Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

For Socrates, philosophy, was the study of how to lead one's life, and for Wittgenstein, `philosophy leaves everything as it is.

This book offers an innovative analytic account of Cicero's treatment of key political ideas: liberty and equality, government, law, cosmopolitanism and imperialism, republican virtues, and ethical decision-making in politics.

Published in 1987: The following essays form, as their title-page shows, only the first half of a collection which the writer hopes to complete in the course of a few months.

The world is configured in ways that seem systematically hospitable to life forms, especially the human race.

This book provides a fresh and comprehensive account of the most frequently read work of Greek philosophy.

What kind of literature is the Talmud?

First published in 1981 this unique study discusses the evolution of Plato's thought through the actual developments in Athenian democracy, the book also demonstrates Plato's continuing responses to changes in political theory and argues for a new understanding of Plato's goals for the state and his ultimate concern for the moral well-being of the citizens.

Gender scholarship during the last four decades has shown that the exclusion of women's voices and perspectives has diminished academic disciplines in important ways.

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

What are emotions?

Regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism, Plotinus (AD 204-70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing 0works that proved in many ways a precursor to Renaissance thought.

This new edition introduces the reader to the philosophy of early Christianity in the second to fourth centuries AD, and contextualizes the philosophical contributions of early Christians in the framework of the ancient philosophical debates.

Though the ancient Greek philosophical concept of scholê is usually translated as 'leisure', there is a vast difference between the two.

Dieses Werk, nach den "Amores" Ovids zweite Elegiendichtung, ist eine Sammlung von 21 fiktiven Liebesbriefen zumeist von berühmten Frauen des Altertums, in denen sie ihren fernen Geliebten ihr Leid klagen.

Origen has been always studied as a theologian and too much credit has been given to Eusebius' implausible hagiography of him.

Im Ion stellt der jugendliche Platon eine Seite des historischen Sokrates dar, die in den Dialogen, die nach dessen Verurteilung und Hinrichtung verfasst sind, nicht mehr zentrales Thema ist.

Philosophie, wie wir sie heute verstehen, wurde durch Aristoteles begründet.

Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible for the first time compares the ancient law collections of the Ancient Near East, the Greeks and the Pentateuch to determine the legal antecedents for the biblical laws.

Plato's philosophical dialogues can be seen as his creation of a new genre.

A study of problems, all revolving around the subject of intellect in the philosophies of Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, this book starts by reviewing discussions in Greek and early Arabic philosophy which served as the background for the three Arabic thinkers.

This book reconstructs Heidegger's philosophy of time by reading his work with and against a series of key interlocutors that he nominates as being central to his own critical history of time.

Including both traditional and underrepresented accounts and geographies of soul, body, gender, and sexuality in late antique history, philosophy, and theology, this volume offers substantial re-readings of these and related concepts through theories of dis/embodiment.

In the second half of book 1 of the Prior Analytics, Aristotle reflects on the application of the formalized logic he has developed in the first half, focusing particularly on the non-modal or assertoric syllogistic developed in the first seven chapters.

The treatise known as book Lambda of Aristotle's Metaphysics has become one of the most debated issues of recent scholarship.

Engaging and comprehensive history of Greek mathematics, with full attention to social contexts and its place in world history.

A unified interpretation of Aristotle''s views about the distinctive nature and value of political community, rule and participation.

This book analyses the developments in critical reasoning that transformed the conception of tradition, authority, knowledge and power in the late Republic.

Hellenistic philosophy concerns the thought of the Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics, the most influential philosophical groups in the era between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) and the defeat of the last Greek stronghold in the ancient world (31 BCE).

Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece.

The Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy is a collection of new essays on the philosophy and philosophers of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

Neben Texten und Filmen zählen Bilder und Fotografien aktuell zu den beliebtesten Medien im Philosophie- und Ethikunterricht.

New York Times BestsellerEditors' ChoiceNew York Times Book Review"e;Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book.

One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here.

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

Truth and Wonder is an accessible introduction to Plato and Aristotle, showing their crucial influence for literary and cultural studies, modern languages and related disciplines.

Gang Yi legt eine neue Perspektive dar, aus der das Problem des so genannten Konflikts zwischen Platons Ablehnung der Akrasia im Protagoras und seiner Anerkennung der Akrasia in der Politeia betrachtet wird.

This book discusses how Plato, one the fiercest legal critics in ancient Greece, became - in the longue duree - its most influential legislator.

How a Greek philosopher's encounters with Buddhism in Central Asia influenced Western philosophyPyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC.

The problem of body and soul has a long history that can be traced back to the beginnings of Greek culture.

This book is a feminist analysis of Greek myth and tragedy that reimagines the structures of Freudian theory.

Origen is frequently hailed as the most important Christian writer of his period (c.