Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

The Beach of Dreams (1919) is a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole.

Neoplatonists from Plotinus onward incorporate Aristotle's logic and ontology into their philosophies: this process is of both intrinsic and historical interest and paves the way for subsequent philosophical debates in the Middle Ages and beyond.

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

First Published in 1999.

For anyone approaching the Encheiridion of Epictetus for the first time, this book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding a complex philosophical text.

This first of two volumes on the Greeks by Rush Rhees addresses the central philosophical question: In what sense does philosophy investigate reality?

This book is about the famous Roman orator and statesman Cicero and his rhetorical and political strategy as a newcomer in Roman republican politics.

Während die griechische Philosophie lange auf das Notwendige als Basis sicherer Erkenntnis fokussiert war, spielen in der Metaphysik des Aristoteles der Begriff des Vermögens und der Möglichkeit eine zentrale Rolle.

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St Theodore the Studite's Defence of the Icons provides an investigation of the icon-theology of St Theodore the Studite, mainly as it is presented in his three refutations of the iconoclasts, the Antirrhetici tres adversus iconomachos.

The first comprehensive study of Plotinus'' theory of the soul for half a century.

'Poverty does not consist in the want of money,' I answered, 'nor is begging to be deplored.

This volume is the first systematic study of Seneca's interaction with earlier literature of a variety of genres and traditions.

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

An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved oneIn 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth.

Comprehensive overview of all the key issues in Aristotle''s biological works and their place within his broader philosophy and theology.

Bringing together the history of educational philosophy, political philosophy, and rhetoric, this book examines the influence of the philosopher Isocrates on educational thought and the history of education.

A stimulating intellectual history of Ptolemy's philosophy and his conception of a world in which mathematics reigns supremeThe Greco-Roman mathematician Claudius Ptolemy is one of the most significant figures in the history of science.

Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, of Alopece is arguably the most richly and diversely commemorated - and appropriated - of all ancient thinkers.

Although wisdom and beauty are prized everywhere, in what exactly they consist is a matter of dispute that even has tragic political implications.

This volume illuminates an underexplored aspect of Plato''s Laws: its uniquely rich discussion of cultural matters.

A transcript of Leo Strauss's key seminars on Plato's Protagoras.

Socrates' greatest philosophical contribution was to have initiated the search for definitions.

This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love.

Edwin Hartman offers an account of his intellectual journey from Aristotle to organization theory to business ethics to an Aristotelian approach to business ethics.

In many discussions of ancient philosophy, teleology is acknowledged as an important theme.

A full study of the surviving evidence for Xenarchus of Seleucia, one of the earliest interpreters of Aristotle.

Did Plato abandon, or sharply modify, the Theory of Forms in later life?

Explores the philosophical import and use of musical notions in crucial moments and authors of the Roman Imperial period.

Once regarded as a minor Socratic school, Cynicism is now admired as one of the more creative and influential philosophical movements in antiquity.

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

What if the reality you see is nothing more than shadows on a wall?

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

In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E.

This collection of essays sheds new light on the relationship between two of the main drivers of intellectual discourse in ancient Greece: the epic tradition and the Sophists.

This book explores how politeia (constitution) structures both political and extra-political relations throughout the entire range of Greek and Roman thought.

Sui Han geht von der Mehrdeutigkeit des Begriffs des Nichtseienden – die der von Aristoteles in einer berühmten Formulierung festgestellten Mehrdeutigkeit des Seienden teilweise, aber nicht völlig analog ist – und der „Aussageverflechtung von Sein und Nichtsein“ aus.

This book examines the origins of ancient Greek science using the vehicles of blood, blood vessels, and the heart.

the philosophers in the West, none, perhaps, is better known by name and less familiar in actual content of his ideas than the medieval Muslim philosopher, physician, minister and naturalist Abu Ali Ibn Sina, known since the days of the scholastics as Avicenna.

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