Ancient Greek and Roman 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.

Oedipus presents ceaseless paradoxes that have fascinated readers for centuries.

Oedipus presents ceaseless paradoxes that have fascinated readers for centuries.

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.

What makes for a philosophical classic?

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 emotions have long been an interest for those studying ancient Greece and Rome.

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.

This book presents a substantially revised version of some of the most important and innovative articles published by Alan Cameron in the field of late antique Greek poetry and philosophy.

What does it mean for Christ to be the "e;image of God"e;?

Stephen Scully both offers a reading of Hesiod's Theogony and traces the reception and shadows of this authoritative Greek creation story in Greek and Roman texts up to Milton's own creation myth, which sought to "e;soar above th' Aonian Mount [i.

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

This volume presents fourteen of William E.

Most philosophy has rejected the theater, denouncing it as a place of illusion or moral decay; the theater in turn has rejected philosophy, insisting that drama deals in actions, not ideas.

This study looks at how the seventeenth-century philosopher Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi, known as Mulla Sadra, attempted to reconcile the three major forms of knowledge in Islamic philosophical discourses: revelation (Qur'an), demonstration (burhan), and gnosis or intuitive knowledge ('irfan).

As both a literary genre and a view of life, tragedy has from the very beginning spurred a dialogue between poetry and philosophy.

Ever since "e;Know Thyself"e; was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest.

This is a collection of Paul Hoffman's wide-ranging essays on Descartes composed over the past twenty-five years.

Scholarship on Plato's dialogues persistently divides its focus between the dramatic or literary and the philosophical or argumentative dimensions of the texts.

By the Roman age the traditional stories of Greek myth had long since ceased to reflect popular culture.

Throughout the history of philosophy, skepticism has posed one of the central challenges of epistemology.

Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature (Series Editors: Kathleen Coleman and Richard Rutherford) introduces individual works of Greek and Latin literature to readers who are approaching them for the first time.

Ancient Greek athletics offer us a clear window on many important aspects of ancient culture, some of which have distinct parallels with modern sports and their place in our society.

In this deft and vigorous book, Mark Balaguer demonstrates that there are no good arguments for or against mathematical platonism (ie.

This exceptional book examines and explains Plato's answer to the normative question, "e;How ought we to live?

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

The emotions have long been an interest for those studying ancient Greece and Rome.

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This study offers an in-depth examination of Porphyrian soteriology, or the concept of the salvation of the soul, in the thought of Porphyry of Tyre, whose significance for late antique thought is immense.

This book presents a substantially revised version of some of the most important and innovative articles published by Alan Cameron in the field of late antique Greek poetry and philosophy.

This book is a study of the literary strategies which the first professional philosophers used to market their respective disciplines.

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