Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

This study gives a comprehensive and readable account of the principal doctrines of the Stoics, Epicureans and various sceptical traditions from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to about 200 AD.

The Philosopher's Banquet is the first sustained study of Plutarch's Table Talk, a Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue (in the style of Plato's Symposium) and miscellany.

There are many fallacious arguments in the dialogues of Plato.

For more than two thousand years, the writings of the Confucian philosopher Mengzi have been a source of guidance and inspiration for those set on doing something to improve the state of the world.

This title was first published in 2000.

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

An examination of pity and fear as responses to tragedy in ancient Greek thought.

Wittgenstein was a faithful and passionate reader of Plato's Dialogues as confirmed by writings and witnesses.

What we can learn about fostering innovation and creative thinking from some of the most inventive people of all times-the ancient GreeksWhen it comes to innovation and creative thinking, we are still catching up with the ancient Greeks.

Greek Skepticism examines the evolution of skeptical philosophy in ancient Greece, focusing on epistemological concerns such as knowledge, belief, and perception, while framing these inquiries within the Hellenistic eras broader philosophical challenges.

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.

The first detailed study of The Pythagorean Precepts, which present the Pythagorean way of life praised by Plato.

The Metaphysics of Good and Evil is the first, full-length contemporary defence, from the perspective of analytic philosophy, of the Scholastic theory of good and evil - the theory of Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and most medieval and Thomistic philosophers.

The late Mario Mignucci was one of the most authoritative, original, and influential scholars in the area of ancient philosophy, especially ancient logic.

Some of the most provocative questions confronting philosophers in Africa are grounded in the historical memory of conquest and the peripheralisation the continent.

Critical edition, translation, and extended interpretation of this important work which reveals the operation of Aristotle''s methodology.

This book develops a new account of Socratic method, based on a psychological model of Plato's dramatic depiction of Socrates' character and conduct.

Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audienceCan jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election?

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism-translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophyBorn a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c.

One of the central challenges to contemporary political philosophy is the apparent impossibility of arriving at any commonly agreed upon "e;truths.

Lawyers, law students and their teachers all too frequently overlook the most comprehensive, adaptable and practical analysis of legal discourse ever devised: the classical art of rhetoric.

Takes stock of existing approaches in the interpretation of Lucretius, innovates within these, and advances in new directions.

This is the first introduction to Stoic philosophy for 30 years.

Sten Ebbesen has contributed many works in the field of ancient and medieval philosophy over many decades of dedicated research.

An examination of pity and fear as responses to tragedy in ancient Greek thought.

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Everyone wants to live a meaningful life.

Much of the work that has been done on virtue has been devoted to getting virtue ethics a seat at the theoretical table.

INTRODUCTION TO PRESOCRATICS The general public and scholars alike will find Introduction to Presocratics stimulating, engaging and exceptionally useful.

In this book, Sara Monoson challenges the longstanding and widely held view that Plato is a virulent opponent of all things democratic.

Human beings have speculated about whether or not there is life after death, and if so, what form that life might take, for centuries.

Mark Miller''s innovative study argues that Chaucer''s Canterbury Tales represent an extended mediation on agency, autonomy and practical reason.

While Kierkegaard's use of the Greek authors, particularly Plato and Aristotle, has attracted considerable attention over the years, his use of the Roman authors has, by contrast, remained sadly neglected.

This volume presents the first edition of the Arabic translation, by Hunayn ibn Ishaq, of Galen's Critical Days (De diebus decretoriis), together with the first translation of the text into a modern language.

This unusual book explores the transformative power of liminal experiences in ancient Greek texts, psychoanalytic theory, and the author's own life, to demonstrate how a contemporary understanding of ancient thought can illuminate modern psychoanalytic theory and practice especially as it relates to trauma, grief, and the development of psyche.

A 1999 Companion to Greek philosophy, invaluable for new readers, and for specialists.

Cosmological narratives like the creation story in the book of Genesis or the modern Big Bang are popularly understood to be descriptions of how the universe was created.

'An inspiring story of a life well lived.

This book offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius.

Christianity proclaims Christ and the incarnate word of God; the Bible is described as the Word of God in both Jewish and Christian tradition.

With an new foreword by James WarrenLong renowned as one of the clearest and best introductions to ancient Greek philosophy for non-specialists, W.

In 2021, a previously unknown treatise by Porphyry of Tyre, which has been preserved in a Syriac translation, was made available to historians of philosophy: Porphyry, On Principles and Matter (De Gruyter, 2021).

Parmenides of Elea is widely regarded as the most important of the Presocratic philosophers and one of the most influential thinkers of all time.

In this book, Claudia Baracchi demonstrates the indissoluble links between practical and theoretical wisdom in Aristotle''s thinking.

Plato, often cited as a founding father of Western philosophy, set out ideas in the Republic regarding the nature of justice, order, and the character of the just individual, that endure into the modern day.