Justinian I. (527-565) prägte als Kaiser, der sich als Gottes Stellvertreter auf Erden inszenierte, mit seiner Religionspolitik die Spätantike nachhaltig. Welche Rolle spielten dabei Mönche,…

Recent insights at the interface between neurobiology and philosophy suggest that the human mind is best understood as a dynamic form of physical being-in-the-world. This volume engages in a…

This is the first monograph devoted to the widely disseminated 16th century 'Sermons on the Turk.' The work fills a gap in scholarship on the Turkish question in the Late Middle Ages and Early…

The aim of the work is to analyze personal data processing in the private sphere in order to illuminate challenges and solutions for complying with the legal prerequisites of the German and…

A hundred years after Adolf von Harnack’s first edition of Porphyry’s Contra Christianos (1916) this work presents a new collection of the fragments and testimonia with an…

Der Predigt in der Karolingerzeit hat die historische Forschung bisher wenig Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet, obwohl sie in der Gesetzgebung seit der Admonitio generalis von 789 eine große Rolle spielte…

Although Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is among the most interpreted of philosophical works, its core theorems still remain opaque. This is particularly the case for the 'end in…

There are key aspects of the Viking settlement of the Isle of Man that remain unexplained: When did first contact take place? When was a permanent settlement established? Was the island…

What actually happens to a cutlet sizzling in the pan, or to the cauliflower in the saucepot? What physical and chemical processes are set off by heating? And what do we mean when we say…

Manifold options have originated from the scientific-technological progress to subject animate nature to human purposes on a large scale. These developments give occasion to examine the…

Examining the role of everyday life for art and in art opens a new perspective on the Romantic era’s supposed struggle against the banalization of art. According to Pierre Bourdieu,…

This book presents the challenging field of maritime trade law in a manner which is highly structured and understandable. This examination focuses mainly on the complicated legal institutions of…

This book is designed as an accompanying textbook for Hebrew instruction. It provides the student the greatest number of options for selecting and applying different teaching methods. The…

This work offers detailed coverage of the statutory principles of paternal and maternal rights and the options for nullifying paternity. In addition, it fully presents the regulations regarding…

Die 3. Auflage des Kommentars 'Investmentgesetze' führt das etablierte und in Fachkreisen überaus geschätzte Werk weiter und passt es an die geänderte Gesetzeslage an. Auch die…

This work offers detailed coverage of the statutory principles of paternal and maternal rights and the options for nullifying paternity. In addition, it fully presents the regulations regarding…

Images of Dionysos and his followers grace the painted drinking vessels of ancient Athens in their thousands. Against the background of revelry for which these vessels were produced, this volume…

The textbook uses a three-stage didactic model to develop and expand the reader’s knowledge of copyright law. It covers current issues in copyright law with consideration of case law from the…

The sensus communis imparts a priori and a posteriori, intellect and sensuality, intersubjectivity and intrasubjectivity. The study analyzes the meanings and functions of the term in Kant's work…

Pre-Modern Europe’s diverse ethnic and religious groups were in continuous contact with each other and also with “cultures” beyond Europe. This collected volume analyzes these…

Die Untersuchung authentischer Lehrkraft-Eltern-Interaktionen stellt für den deutschen Sprachraum ein geradezu disziplinenübergreifendes Forschungsdesiderat dar. So gibt es in der Gesprächsforschung…

The textual and pictorial reception of classical myths in the early modern period reflected a range of different interpretive patterns and visual traditions, and evoked a counter-reaction in the…

Anna Wehofsits's study on Kant's moral anthropology examines the conditions for achieving moral action, and strives to expand our understanding of Kantian moral philosophy. According to Kant,…

Our world is made up of multilayered systems whose complexity requires creative modes of action. Creative minds will be increasingly in demand, and thus, many people see creativity as essential for…

This book is an introduction to the arithmetic of complex numbers, and explains their role in solving equations in both plane and non-Euclidean geometry. Exercises with solutions are included in…

