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  • How to Be a Pyrrhonist

    The Practice and Significance of Pyrrhonian Skepticism

    de Richard Bett ...
    What was it like to be a practitioner of Pyrrhonist skepticism? This important volume brings together for the first time a selection of Richard Bett's essays on ancient Pyrrhonism, allowing readers a better understanding of the key aspects of this school of thought. The volume examines Pyrrhonism's manner of self-presentation, including its methods of writing, its desire to show how special it is, ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines

    Translated with introduction and notes

    de Richard Bett ...
    Against Those in the Disciplines (Pros Mathêmatikous, also known by the abbreviated title M 1-6) deals with six specialized fields of study: grammar, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, and music. In sceptical fashion, it questions the credentials of those who claim to have expert knowledge in these fields. It is the least well known of Sextus Empiricus' works, mainly because its subject ... Leer más

    $75.99 USD

  • Sextus Empiricus

    de Richard Bett ...
    Sextus Empiricus' Against the Physicists examines numerous topics central to ancient Greek inquiries into the nature of the physical world, covering subjects such as god, cause and effect, whole and part, bodies, place, motion, time, number, coming into being and perishing and is the most extensive surviving treatment of these topics by an ancient Greek sceptic. Sextus scrutinizes the theories of ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • How to Keep an Open Mind

    An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic

    de Sextus Empiricus, Richard Bett ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgmentAlong with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Audiolibro

    How to Keep an Open Mind

    An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic

    de Sextus Empiricus, Richard Bett ...
    Narrado por Tom Parks ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

    Completo

    2 hora 27 minutos

    How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility by learning to suspend judgmentAlong with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • American Force

    Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security

    de Richard Betts ...
    Series series A Council on Foreign Relations Book
    While American national security policy has grown more interventionist since the Cold War, Washington has also hoped to shape the world on the cheap. Misled by the stunning success against Iraq in 1991, administrations of both parties have pursued ambitious aims with limited force, committing the country's military frequently yet often hesitantly, with inconsistent justification. These ventures ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Enemies of Intelligence

    Knowledge and Power in American National Security

    de Richard Betts ...
    The tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the false assessment of Saddam Hussein's weapons arsenal were terrible reminders that good information is essential to national security. These failures convinced the American public that their intelligence system was broken and prompted a radical reorganization of agencies and personnel, but as Richard K. Betts argues in this book, critics and ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Plant Genetic Resources and Climate Change

    de Gerald Moore, Robert Zeigler, Richard Betts, Pam Berry, Andy Jarvis, Nora Castaneda Alvarez, William Erskine, Abdelbagi Ismail, Geoff Hawtin, Kenneth McNally, Helen Ougham, Ianto Thomas, Mauricio Bellon, Sue Armstrong, Wayne Powell, PV Prasad, John Sheehy, Hari Upadhyaya, David Mackill, Jeremy Pritchard, Ben Vosman, Colette Broekgaarden, Salvatore Ceccarelli, Professor Nigel Maxted ...
    Series Libro 20 - CABI Climate Change Series
    * Provides specific examples of germplasm research related to climate change threats * Edited by internationally renowned experts in the field * The final chapter of the book draws a synthesis of the many issues raised within the book ... Leer más

    $156.99 USD

  • Military Readiness

    Concepts, Choices, Consequences

    de Richard K. Betts ...
    Throughout most of American history, U.S. military forces proved unready for the wars that were thrust upon them and suffered costly reverses in early battles. During the Cold War, for the first time, U.S. defense policy tried to maintain high readiness in peacetime. But now, with the Cold War over and defense budgets falling, what will happen to U.S. military forces? Will they revert to a state ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Nuclear Blackmail and Nuclear Balance

    de Richard K. Betts ...
    In numerous crises after World War II-Berlin, Korea, the Taiwan Straits, and the Middle East-the United States resorted to vague threats to use nuclear weapons in order to deter Soviet or Chinese military action. On a few occasions the Soviet Union also engaged in nuclear saber-ratling. Using declassified documents and other sources, this volume examines those crises and compares the ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The Irony of Vietnam

    The System Worked

    de Leslie H. Gelb, Richard K. Betts ...
    Series series A Brookings Classic
    ""If a historian were allowed but one book on the American involvement in Vietnam, this would be it."" - Foreign Affairs When first published in 1979, four years after the end of one of the most divisive conflicts in the United States, The Irony of Vietnam raised eyebrows. Most students of the war argued that the United States had ""stumbled into a quagmire in Vietnam through hubris and ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • On Bette Davis

    An Opinionated Guide

    de Richard Barrios ...
    Intense, ambitious, charismatic, and brilliantly gifted, Bette Davis revolutionized the art of acting and permanently altered the face of cinema. Over six decades, she built a career second to none in its variety, enterprise, and audacity. While her somewhat turbulent life has received a great deal of attention, as has her work in films such as Jezebel, All About Eve, and What Ever Happened to ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD