Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

Heidegger's critique of Western philosophy centers around his interpretation of Aristotle.

A comparative study of what the most influential writers of Ancient Greece and China thought it meant to have knowledge and whether they distinguished knowledge from other forms of wisdom.

One difficulty with interpreting Plato is that his philosophical views are hidden within his dialogues and articulated through his dramatic characters.

Didnt take Classics at school?

Part of the Hero Classics series"e;Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.

By "e;literary criticism"e; we usually mean a self-conscious act involving the technical and aesthetic appraisal, by individuals, of autonomous works of art.

"e;The body cries out to not be hungry, not be thirsty, not be cold.

Stoicism offers rationally grounded, proven psychological techniques for the gradual development of consistent self-mastery, and emotional detachment from those elements of the human condition that tend to cause the most pervasive and unsettling forms of fear, anxiety, and avoidable disquiet.

This book addresses the issue of natural simultaneity of relatives, discussed by Aristotle in Categories 7, 7b15 8a12.

A lively and accessible introduction to the Greek and Roman origins of our political ideasIn The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire.

Discover the simple way to understand and remember the most groundbreaking concepts in 3,000 years of philosophical thought.

The Meditations are a collection of personal writings and spiritual reflections by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

The impact of classical thought on Renaissance philosophy is the subject of this volume.

US conservatives have repeatedly turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power.

After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c 4 BCE-65 CE).

US conservatives have repeatedly turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power.

After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c 4 BCE-65 CE).

The funniest introduction to philosophy available A New York Times Bestseller with over 300,000 copies sold worldwide 'A hoot!

These thirty essays were presented to Alan L Boegehold, a distinguished philologist and an inspirational teacher, on the occasion of his retirement and his seventy-fifth birthday.

These thirty essays were presented to Alan L Boegehold, a distinguished philologist and an inspirational teacher, on the occasion of his retirement and his seventy-fifth birthday.

A collection of meditations in the Stoic tradition.

The Athens of Socrates's time has gone down in history as the very place where democracy and freedom of speech were born.

Nicole Oresme's translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Economics into French from Latin in the 1370s is the subject of Claire Sherman's stunningly illustrated book.

Cultivate willpower, self-respect and focus in an age of distraction: book 2 in the New York Times-bestselling Stoic Virtues series 'Ryan Holiday is among the most psychologically wise writers I know' ANGELA DUCKWORTH, bestselling author of GritTo master anything, we must first master ourselves: our emotions, thoughts and actions.

Discover the power, confidence and purposethat come with courage: book 1 in the New York Times-bestselling Stoic Virtues series 'An urgent call to arms for each and all of us' Matthew McConaughey Courage is a powerful force that enables us to overcome obstacles, fight for what's right, serve others, drive change - and, ultimately, become who we were truly meant to be.

We might think we are through with the past, but the past isn't through with us.

Seit ihren Anfängen in der Vorsokratik wurden in der griechischen Philosophie Reflexionen über das Träumen sowie zu den spirituellen und natürlichen – den physikalischen, physiologischen und psychologischen – Entstehungsursachen angestellt, die sich etwa auch in der Verwendung des Traumes als Metapher niederschlugen.

Aristotle's Physics is about the causes of motion and culminates in a proof that God is needed as the ultimate cause of motion.

Porphyry's On Abstinence from Killing Animals is one of the most interesting books from Greek antiquity for both philosophers and historians.

Book 2 of the Physics is arguably the best introduction to Aristotle's ideas, as well as being the most interesting and representative book in the whole of his corpus.

This volume completes the translation in this series of Quaestiones attributed to Alexander of Aphrodisias, the leading ancient commentator on Aristotle.

The Quaestiones attributed to Alexander of Aphrodisias, the leading ancient commentator on Aristotle, are concerned with physics and metaphysics, psychology and divine providence.

Alexander of Aphrodisias, who flourished c.

Aristotle was a systematic writer who often cross-referred to the definitions of terms given elsewhere in his work.

In Metaphysics 4 Aristotle discusses the nature of metaphysics, the basic laws of logic, the falsity of subjectivism and the different types of ambiguity.

Aristotle's Metaphysics 2 consists of two chapters on methodology flanking an important discussion of the impossibility of infinite causal chains.

In his commentary on a portion of Aristotle's de Anima (On the Soul) known as de Intellectu (On the Intellect), Philoponus drew on both Christian and Neoplatonic traditions as he reinterpreted Aristotle's views on such key questions as the immortality of the soul, the role of images in thought, the character of sense perception and the presence within the soul of universals.

Porphyry (AD 232/3 - C.

Book 3 of Aristotle's Physics primarily concerns two important concepts for his theory of nature: change and infinity.

Is there such a thing as three-dimensional space?

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There has recently been considerable renewed interest in Book 7 of the Physics of Aristotle, once regarded as merely an undeveloped forerunner to Book 8.

Ammonius, who taught most of the leading sixth-century Neoplatonists, introduced the methods of his own teacher, Proclus, from Athens to Alexandria.

In the Corollaries on Place and Void, Philoponus attacks Aristotle's conception of place as two-dimensional, adopting instead the view more familiar to us that it is three-dimensional, inert and conceivable as void.