This book offers the first exhaustive presentation of Heidegger’s reception of Søren Kierkegaard that is grounded in historical philology and, at the same time, systematically…

„Die Lehre vom Wesen“ gehört zu den schwierigsten Texten der Hegelschen Philosophie. Diskutiert wird meist nur der erste Abschnitt, der Hegels Theorie des Widerspruchs enthält.…

This book presents the aspects of the new German directives on human genetic testing that are relevant to gynecological practice. An important new element is the recent development of non-…

For the first time, this book offers an edition of the Early High German translation of the tractate Epistola ad Mahumetem. The humanist Michael Christan translated this key work by Pope Pius II…

Studies of Rousseau generally concentrate on the social-theoretical rather than the institutional aspects of his thought. This work offers a complementary perspective, focusing on Rousseau’s…

The theoretical field of fictional and factual narrative has become ubiquitous in recent years. This study offers a critical analysis of the most important approaches. Using the example of…

The Georg Büchner Yearbook is intended as a forum for taking stock and for innovation, reflection, discussion, source documentation, and rapid communication, for debate and consensus, and to…

This book promulgates the thesis that - apart from some easily explained exceptions - the substitution of synonyms in a sentence does not affect its truth or falsehood. Maik Sühr carefully defends…

1,700 years ago, the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius granted religious freedom – even and particularly for Christianity. The religious policy of Constantine is often associated…

Das Lehrbuch gibt einen Überblick über das gesamte Gebiet der Praktischen Theologie. Ihr Gegenstand, die Kommunikation des Evangeliums, wird in seinen empirischen Bedingungen und…

Property law is a key element of constitutional and non-constitutional legal protection. Within the legal system as a whole, property law covers such specific areas as the attribution of rights to…

'Reason shall rule over the passions.' In 4 Maccabees, a scripture structured as a praise to God, the anthropocentric focus of this oft-repeated central thesis calls attention to the nature of God's…

This book is designed for individuals who work with statistics who also have knowledge of computer programming. Often, computer scientists only understand theoretical relationships once they…

What drew Martin Luther to the 'Frankfurter' - at first sight, an undistinguished late Medieval treatise? Starting from this question, the monograph takes us back to the 14th century. It reveals…

In On Truth and Lies in an Extra-Moral Sense (1873), written a year after The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche addresses critical questions in the philosophy of language by inquiring into the sine…

Die 3D-Ultraschalldiagnostik hat in den letzten Jahren die pränatale Betreuung erobert. Zunächst bekannt durch das „Baby-Facing', besitzt die 3D-Sonografie inzwischen ein viel gr…

Das vorliegende Buch liefert einen breiten und fundierten Überblick über die Stellung der deutschen Sprache in der Welt, einschließlich deren Geschichte. Der Autor erklärt diese Stellung aus der…

Literary utopias are a vehicle for a special kind of cultural communication. Literary visions are of particular importance in anticipating the future and in contrasting reality and possibility…

Among the greatest challenges for students of physical chemistry is to understand mathematical formulations and physical relationships. The author, an experienced lecturer, deals with these…

Among the items in his legacy, the Florentine philosopher and humanist Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) left an extensive collection of Latin letters, which illustrate his studies and how he viewed…

Humanism is a cultural movement, an educational program, an epoch, a tradition, a world view, a form of practical philosophy, and a basic political attitude that is called upon for the implementation…

Are ideas or forms truly conceptualized by Plato as 'singular,' as not consisting of parts? Absolutely not! The author shows that besides the relationship of participation to forms, the relation…

Drawing on examples from various areas of physics, this textbook introduces the reader to computer-based physics using Fortran. It elucidates a broad palette of topics, including fundamental…

This volume seeks to reconstruct the developmental history of imagination in the French Enlightenment era. In chronological order, it presents 27 dossiers that document the notion of imagination,…