A wide-ranging reevaluation of utopian literature and philosophy, from Plato to Chang-Rae Lee.Examin...

How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities—demons...

A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in recreation, mathematics, and philosoph...

An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life o...

From the author of Wittgenstein's Poker and Would You Kill the Fat Man?, the story of an extraord...

From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about lif...

An authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the "Divine Comedy".For a...

A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of mathematics from one of its leading thin...

A fundamentally new approach to the history of science and technology.This book presents a new way o...

How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live in.Philosophical investigation is t...

Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plu...

A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential Stoic writings on the divineMost anci...