A close translation of the fourth, fifth and sixth books of the Metaphysics , in which Aristotle discusses the nature and scope of metaphysics. The translation is accompanied by an interpretative and critical commentary. The second edition includes an expanded bibliography.

An interpretation and a critical assessment of Friederich Nietzsche's influential work on the traditionally central questions of philosophy concerning the possibility of knowledge and the nature of reality. Dr Poellner draws upon not only Nietzsche's published works but also his voluminous notebooks, largely unpublished.

A close study of the Iliad reveals a wealth of powerful networks and intricate poetic motifs. This study argues that Homer created his work to be read aloud, and that its sophisticated techniques would have been more accessible to an aural audience.

The first of a three-volume commentary on the Odyssey , preceded by an introduction which discusses previous research on the Odyssey , the nature of the poem and its relation to the Iliad , the epic dialect and the transmission of the text.

Offers a philosophical examination of the concept of luck and its relationship to knowledge. This work shows how an understanding of the relationship between knowledge and luck can enable us to see our way past some of the most intractable disputes in the contemporary theory of knowledge.

The majority of essays in this collection question how a poet's words reveal the force of his or her poetry. The poets covered include Milton, Wordsworth, Lowell and Larkin. The volume also features four wider essays on cliches, lies, misquotations and American English.

Takes the insights of modern psychological and neuroscientific research on the emotions and brings them to bear on questions about our emotional involvement with the arts. Laying out a theory of emotion, this book then in the light of the theory examines some of the ways in which the emotions function in the arts.

Ethical intuitionism was the dominant moral theory in Britain for much of the 18th, 19th and the first third of the 20th century, before coming to be regarded as utterly untenable. Here, moral philosophers clarify and assess ethical intuitionism in the light of contemporary developments in theory.

Describes the applications found for the Wiles and Taylor technique. This book generalizes the deformation theoretic techniques of Wiles-Taylor to Hilbert modular forms (following Fujiwara's treatment), and also discusses applications found by the author. With exercises and open questions, this text is useful for researchers and graduate students.

This account of the relationship between Shakespeare and his favourite poet, Ovid, examines the range of Shakespeare's works to show how deeply creative the influence of Ovid was. It reveals Shakespeare as an extraordinarily sophisticated reader of Ovidian myth and as a metamorphic artist as fluid and nimble as his classical original.

This first of two volumes contains the letters of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), supplemented with explanatory notes, and full biographical and bibliographical information. This publication sheds new light on the intellectual life of a major European thinker.

This is a new paperback edition of Adrian Hollis's commentary on Ovid's love poem which was first published in 1977. The text of the poem is Kenney's Oxford Classical Text, and it is supplemented with a full introduction to the style and historical background to the poem.

This study provides a view of new and recent developments in the field of plant membrane biology. It contains 23 chapters written by specialists in various aspects of this area.

A study of the anti-Catholic movement in 19th-century Britain. Catholic emancipation in 1829 was followed by a Protestant backlash, stimulated by the growth of the evangelical movement and of Catholicism, and the political endeavours of Irish and British Tories.

Covers the treble, tenor, and bass viol. This book has technical instruction and assumes no knowledge beyond an ability to read music. Each point is illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and graded musical exercises. It highlights problems likely to be encountered and shows how they can be overcome.