Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

G.オーウェル－生涯と遺産
Colls, Robert, George Orwell: Life and Legacy. 112 pp. 2026:1 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <743-9>
ISBN 978-0-19-883001-6 hard ¥4,220.- (税込) GB￡ 14.99

George Orwell has never been more quoted and misquoted. Can he be rescued from the soundbites? George Orwell remains a work in progress. He is, or has become, a meme, a global writer, a national treasure, a London statue, a scholarly society, a Prize and a Journal, a trope and a show, various movies, various murals, various misquotations, two adjectives, at least half a dozen fictions and most recently "a dead metaphor" with plenty more accolades to come. George Orwell: Life and Legacy by Colls is an intellectual biography which offers an original account of Orwell's life and work from his birth in the high noon of British imperialism in 1903, to his death on the eve of the Cold War in 1950. Orwell's life played out against a background of two world wars, two great revolutions, one long global depression, the rise and rise of Communism, and the war-time pre-eminence of the United. Yet no matter how alert he was to all these great struggles, and no matter how guarded he was in his personal life, Orwell never turned away from the question of who he was, and the contradictions that entailed. His two great modern masterpieces Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) arrived to define the age he lived in. Interest in him has never abated since; no writer is more quoted or misquoted. Orwell is in danger of being lost to soundbites. Colls reveals the author once again.

Neal, Coyle, Echoes of Antiquity: Hellenistic Thought in a Politically Changing World. 210 pp. 2025:2 (Lexington Books, US) <743-15>
ISBN 978-1-6669-4127-2 hard ¥22,522.- (税込) US$ 105.00

Echoes of Antiquity: Hellenistic Thought in a Politically Changing World invites readers to explore the profound philosophical schools of the Hellenistic era. It delves into the thought of the Skeptics, Cynics, Epicureans, and Stoics, revealing how their unique perspectives pursue a fulfilling life and deeper understanding of the world. This book not only sheds light on the historical context of these philosophies but also connects them to modern thinkers and contemporary challenges. Each chapter serves as a guide through the complexities of Hellenistic thought, encouraging readers to consider why the varieties of ancient wisdom still matter today. Echoes of Antiquity: Hellenistic Thought in a Politically Changing World will guide the reader in understanding how the philosophers who lived between the times of Aristotle and Augustine attempted to make sense of their world and pointed towards pathways to a good and happy life that continue to endure.

政治的なデカルト－デカルトの思想に関する新しい考察
Pellegrin, Marie-Frederique / Raymond, Clement (dir.), Descartes politique: nouvelles considerations sur la pensee cartesienne. (Constitution de la modernite) 307 p. 2024:12 (Classiques Garnier, FR) <743-29>
ISBN 978-2-406-17319-9 hard ¥18,335.- (税込) EUR 79.00
ISBN 978-2-406-17318-2 paper ¥7,427.- (税込) EUR 32.00