Bücher der Reihe Melbourne International Philosophy Series

Liberty is perhaps the most praised of all social ideals. The "absence of interference" school is far from monolithic in its understanding of liberty, but it is united in its opposition to a rival account on which liberty is not taken to be the absence of human interference but rather the presence of diverse pos sibilities or opportunities.

Identity has for long been an important concept in philosophy and logic. In Book V of his Elements he first gives a useless defmition of a ratio: "A ratio is a sort of relation between two magnitudes in respect of muchness". But then, in definition 5 he answers, not the question "What is a ratio?"

The history of aesthetics, like the histories of other sciences, may be treated in a two-fold manner: as the history of the men who created the field of study, or as the history of the questions that have been raised and resolved in the course of its pursuit.

Each article is divided into numbered sections, the numbers, in boldface type, being addresses to which we refer. Main sections are further subdivided, the subsections being numbered by numerals added to the main section number, e.g.

The general purpose of this book differs from those of most of the works found traditionally in the field of political philosophy. 1 It will be clear that I am in complete disagreement with Gewirth when he claims that "The central concern of political philosophy is the moral evaluation of political power.

Twardowski's little book - of which I here offer a translation - is one of the most remarkable works in the history of modern philosophy. It is concise, clear, and - in Findlay's words - "amazingly rich in ideas.

Each article is divided into numbered sections, the numbers, in boldface type, being addresses to which we refer. Main sections are further subdivided, the subsections being numbered by numerals added to the main section number, e.g.