Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

the philosophers in the West, none, perhaps, is better known by name and less familiar in actual content of his ideas than the medieval Muslim philosopher, physician, minister and naturalist Abu Ali Ibn Sina, known since the days of the scholastics as Avicenna.

With a novel approach to Aristotle's zoology, this study looks at animals as creatures of nature (physis) and reveals a scientific discourse that, in response to his predecessors, exiles logos as reason and pursues the logos intrinsic to animals' bodies, empowering them to sense the world and live.

This book takes a new approach to the question, "e;Is the philosopher to be seen as universal human being or as eccentric?

This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love.

This valuable work of reference provides a comprehensive bibliography on all scholarly work that was published on Plato and Socrates during the years 1958-73.

The definitive account of Aristotle's life and schoolThis definitive biography shows that Aristotle's philosophy is best understood on the basis of a firm knowledge of his life and of the school he founded.

What would stoic ethics be like today if stoicism had survived as a systematic approach to ethical theory, if it had coped successfully with the challenges of modern philosophy and experimental science?

A philosophical commentary on a section of the Enneads written by the last great Neoplatonist thinker, Plotinus.

One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life.

Ludwig Edelstein (1902-1965) is well-known for his work on the history of anceint medicine and ancient philosophy, and to both of these areas he made contributions of primary importance.

In 1988 the philosopher Gilles Deleuze remarked that, throughout his career, he had always been 'circling around' a concept of nature.

Is there such a thing as three-dimensional space?

Offering fresh interpretations of Aristotle''s key work, this collection opens new paths for students and scholars to explore.

Plato's philosophical dialogues can be seen as his creation of a new genre.

Sir Anthony Kenny continues his magisterial new history of Western philosophy with a fascinating guide through more than a millennium of thought from 400 AD onwards, charting the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through to the Renaissance.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Divination and Human Nature casts a new perspective on the rich tradition of ancient divination-the reading of divine signs in oracles, omens, and dreams.

This book offers a fundamental reworking of the history of the development of Greek music from the classical period to Roman times.

Collects important studies on Plato and his subsequent reception and presents hitherto unpublished lectures, ''The Archaeology of Feeling''.

Plato's Euthyphro is important because it gives an excellent example of Socratic dialogue in operation and of the connection of that dialectic with Plato's earlier theory of Forms.

Explores what it was like to argue and to live as a practitioner of Pyrrhonist skepticism.

Explains how and why Socrates continues to be a foundational figure in western philosophy.

Examines Porphyry of Tyre''s critical engagement with Hellenism in late antiquity, emphasizing philosophical translation as the key to his thought.

The Philebus is an extraordinarily creative and profound examination of what makes for a good human life, containing some of Plato's most sophisticated discussions of moral psychology, knowledge, metaphysics, and philosophical methodology.

Plato is one of the most widely read and studied philosophers of all time.

This volume presents a commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 12 by pseudo-Alexander in a new translation accompanied by explanatory notes, introduction and indexes.

'But where shall wisdom be found?

Ward investigates the conceptual connections between two meanings of theoria in ancient Greece: attendance at religious festivals and philosophical contemplation.

Michael V.

In Plato's Theaetetus, Socrates is portrayed as a midwife to the intellect, a metaphor for his task as a dialectician as he seeks to help give birth to wisdom.

Kathrin Koslicki offers an analysis of ordinary materials objects, those material objects to which we take ourselves to be committed in ordinary, scientifically informed discourse.

Volume 1 presents the texts in new translations by the authors, accompanied by a philosophical and historical commentary.

This volume presents the first edition of the Arabic translation, by Hunayn ibn Ishaq, of Galen's Critical Days (De diebus decretoriis), together with the first translation of the text into a modern language.

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specifications for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017).

Maximus the Confessor (c.

Argues that, for Aristotle, scientific inquiry is governed both by a domain-neutral erotetic framework and by domain-specific norms.

Proclus' commentary on Plato's "e;Timaeus"e; is perhaps the most important surviving Neoplatonic commentary.

'One of the best books ever written on the power and practicality of philosophy for building a good and successful life' - Tom Morris, bestselling author of Plato's Lemonade Stand and Stoicism for Dummies-------How can we apply the teachings of the greatest ancient philosopher to modern life?

Collected in this volume are some of the most important articles published on the philosophy of the Greeks before Socrates.

Aristotle and Natural Law lays out a new theoretical approach which distinguishes between the notions of 'interpretation,' 'appropriation,' 'negotiation' and 'reconstruction' of the meaning of texts and their component concepts.

From the middle of the eighth century to the tenth century, almost all non-literary and non-historical secular Greek books, including such diverse topics as astrology, alchemy, physics, botany and medicine, that were not available throughout the eastern Byzantine Empire and the Near East, were translated into Arabic.

Presents a new understanding of the social and political world of the late republic and the reasons for its fall.

Susan Sauve Meyer presents a new translation of Plato's Laws, 1 and 2.

This Element examines how Plato, Aristotle, Stoics and Sextus Empiricus approached relative change.

The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Cognitive Theory is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the application of cognitive theory to the study of the classical world, across several interrelated areas including linguistics, literary theory, social practices, performance, artificial intelligence and archaeology.

Alexander of Aphrodisias, who flourished c.

A constitutionalist reading of Plato's political thoughtPlato famously defends the rule of knowledge.