Greek Mathematical Thought And The Origin Of Algebra

By Jacob Klein, Eva Brann, Klein, Jacob

Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th–16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century development of symbolic algebra. This broug...

What, Then, Is Time?

By Eva T. H. Brann, Eva Brann, Eva Brann, Eva T. H. Brann

'What is time?' Well-known philosopher and intellectual historian, Eva Brann mounts an inquiry into a subject universally agreed to be among the most familiar and the most strange of human experien...

Plato : Sophist: The Professor Of Wisdom

By Keith Whitaker, Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, Plato, Eric Salem, Eva T. Brann

This is an English translation of Plato presenting a new conception of the Theory of Forms. Socrates and others discuss the epistemological and metaphysical puzzles of the Parmenides, with aims to...

Homeric Moments: Clues To Delight In Reading The Odyssey And The Iliad

By Eva T. H. Brann, Eva Brann

Fifty years of reading Homerboth alone and with studentsprepared Eva Brann to bring the Odyssey and the Iliad back to life for today's readers. In Homeric Moments , she brilliantly conveys the...

Homeric Moments

By Eva T. H. Brann, Eva Brann

Fifty years of reading Homerboth alone and with studentsprepared Eva Brann to bring the Odyssey and the Iliad back to life for today's readers. In Homeric Moments , she brilliantly conveys the...

Symposium Or Drinking Party

By Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, Plato, Eric Salem

This new edition of Plato's Symposium provides beginning readers and scholars alike with a solid, reliable translation that is both faithful to the original text and accessible to contemporary read...

The Music Of The Republic

By Eva T. H. Brann, Eva Brann, Eric Salem, Eva Brann With Peter Kalkavage

“It is a wonder and a delight to be led by Eva Brann through the Socratic conversations. She begins from first impressions and moves through perplexity to clarity, without losing the thread. Those...

Open Secrets / Inward Prospects: Reflections On World And Soul

By Eva T. H. Brann, Eva Brann

Open Secrets -- Nature: Sightings -- Domesticity: At Home And At Work -- Drama: Flawed Tragedies -- Music: Soul Of The World -- Companions: Usages Of Friendship -- Customs: Tradition, Form And Cere...

Un-Willing: An Inquiry Into The Rise Of Will’S Power And An Attempt To Undo It

By Eva T. H. Brann, Eva Brann

Since ancient times, philosophers have written about "the will." But the will is more than a philosophic and scholarly topic. In our everyday speech, what do we mean when we speak of the "will"? Wi...

Doublethink / Doubletalk

By Eva Brann