Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

Mark Eli Kalderon presents an original study in the philosophy of perception written in the medium of historiography.

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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy.

Against Those in the Disciplines (Pros Mathematikous, also known by the abbreviated title M 1-6) deals with six specialized fields of study: grammar, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, and music.

Sextus Empiricus was the voice of ancient Greek skepticism for posterity.

Sextus Empiricus was the voice of ancient Greek skepticism for posterity.

This volume introduces readers to a selected number of core issues in metaphysics that have been central in the history of philosophy and remain foundational to contemporary debates, that is: substances; properties; modality and essence; causality; determinism and free will.

This volume introduces readers to a selected number of core issues in metaphysics that have been central in the history of philosophy and remain foundational to contemporary debates, that is: substances; properties; modality and essence; causality; determinism and free will.

Philosophies in several ancient traditions aimed to alleviate people's anxieties and improve their lives.

Philosophies in several ancient traditions aimed to alleviate people's anxieties and improve their lives.

Why does a wine glass break when you drop it, whereas a steel goblet does not?

Why does a wine glass break when you drop it, whereas a steel goblet does not?

Ancient philosophers considered question about laughter, humor, and comedy to be both philosophically interesting and important.

This book elucidates the poetics of Philodemus of Gadara, a first century BCE Epicurean philosopher and poet, whose On Poems survives in extensive fragments among the Herculaneum papyri.

This book elucidates the poetics of Philodemus of Gadara, a first century BCE Epicurean philosopher and poet, whose On Poems survives in extensive fragments among the Herculaneum papyri.

The Roman philosopher Seneca addressed himself to the question of how we ought to live in letters and treatises that have engaged the attention of readers from his own day to the present.

This book is about love in the classical world - not erotic passion but the kind of love that binds together intimate members of a family and very close friends, but which may also be extended to include a wider range of individuals for whom we care deeply.

This book is about love in the classical world - not erotic passion but the kind of love that binds together intimate members of a family and very close friends, but which may also be extended to include a wider range of individuals for whom we care deeply.

Everyone wants to live a meaningful life.

Everyone wants to live a meaningful life.

Homer and the Poetics of Gesture is the first book of its kind to consider the epic formula in terms that are gestural as well as verbal.

Homer and the Poetics of Gesture is the first book of its kind to consider the epic formula in terms that are gestural as well as verbal.

Focusing on the period known as the Second Sophistic (an era roughly co-extensive with the second century AD), this Handbook serves the need for a broad and accessible overview.

Aristotle's theories of truth, practical reasoning, and action are some of the most influential theories in the history of philosophy.

Desiring the Good defends a novel and distinctive approach in ethics that is inspired by ancient philosophy.

Desiring the Good defends a novel and distinctive approach in ethics that is inspired by ancient philosophy.

From Natural Character to Moral Virtue in Aristotle discusses Aristotle's biological views about character and the importance of what he calls 'natural character traits' for the development of moral virtue as presented in his ethical treatises.

The problem of tyranny preoccupied Plato, and its discussion both begins and ends his famous Republic.

The problem of tyranny preoccupied Plato, and its discussion both begins and ends his famous Republic.

The ancient topic of universals was central to scholastic philosophy, which raised the question of whether universals exist as Platonic forms, as instantiated Aristotelian forms, as concepts abstracted from singular things, or as words that have universal signification.

There are very few accounts of the afterlife across the period from Homer to Dante.

There are very few accounts of the afterlife across the period from Homer to Dante.

Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (Vth century BCE) is best known in the history of philosophy for his stance that there is a share of everything in everything.

This book is a philosophical study of two major thinkers who span the period of late antiquity.

This book is a philosophical study of two major thinkers who span the period of late antiquity.

A philosopher, mathematician, and martyr, Hypatia is one of antiquity's best known female intellectuals.

Plato is the best known, and continues to be the most widely studied, of all the ancient Greek philosophers.

Plato is the best known, and continues to be the most widely studied, of all the ancient Greek philosophers.

The acquisition of self-knowledge is often described as one of the main goals of philosophical inquiry.

In her essay collection First, Second, and Other Selves: Essays on Friendship and Personal Identity, well-known scholar of ancient philosophy Jennifer Whiting gathers her previously published essays taking Aristotle's theories on friendship as a springboard to engage with contemporary philosophical work on personal identity and moral psychology.

The study of emotions and emotional displays has achieved a deserved prominence in recent classical scholarship.

The story of Sosipatra of Pergamum (4th century C.

Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (Vth century BCE) is best known in the history of philosophy for his stance that there is a share of everything in everything.

Moral Motivation presents a history of the concept of moral motivation.

The ancient topic of universals was central to scholastic philosophy, which raised the question of whether universals exist as Platonic forms, as instantiated Aristotelian forms, as concepts abstracted from singular things, or as words that have universal signification.

What role did poetry, music, song, and dance play in the social and political life of the ancient Greek city?

The study of emotions and emotional displays has achieved a deserved prominence in recent classical scholarship.

From Natural Character to Moral Virtue in Aristotle discusses Aristotle's biological views about character and the importance of what he calls 'natural character traits' for the development of moral virtue as presented in his ethical treatises.