In Plato's "e;Ion,"e; Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry, gives his performance on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtue of divine possession.
At a time of unprecedented interest in Stoicism, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to Stoic ethics for students and for readers interested in Stoic life-guidance.
The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader brings together seminal texts from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century and makes them accessible in one volume for the first time.
Written by Dr Roy Jackson, who Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, Plato: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place.
Hypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face details the fictional life of the philosopher Hypatia and tells the story of Philammon, a young monk, who becomes involved in the political and religious issues within the city of Alexandria.
Until the launch of this series nearly twenty years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages.
Until the launch of this series over fifteen years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages.
Aristotle's Posterior Analytics elaborates for the first time in the history of Western philosophy the notions of science and the requirements for the distinctive kind of knowledge scientists possess.
Themistius' treatment of Books 5-8 of Aristotle's Physics shows this commentator's capacity to identify, isolate and discuss the core ideas in Aristotle's account of change, his theory of the continuum, and his doctrine of the unmoved mover.
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.
Themistius' treatment of Books 1-3 of Aristotle's Physics presents central features of Aristotle's thought about principles, causation, change and infinity.
The Triumph of the Necrophiles is the product of over forty years of research and is the most thorough, comprehensive, and penetrating critique of the mechanical worldview ever written.
Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life.
The Essential Greek and Roman Anthology:The Aeneid- Virgil Meditations- Marcus Aurelius Of The Nature of Things- Lucretius Platos Republic Alcestis- Euripides The Electra of Euripides Hippolytus/The Bacchae- Euripides The Iphigenia in Tauris- Euripedes The Trojan women of Euripides Agamemnon- Aeschylus The Choephori- Aeschylus Eumenides- Aeschylus The Persians- Aeschylus Prometheus Bound- Aeschylus The Seven Against Thebes- Aeschylus The Suppliants- Aeschylus The Oedipus Trilogy- Sophocles The Bucolics and Eclogues- Virgil The Satyricon, Complete- Petronius Arbiter The Georgics- Virgil The Metamorphoses of Ovid The Odyssey- Homer The Religion of Numa- Jesse Benedict Carter Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica- Homer and Hesiod Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine- James Sands Elliott A Short History of Greek Philosophy- John Marshall The Common People of Ancient Rome- Frank Frost Abbott19 BC
This book is a detailed exploration of the Hispanic intellectual context and the different Aristotelian traditions that prevailed until the 16th century.
Written as a series of private notes, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is a powerful guide to self-reflection and personal growth from one of history's most respected Roman emperors, exploring the philosophical teachings of Stoicism.
