Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

The first exploration of the idiosyncratic brand of Platonism in the multifarious literary corpus of Apuleius of Madauros (c.

A comprehensive, authoritative, innovative and accessible account of Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West.

Provides new translations of Plato''s important works of ancient philosophy with an introduction explaining the major arguments.

A fresh and exciting study of Cicero''s philosophical activities and the enduring interest of his ethical and political thought.

Socratic and Platonic Political Philosophy invites readers to participate in the practices of Socratic and Platonic politics.

The first exploration of the idiosyncratic brand of Platonism in the multifarious literary corpus of Apuleius of Madauros (c.

A comprehensive, authoritative, innovative and accessible account of Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West.

Provides new translations of Plato''s important works of ancient philosophy with an introduction explaining the major arguments.

Argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his theories of motivation, affectivity, therapy for the passions and moral progress.

A new collection of thirteen essays, covering the reception of Aristotle''s ethics from the ancient world to the twentieth century.

Argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his theories of motivation, affectivity, therapy for the passions and moral progress.

A new collection of thirteen essays, covering the reception of Aristotle''s ethics from the ancient world to the twentieth century.

The most influential doctor of later antiquity, Galen wrote extensively on logic and the philosophy of science.

A comprehensive and wide-ranging 2003 introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world.

A completely accessible but thought-provoking 2007 introduction to one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius.

Sixteen leading scholars introduce and explain the many facets of Plotinus'' ''Neoplatonism''.

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

A comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world.

An introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school and an account of the areas of its philosophical interest.

Covers all the important aspects of Boethius''s thought and his influence on poets as well as philosophers and theologians.

An interesting interpretation of the historical trajectory of pre-modern mathematics.

Examines the unifying teleological theme in Plato''s dialogue the Timaeus-Critias.

A guide to the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans.

Covers all the important aspects of Boethius''s thought and his influence on poets as well as philosophers and theologians.

An introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school and an account of the areas of its philosophical interest.

A comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world.

A guide to the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans.

Offers a systematic presentation of Plato''s late cosmology, showing connections to his ethics and arguments about the organic structure of the universe.

Explores how morality worked, for Roman society as a whole and for individuals.

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In this study, Sayre discusses key, but previously obscure, passages in the Statesman.

A comprehensive overview of rhetorical practice and theory in Graeco-Roman antiquity, from Homer to early Christianity.

A comprehensive overview of rhetorical practice and theory in Graeco-Roman antiquity, from Homer to early Christianity.

A completely accessible but thought-provoking 2007 introduction to one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius.

The most influential doctor of later antiquity, Galen wrote extensively on logic and the philosophy of science.

A comprehensive and wide-ranging 2003 introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world.

Pioneering collection of essays contributing to the history of philosophy and also to the contemporary debate about what philosophy is.

Pioneering collection of essays contributing to the history of philosophy and also to the contemporary debate about what philosophy is.

Volume 1 presents the texts in new translations by the authors, accompanied by a philosophical and historical commentary.

Volume 1 presents the texts in new translations by the authors, accompanied by a philosophical and historical commentary.

Presents an up-to-date overview of the new directions taken by ancient philosophy in the first century BC.

An examination of ancient Greek philosophical conceptions of pleasure, which is the first book to compare them to contemporary conceptions.

Reveals how ancient philosophers approached questions about the nature of poetry, its ethical and social impact and access to truth.

Offers a fluent and readable translation of the Eudemian Ethics, including explanatory notes.

Presents an up-to-date overview of the new directions taken by ancient philosophy in the first century BC.

Offers a fluent and readable translation of the Eudemian Ethics, including explanatory notes.

Reveals how ancient philosophers approached questions about the nature of poetry, its ethical and social impact and access to truth.

An examination of ancient Greek philosophical conceptions of pleasure, which is the first book to compare them to contemporary conceptions.

This volume addresses the complex and conflicted vision in Augustine''s City of God, as a heavenly city on earthly pilgrimage.

This volume addresses the complex and conflicted vision in Augustine''s City of God, as a heavenly city on earthly pilgrimage.