Preface 1. The Science of the Concrete 2. The Logic of Totemic Classifications 3. Systems of Transformations 4. Totem and Caste 5. Categories, Elements, Species, Numbers 6. Universalization and Particularization 7. The Individual as a Species 8. Time...

Part I. Getting the Most Out of Maps 1. How to Find Places: Coordinates 2. The Versatile Plane: Great Circles 3. This Little Means That Much: Distance 4. The Rose of the Winds: Directions 5. Making Molehills Out of Mountains: Content 6. Flat Maps wit...

Despite our admiration for Renaissance achievement in the arts and sciences, in literature and classical learning, the rich and diversified philosophical thought of the period remains largely unknown. This volume illuminates three major currents of t...