European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2009

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• The Idea of Creativity

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Karen Bardsley; Denis Dutton; Michael Krausz
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  • Seventeen philosophical thinkers ask: What is creativity? What are the criteria of creativity? Should we assign logical priority to creative persons, processes, or products? How do various forms of creativity relate to different domains of human activity?

• The Image of Edessa

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: M. Guscin
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  • This book provides critical editions with previously unpublished versions of all related texts, translations of all texts into English and a detailed analysis of the origins, known history, possible fate and exact nature of the Image of Edessa.

• Institutio Oratoria: Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: J. Rothkamm
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  • Bringing together four eminent Seventeenth century philosophers and investigating educational background, preferred language(s), reading habits as well as writing strategies, this book offers a vivid illustration of the important part played by Rhetoric in the making of Early Enlightenment Philosophy.