Author: FRANCESCO. PREDARIPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1294
Book Description
ENCICLOPEDIA ECONOMICA ACCOMODATA ALL' INTELLIGENZA
The Reception of David Hume In Europe
Author: Peter JonesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1623567610
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1428
Book Description
The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference to their European 'fortunes'. These essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, record the ways in which David Hume has been translated, evaluated and emulated in different national and linguistic areas of Europe. This is the first collection of essays to consider how and where Hume's works were initially understood throughout Europe. They reflect on how early European responses to Hume relied on available French translations, and concentrated on his Political Discourses and his History, and how later German translations enabled professional philosophers to discuss his more abstract ideas. Also explored is the idea that continental readers were not able to judge the accuracy of the translations they read, nor did many consider the contexts in which Hume was writing: rather, they were intent on using what they read for their own purposes.
Crises and Cycles in Economic Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
Author: Daniele BesomiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136722890
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
This book aims at investigating from the perspective of the major economic dictionaries the notions of economic crisis and cycle. The project consists in giving an extensive summary of a number of significant entries on this subject, with an introductory essay to each entry placing them (and the dictionary to which they belong) in their context, giving some details on the author of the dictionary entry, and assessing the entry’s (and its author’s) contribution. The broad picture (including the history of these encyclopedic tools) will be examined in the introductory essays.
Discourse on the State of the Jews
Author: Simone LuzzattoPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110528231
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In 1638, a small book of no more than 92 pages in octavo was published “appresso Gioanne Calleoni” under the title “Discourse on the State of the Jews and in particular those dwelling in the illustrious city of Venice.” It was dedicated to the Doge of Venice and his counsellors, who are labelled “lovers of Truth.” The author of the book was a certain Simone (Simḥa) Luzzatto, a native of Venice, where he lived and died, serving as rabbi for over fifty years during the course of the seventeenth century. Luzzatto’s political thesis is simple and, at the same time, temerarious, if not revolutionary: Venice can put an end to its political decline, he argues, by offering the Jews a monopoly on overseas commercial activity. This plan is highly recommendable because the Jews are “wellsuited for trade,” much more so than others (such as “foreigners,” for example). The rabbi opens his argument by recalling that trade and usury are the only occupations permitted to Jews. Within the confines of their historical situation, the Venetian Jews became particularly skilled at trade with partners from the Eastern Mediterranean countries. Luzzatto’s argument is that this talent could be put at the service of the Venetian government in order to maintain – or, more accurately, recover – its political importance as an intermediary between East and West. He was the first to define the role of the Jews on the basis of their economic and social functions, disregarding the classic categorisation of Judaism’s alleged privileged religious status in world history. Nonetheless, going beyond the socio-economic arguments of the book, it is essential to point out Luzzatto’s resort to sceptical strategies in order to plead in defence of the Venetian Jews. It is precisely his philosophical and political scepticism that makes Luzzatto’s texts so unique. This edition aims to grant access to his works and thought to English-speaking readers and scholars. By approaching his texts from this point of view, the editors hope to open a new path in research into Jewish culture and philosophy that will enable other scholars to develop new directions and new perspectives, stressing the interpenetration between Jews and the surrounding Christian and secular cultures.
Enciclopedia economica accomodata all'intelligenza ed ai bisogni d'ogni ceto di persone con incisioni in legno nel testo e in rame a parte compilata da una società di dotti e letterati italiani
Author: Enciclopedia economica accomodata all'intelligenza ed ai bisogni d'ogni ceto di persone con incisioni in legno nel testo e in rame a parte
Author: Enciclopedia economica accomodata all'intelligenza ed ai bisogni d'ogni ceto di persone ...
Author: Enciclopedia economica accomodata all'intelligenza ed ai bisogni d'ogni ceto di persone con incisioni in legno nel testo e in rame a parte compilata da una società di dotti e letterati italiani
Author: Enciclopedia economica accomodata all'intelligenza ed ai bisogni d'ogni ceto di persone con incisioni in legno nel testo e in rame a parte
Author: Italy, Handbook for Travellers (Includes Southern Italy and Sicily, with Excursions to Lipari Islands, Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu)
Author: Karl BaedekerPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780341947547
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
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