Dignitas – Genese eines römischen Wertbegriffs

Eine begriffsgeschichtliche Untersuchung

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Die begriffsgeschichtliche Untersuchung „Dignitas – Genese eines römischen Wertbegriffs“ verfolgt die Entwicklung des römischen Leitbegriffs dignitas in der antiken lateinischen Literatur. Dabei werden durch Interpretation exemplarisch ausgewählter Belege des Wortes Merkmale für dignitas abgeleitet. Die so gewonnenen Merkmale werden synchron …

Rasn Yast

The Avestan Hymn to ‘Justice’

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This book contains a critical edition of the Avestan language composition known as the Rašn Yašt, or ‘Hymn to Justice’. The text is accompanied by an English translation, philological commentary and glossary. In addition, the main themes of the Rašn …

The Lantern of Spirits

Miṣbāḥ ul-arvāḥ

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Misbâh ul-arvâh, or The Lantern of Spirits, is a comparatively little known Sufi didactic Persian poem written in the 12th century by the next to unknown Shaikh Shams ud-dîn Muhammad b. Îl-Tughân Bardasîrî Kirmânî. It is not a very long …

Le verbe pashto

Parcours d’un territoire du verbe simple à la locution verbale

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In this work, the Authors provide an analysis of the entire verbal system of Pashto, the language of some 50 million speakers in Afghanistan, Pakistan and diasporas. As an Iranian language, Pashto verbs share some main behaviours with the other …