Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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Commenting on the end of Aristotle's On the Heavens Book 3, Simplicius examines Aristotle's criticisms of Plato's theory of elemental chemistry in the Timaeus.

Tracing the historical origin and the critical development of Hellenic philosophy from vague and indeterminate beginnings to its classical maturity and fruition in the minds, words and works of the Athenian philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, this book argues that dignified nobility, respectful critique and unfettered freedom of thought and expression clearly defined the character of Classical Hellenic philosophy and that this distinguishes it from philosophies of different eras.

First published in 1977 this volume is the only account published in English in the 20th century to be exclusively devoted to an interpretation of Aristotle's political thought (as distinct from commentaries, translations and works on Aristotelean philosophy in general).

It hardly needs repeating that Plato defined philosophy partly by contrast with the work of the poets.

Originally published in 1973.

Women played an important part in Pythagorean communities, so Greek sources from the Classical era to Byzantium consistently maintain.

An examination of ancient Greek philosophical conceptions of pleasure, which is the first book to compare them to contemporary conceptions.

A new translation of Plato''s Laws into accessible English, with essential introductory and other explanatory material.

This book examines Augustine''s intellectual conversion from Platonism to Christianity, as described at Confessions 7.

Socrates wrote nothing; Plato's accounts of Socrates helped to establish western politics, ethics, and metaphysics.

Soon after Aristotle's death, several schools of ancient philosophy arose, each addressing the practical question of how to live a good, happy life.

Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy contests the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving the concept of meontology.

The earlier part of the commentary by 'Philoponus' on Aristotle's On the Soul is translated by William Charlton in another volume in the series.

Cicero, one of the greatest orators of all time and an important politician at the time of the downfall of the Roman Republic, has left in his writings a first-hand view of the age of Caesar and Pompey.

Knowledge, Nature, and the Good brings together some of John Cooper's most important works on ancient philosophy.

This book investigates the thought of two of the most influential philosophers of antiquity, Plato and his predecessor Anaxagoras, with respect to their metaphysical accounts of objects and their properties.

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

In the past quarter century, enormous philosophical attention has been paid to Plato's "e;Socratic"e; dialogues, as interpreters have sought to identify which dialogues are truly Socratic and interpret and defend the moral theories they find in those works.

Nietzsche is undoubtedly one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.

The purpose of this book, first published in 1957, is to make a critical analysis of the controversial Socratic problem.

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.

Though the wonders of ancient Roman culture continue to attract interest across the disciplines, it is difficult to find a lively, accessible collection of the full range of the era's literature in English.

The birth of philosophical thought across the ancient world brought with it a keen interest in the study of leadership- reflections on who should lead and on how to create the best leadership structures became central to the debates of most prominent ancient philosophers.

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

Re-examines the concept of immortality in ancient philosophy from the Presocratics to Augustine.

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

The philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi (c.

The shape and course which Christian thought has taken over its history is largely due to the contributions of individuals and communities in the second and third centuries.

The aim of Ethics and Self-Cultivation is to establish and explore a new 'cultivation of the self' strand within contemporary moral philosophy.

Soon after Nero's accession in 54 CE, his tutor, the philosopher Seneca, addressed to his young pupil an essay called De Clementia in which he offered advice on how to behave in his new role.

This book presents a positive account of Aristotle's theory of political economy, arguing that it contains elements that may help us better understand and resolve contemporary social and economic problems.

Jesus as Philosopher: The Philosophical Sage in the Synoptic Gospels examines the possible ways in which the authors of the Synoptic Gospels, Mark, Matthew, and Luke, were inspired by contemporary philosophical traditions about the ideal philosophical sage in their description of their ideal human being, Jesus Christ.

This book is a full-scale commentary on the Cratylus, one of Plato''s most difficult and intriguing dialogues.

These new essays comprise the first collective study of Lucan and his epic poem that focuses specifically on points of contact between his text and the cultural, literary, and historical environments in which he lived and wrote.

Explores the process by which the intellectual speculations pursued by Plato assumed the nature of a philosophical system.

First published in 1999.

Elucidates the language, literary style and distinctive approach to the philosophy of Seneca''s letters in their historical context.

Ian Crombie's impressive volumes provide a comprehensive interpretation of Plato's doctrines.

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Offers a systematic presentation of Plato''s late cosmology, showing connections to his ethics and arguments about the organic structure of the universe.

Plato's Parmenides Reconsidered offers a very accessible, detailed, and historically-sensitive account of Plato's Parmenides.

DEMOCRACY WAS BORN IN ATHENS.

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Written by one of the most important founding figures of Western philosophy, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics represents a critical point in the study of ethics which has influenced the direction of modern philosophy.

Augustine was one of the West's first public philosophers.

Space, Time, Matter, and Form collects ten of David Bostock's essays on themes from Aristotle's Physics, four of them published here for the first time.

'Our greatest blessings come to us by way of mania, provided it is given us by divine gift,' - says Socrates in Plato's Phaedrus.

Byzantine philosophy is an almost unexplored field.

Hegel and Plato are united as political theorists by the convergence of their philosophical aspirations.