Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Critical Guides

Despite the importance of The Sickness unto Death to Kierkegaard scholarship, it has been somewhat overlooked. This book applies diverse approaches to the work, explaining complex issues in clear language. It will be required reading for those interested in Kierkegaard as well as existentialism, religious philosophy, and moral psychology.

This is the first book-length study in English of Thomas Hobbes's On the Citizen. The volume comprises twelve original essays, which show that it is a valuable and distinctive philosophical work in its own right. The volume is aimed at Hobbes specialists and graduate students.

This volume presents thirteen newly-commissioned essays that deepen our understanding of Aristotle's key concepts, including living, form, reason, and capacity. It will prove invaluable for researchers in ancient philosophy and the history of science and ideas.

The essays in this volume explore the distinctive features of the Prolegomena, including Kant's discussion of philosophical methodology, his critical idealism, the nature of experience, his engagement with Hume, the nature of the self, the relation between geometry and physics, and what we can cognize about God.

This Critical Guide contains sixteen new essays from an international group of leading Hegel scholars that shed much-needed light on both the whole and the parts of the Encyclopedia system. It will be invaluable to students and professional scholars with an interest in Hegel and the history of philosophy.

Presenting a sophisticated account of this rich and important work, the volume explores the state of the art in Hegel scholarship and allows readers to gain a clear understanding of Hegel's philosophical position in this text. The essays engage with philosophy of mind and action, law and religion, and ethics and aesthetics.

This volume brings together the work of some of today's leading Fichte scholars. It will be an essential guide for students and researchers wanting to deepen their understanding of Fichte's ethical thought, as well as for those interested in the history of ethics more broadly.

Maimonides' magnum opus, the Guide of the Perplexed, is the most influential text in the history of Jewish philosophy. Controversial in its day, it continues to generate interest and scholarly debate. This Critical Guide will be of interest to philosophers, Judaists, theologians, and medievalists.

Bringing together an international team of scholars, this book breaks new ground in the study of Spinoza's Political Treatise, the least studied of his major works. It will be a major resource for scholars who are interested in Spinoza's political philosophy.

Provides a critical and philosophically informed exploration of this, one of the most mature, sophisticated, and carefully crafted scientific writings, in which Aristotle gives an account of animal reproductive processes. Important for scholars and students of ancient philosophy and of the history and philosophy of science.

This book provides cutting-edge investigations of metaphysics, ethics, law, and theology in the Summa Theologiae, Thomas Aquinas' most important work. These in-depth critical essays will appeal to those interested in the history of philosophy and theology, medieval studies, and issues around the nature of the human and the divine.

This is the first book-length study in English of Thomas Hobbes's On the Citizen. The volume comprises twelve original essays, which show that it is a valuable and distinctive philosophical work in its own right. The volume is aimed at Hobbes specialists and graduate students.

Presenting a sophisticated account of this rich and important work, the volume explores the state of the art in Hegel scholarship and allows readers to gain a clear understanding of Hegel's philosophical position in this text. The essays engage with philosophy of mind and action, law and religion, and ethics and aesthetics.

The essays in this volume shed light on the principal arguments of the Critique of Practical Reason and explore their relation to Kant's critical philosophy as a whole. Engaging and critical, this volume will be invaluable to advanced students and scholars of Kant and to moral theorists alike.

This book presents new readings of all parts of Plato's Symposium and offers fresh perspectives on topics including beauty, desire, and immortality. Students and scholars in philosophy and classics will benefit from this insightful and critical examination of a complex and influential dialogue of philosophical, historical, and literary interest.

Despite being a great influence on nineteenth-century philosophy, Fichte's Foundations of Natural Right remains little understood. This Guide presents cutting-edge research that highlights its most important ideas and innovations. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of German Idealism, nineteenth-century philosophy, and the history of political thought.

Exploring the key themes of Hegel's seminal work of legal, social and political philosophy - Elements of the Philosophy of Right - this series of essays, written by leading experts in the field, adopts a fresh perspective to make readers aware of the breadth and depth of this classic work.

Kant's monumental Critique was arguably the most conceptually revolutionary work in the history of philosophy, but it is a notoriously difficult work, and its philosophical significance is hotly disputed. In this volume, experts clarify Kant's arguments and address the latest controversies, making it invaluable for students and scholars of Kant.

Bringing together an international team of scholars, this book breaks new ground in the study of Spinoza's Political Treatise, the least studied of his major works. It will be a major resource for scholars who are interested in Spinoza's political philosophy.

Arguably the foundational text of Western political theory, Aristotle's Politics has become one of the most carefully studied works in ethical and political philosophy. This volume offers fresh interpretations of Aristotle's key work by internationally renowned contributors and opens new paths for students and scholars to explore.

This collection of specially commissioned new essays philosophically examines Aquinas's major work on evil. The first book-length English-language study of Aquinas's work on evil, the chapters examine a diverse range of issues relevant to disciplines including medieval philosophy, ethics, philosophy of action, metaphysics, history of philosophy, and theology.

This volume provides cutting-edge research on Aristotle's Physics by reassessing its key concepts, reconstructing its methodology, and determining the boundaries of Aristotle's natural philosophy. Due to the foundational nature of Aristotle's Physics itself, this volume is a must-read for all scholars working on Aristotle.

This collection of new essays is the only book devoted to a philosophical and scholarly study of Kant's lectures on ethics. Providing significant new insights into Kant's moral thought, it is of interest to students and scholars of Kant, ethics, political philosophy, religious studies and the history of ideas.

Offering a fresh set of perspectives on one of Kierkegaard's most influential and popular works, this collection of essays offers both newcomers and Kierkegaard scholars a wide range of balanced interpretations, from traditional philosophical readings to recent textual and literary accounts.

Provides a critical and philosophically informed exploration of this, one of the most mature, sophisticated, and carefully crafted scientific writings, in which Aristotle gives an account of animal reproductive processes. Important for scholars and students of ancient philosophy and of the history and philosophy of science.

This book provides cutting-edge investigations of metaphysics, ethics, law, and theology in the Summa Theologiae, Thomas Aquinas' most important work. These in-depth critical essays will appeal to those interested in the history of philosophy and theology, medieval studies, and issues around the nature of the human and the divine.

This collection of specially commissioned new essays philosophically examines Aquinas's major work on evil. The first book-length English-language study of Aquinas's work on evil, the chapters examine a diverse range of issues relevant to disciplines including medieval philosophy, ethics, philosophy of action, metaphysics, history of philosophy, and theology.