Plutarch

Plutarch On the daimonion of Socrates

Human liberation, divine guidance and philosophy

Edited by Heinz-Günther Nesselrath.
Introduction, Text, Translation and Interpretative Essays by Donald Russell, George Cawkwell, Werner Deuse, John Dillon, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath a.o.

Plutarch’s dialogue On the daimonion of Socrates is a unique combination of exciting historical romance and serious philosophical and religious discussion. The volume offers a range of essays on themes providing further insights into this masterly literary piece: on the historical, religious and philosophical background and on thematic connections with other works by Plutarch.   (read more...)

Mohr Siebeck Journals

Philosophische Rundschau (PhR)

Founders: Hans-Georg Gadamer † and Helmut Kuhn †

Editors: Jens Halfwassen, Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer and Bernhard Waldenfels

The Philosophische Rundschau (PhR) meets the demand for critical discussion. This journal follows the international publications in philosophy with a more general outlook on trends, schools and research programs and fulfills an important function in an age in which the unity of philosophy yields to ever growing specialization in isolated disciplines as well as national traditions. Language: Mainly German, English, French.   (read more...)

 

 

Student Edition

Ingolf U. Dalferth Malum

Theologische Hermeneutik des Bösen

[Malum. A Theological Hermeneutics of Evil.]

The break-in of evil in a human life has always caused persons to turn to the divine, to gods or to a god in order to reorientate his life. Ingolf U. Dalferth studies the complexity of this procedure in three thought processes which deal with the central concepts in the Christian understanding of malum as a lack of the good, as an evil deed and as a lack of faith.   (read more...)

 

Popper

Karl R. Popper Gesammelte Werke

Band 10: Vermutungen und Widerlegungen. Das Wachstum der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnis

Herausgegeben von Herbert Keuth

[Conjectures and Refutations (London 1963, 51989) 2nd edition.]

This is the 2nd authorized, revised and expanded German edition of Karl Popper's famous collection of essays.   (read more...)