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Who is Theophrastus, and why should we care?Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Together he and Aristotle invented science. Alone he invented Botany. The character of the Wife of Bath is hi …

Blood, Class and Empire

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Since the end of the Cold War so-called experts have been predicting the eclipse of America’s “special relationship” with Britain. But as events have shown, especially in the wake of 9/11, the politic …

Vox Populi

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In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the Ancient Greeks and Romans so important and influential toda …

Memento Mori

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In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were a …

The Garments of Court and Palace

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The Prince, a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is widely regarded as the most important exploration of politics – and in particular the p …

Philosophy

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The work of the great philosophers of the past is well known. From Aristotle and Plato to Kant and Wittgenstein, the answers to life’s biggest questions have been discussed and debated endlessly. But, …

Occidentalism

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Two brilliant scholars at the height of their powers conduct a profound investigation of the history of anti-Western stereotypes – and find their origins in the West itself.In this book, Ian Buruma an …