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La pregunta por la verdad es tan antigua como la filosofía occidental, probablemente porque los seres humanos necesitamos creer no sólo en verdades concretas, sino también en la existencia de la Verdad. Safranski explora la conciencia que el ser humano tiene de ser un sujeto escindido, separado tanto de si mismo como del resto de la naturaleza. El anhelo de recuperar esa unidad perdida nos induciria a la creacion de grandes conceptos abstractos, universales y absolutos. Safranski recuerda que somos nosotros quienes generamos verdades constantemente y, ante la amenaza del dogmatismo y del totalitarismo, propugna la ironia y el distanciamiento.

In 99 full-color maps spread over 175 pages, the Barrington Atlas recreates the entire world of the Greeks and Romans from the British Isles to the Indian subcontinent and deep into North Africa. It spans the territory of more than 75 modern countries. Its large format (13 x 19 ins or 33 x 48 cm) has been custom-designed by the leading cartographic supplier MapQuest.com, Inc., and is unrivalled for range, clarity and detail. Over 70 experts, aided by an equal number of consultants, have worked from satellite-generated aeronautical charts to return the modern landscape to its ancient appearance, and to mark ancient names and features in accordance with the most up-to-date historical scholarship and archaeological discoveries. Chronologically, the Barrington Atlas spans archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, and no more than two standard scales (1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000) are used to represent most regions.

Since its launch in 1987, the History of Cartography series has garnered critical acclaim and sparked a new generation of interdisciplinary scholarship. Cartography in the European Enlightenment, the highly anticipated fourth volume, offers a comprehensive overview of the cartographic practices of Europeans, Russians, and the Ottomans, both at home and in overseas territories, from 1650 to 1800. The social and intellectual changes that swept Enlightenment Europe also transformed many of its mapmaking practices. A new emphasis on geometric principles gave rise to improved tools for measuring and mapping the world, even as large-scale cartographic projects became possible under the aegis of powerful states. Yet older mapping practices persisted: Enlightenment cartography encompassed a wide variety of processes for making, circulating, and using maps of different types. The volumes more than four hundred encyclopedic articles explore the eras mapping, covering topics both detailedsuch as geodetic surveying, thematic mapping, and map collectingand broad, such as women and cartography, cartography and the economy, and the art and design of maps. Copious bibliographical references and nearly one thousand full-color illustrations complement the detailed entries.

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