are continuities in the development of seventeenth and eighteenth-century...

Assesses the controversy of artistic freedom versus pornography, and looks at the questions it raises about the uneasy relations between government and the arts it supports.

Few poetic forms have found more uses than the sonnet in English, and none is now more recognizable. It is one of the longest-lived of verse forms, and one of the briefest. A mere fourteen lines,...

An extraordinary book for anyone eager to understand the hidden motives that shape our lives. We are all storytellers—we create stories to make sense of our lives. A moving collection of short,...

Political actors are a diverse lot, animated and engaged by the prospect of change. Operating inside and outside the government, they are out to instigate change or inhibit it, to promote or deflect...

Based on historical ninja training manuals, this witty and informative volume gives you all the tools you need to enter the secret world of ninjutsu.Ninjas—Japan’s famous black-clad spies, saboteurs,...

This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to current controversies in moral philosophy. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading philosophers and commentators, reflect...

Images of ancient Sparta have had a major impact on Western thought. From the Renaissance to the French Revolution she was invoked by radical thinkers as a model for the creation of a republican...