Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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Explore the Foundations of Human Knowledge.

The present book verses on the current discussion, between authors writing within the Thomistic tradition, on the issue of human rights, and pretends to adjudicate that discussion.

The present book verses on the current discussion, between authors writing within the Thomistic tradition, on the issue of human rights, and pretends to adjudicate that discussion.

Offers a fresh narrative of ancient ethics that does justice to neglected perspectives on the value of human life.

The only available volume of essays from scholars of every interpretative viewpoint on self-knowledge and self-ignorance in Plato''s thought.

Positively re-assesses the relationship between body and soul in Plato''s later dialogues, focusing on the harmony between them.

Weinstein argues that Plato''s ''fighting spirit'' in the Republic plays an essential role in rational agency.

Applies Aristotle''s argument - that citizenship is like friendship - to the liberal and democratic societies of the present day.

Do the gods love you?

Provides the first full study of Aristotle''s notion of evil and sheds light on its content, potential, and influence.

Explores a central paradox in Plotinus'' work: Plotinus writes about the One, which he tells us is ineffable.

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

Reveals the importance of Gellius'' Noctes Atticae for the history of reading, thought, and intellectual culture in the Graeco-Roman world.

Examines the first theory of consciousness in Western philosophy, dispelling the dogma that consciousness studies begins with Descartes.

Ground-breaking study revealing the thrill and moral power of the ancient Roman story-world and its ancestral tales of bloody heroism.

Offers a collection of essays exploring notions of authority and authorship through ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.

Historically and philosophically informed introduction to the embryological, zoological, and medical views presented in this sophisticated and challenging text.

Traces the concept of kosmos as order, arrangement, and ornament in ancient philosophy, literature, and aesthetics.

Focusing on philosophical method in Augustine''s early dialogues, explains their pedagogical program and its relevance to current debates.

Offers a re-appraisal of the sources and philosophical significance of Peripatetic ethics as interpreted and appropriated by Antiochus of Ascalon.

Provides an original, up-to-date, and systematic account of Aristotle''s views on contemplation''s place in the human good.

The first comprehensive study of the function and value of aporia, or puzzlement, as a key tool in ancient philosophical enquiry.

Argues for a scientific interpretation of Aristotle''s ethical method and takes an innovative approach toward understanding his conception of philosophy.

Comprehensive account of Melissus of Samos and his contribution to the philosophy of monism in early Greek thinking.

Explores Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine as interpreters of Plato''s Timaeus in the context of the Roman philosophical tradition.

Using a series of case-studies from across European philosophical traditions, this book traces the influence of Neoplatonism over the centuries.

Focusing on Greece and Babylonia, this book provides a new, cross-cultural approach to the intellectual history of the Hellenistic world.

Comprehensive and in-depth study of this important text, the first book of Aristotle''s foundational treatise on natural philosophy.

Revisits central texts and themes in ancient philosophy in order to throw fresh light on some familiar passages and debates.

The first collection of essays on Aristotle''s philosophy of human nature, covering the metaphysical, biological and ethical works.

Shows that Homer was a philosophic thinker who played a crucial role in the thought of Plato, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche.

Generation and Corruption II, a foundational text, develops Aristotle''s theory of the elements, essential for his natural philosophy.

The first book to show how Cicero invented the idea of ''the will of the people'' and its ramifications today.

From a provocative reading of Plato and Aristotle, the Transcendence Theory of Art challenges traditional notions concerning the autonomy of art, essentialism and art as such.

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The birth of philosophy - wisdom that shaped civilization.

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This 2005 book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault''s relation to ancient Greek thought.