Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

According to Xenophon, Socrates tried to persuade his associate Aristippus to moderate his excessive indulgence in wine, women, and food, arguing that only hard work can bring happiness.

In this 2004 book, Paolo Crivelli discusses all the main aspects of Aristotle''s views on truth and falsehood.

Studies the dominant philosophical reflections on religion and the pantheon in the Post-Hellenistic period.

This book argues against the assumption that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously.

In this volume, Mirko Canevaro studies the 'state' documents (laws and decrees) preserved in the public speeches of the Demosthenic corpus.

For centuries Latin served as an international language for scholars in Europe.

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

This book explores Plato''s views on what an ''art of argument'' should look like, investigating the relationship between psychology and rhetoric.

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

Syrianus, originally from Alexandria, moved to Athens and became the head of the Academy there after the death of Plutarch of Athens.

Gabriel Richardson Lear presents a bold new approach to one of the enduring debates about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: the controversy about whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation.

Originally published in 1926, An Introduction to the History of Medicine is a compilation of reliable and essential contributions to the subject of the history of medicine.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics has been a central text in moral philosophy since the fourth century BC.

In Ancient Philosophy (2012), Christopher Shields expanded on the coverage of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in his earlier book, Classical Philosophy (2003), to include the philosophy of the Hellenistic era.

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

Studies the different conceptions of dialectic (art of argumentation, logic) during the Hellenistic and early Imperial periods.

Plato''s Account of Falsehood discusses recent secondary literature on the falsehood paradox, providing original solutions to several unsolved problems.

Aristotle is considered by many to be the founder of 'faculty psychology'--the attempt to explain a variety of psychological phenomena by reference to a few inborn capacities.

This volume presents thirteen original essays which explore both traditional and contemporary aspects of the metaphysics of relations.

The relation between virtue and knowledge is at the heart of the Socratic view of human excellence, but it also points to a central puzzle of the Platonic dialogues: Can Socrates be serious in his claims that human excellence is constituted by one virtue, that vice is merely the result of ignorance, and that the correct response to crime is therefore not punishment but education?

John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being.

David Konstan argues that the modern concept of interpersonal forgiveness, in the full sense of the term, did not exist in ancient Greece and Rome.

Examines the idea of the invention of the individual subjective self by Plotinus and its impact on the Christian tradition.

Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy.

What is the good life?

Plato was the first and most formidable thinker to recognise that education is a fiercely contested concept, and to point out what great social and personal issues are at stake in education.

One of the most celebrated of Plato's ideas was that if human society was ever to function successfully then philosophers would need to become kings, or kings philosophers.

This book, first published in 1914, examines the life of Socrates and his teaching, and also details the world in which he lived, the Greece of the time experiencing a breakdown of authority in religion, morality and society.

This powerful exploration of an important topic in philosophy of mind from ancient to contemporary philosophy presents an original argument against the current direction of debate and examines a wide range of philosophers from both continental and analytic traditions.

Professor Gutas deals here with the lives, sayings, thought, and doctrines of Greek philosophers drawn from sources preserved in medieval Arabic translations and for the most part not extant in the original.

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

Shows how ancient philosophers understood productive knowledge and used it to explain ethics, rhetoric, the arts, politics and cosmology.

A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever writtenIn a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever.

This book provides a clear and informed account of aesthetic and callistic concepts as they occur in the works of Plato and Aristotle.

Blighted and accursed families are an inescapable feature of Greek tragedy, and many scholars have treated questions of inherited guilt, curses, and divine causation.

This part of Proclus'' Commentary is especially significant for the study of the Platonic tradition from the earliest commentators onwards.

We are living in a moment of environmental and existential crisis that demands a response.

This book is a detailed exploration of the Hispanic intellectual context and the different Aristotelian traditions that prevailed until the 16th century.

The ancient philosophy of stoicism has been a crucial and formative influence on the development of Western thought since its inception through to the present day.

This book explores the process during 100 BCE–100 CE by which dualistic Platonism became the reigning school in philosophy.

A completely revised and considerably enlarged edition of this best-selling edition of Lucretius'' account of why death does not matter.

This book explores ancient thinking about causation and creation, considering the perspectives of key Christian and pagan thinkers.

Taking the form of a discussion between the hedonist Philebus, his na ve disciple Protarchus and Socrates, Philebus is a compelling consideration of the popular belief that pleasure is the greatest attainable good.