Paul Hazard’s magisterial, widely influential, and beloved intellectual history offers an unforgettable account of the birth of the modern European mind in all its dynamic, inquiring, and uncertain glory. Beginning his story in the latter half of the seventeenth century, while also looking back to the Renaissance and forward to the future, Hazard traces the process by which new developmentsin the sciences, arts, philosophy, and philology came to undermine the stable foundations of t...

This edition of The Idea of a University comes complete with a Wyatt North Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each lecture.In 1854, at the request of the Irish Catholic bishops, John Henry Newman went to Dublin as rector of the newly established Catholic University of Ireland, now University College, Dublin. It was during this time that he founded the Literary and Historical Society. After four years, he retired. He published a volume of lectures entitled The Idea of a University.Jo...

"To the world when it was half a thousand years younger," Huizinga begins, "the outline of all things seemed more clearly marked than to us." Life seemed to consist in extremes—a fierce religious asceticism and an unrestrained licentiousness, ferocious judicial punishments and great popular waves of pity and mercy, the most horrible crimes and the most extravagant acts of saintliness—and everywhere a sea of tears, for men have never wept so unrestrainedly as in those centuries.First...

An “absolutely magnificent” book (The New Republic)—the fruit of almost two decades of study—that traces the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day.A truly landmark study, The Hour of Our Death reveals a pattern of gradually developing evolutionary stages in our perceptions of life in relation to death, each stage representing a virtual redefinition of human nature.Starting ...

In "Historia Calamitatum," Peter Abelard presents a poignant autobiographical narrative that intertwines personal turmoil with the intellectual fervor of the 12th century. This work is both a confession and a philosophical treatise, set against the backdrop of medieval scholasticism. Abelard employs a candid and reflective literary style, exploring themes of love, loss, and the search for knowledge, while critically examining the societal and ecclesiastical structures that shaped his life....

George Eliot prepared for the press a few essays which she had written before she became famous. These essays she left, with the injunction that no fugitive writings of hers prior to 1857 should be republished, other than those thus prepared. Then they have been published as a volume in Harper's edition of the Works of George Eliot. The subjects presented are, Worldliness and Other-Worldliness, (the poet Young.) German Wit, (Henrich Heine). Evangelical Teaching, (Dr. Cumming.) Influence of...

In "Historia Amoris," Edgar Saltus delves into the complexities of romantic relationships through a lens of philosophical inquiry and lyrical prose. The book intricately examines the nature of love, desire, and the human condition, intertwining narrative and reflection in an elegant style that exemplifies Saltus's mastery of language. Set against the backdrop of the late 19th century, it captures the existential struggles of individuals seeking connection amidst societal constraints, echoi...

This edition is published in 2 volumes sold separately.
 Replica of 1911 edition by F. Bruckmann, A. G., München.
 Elibron Classics. The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (Die Grundlagen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1899) was the best-selling work by Houston Stewart Chamberlain. In it he advances various racist and especially völkisch antisemitic theories on how he saw the Aryan race as superior to others, and the Teutonic peoples as a positive force in European civilizatio...

Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French government ordered the letters burned and Voltaire persecuted.

The Idea of a University illuminates St. John Henry Newman’s timeless and accessible defense of a Catholic liberal education.St. John Henry Newman and his influence on theology, religion, and education continues to benefit us today. The Idea of a University, one of his pinnacle works, collects his lectures about the intertwined strength of the Catholic Church and the liberal university. Within these discourses, Newman lays out arguments for the es...