Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

Julie K.

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.

An accurate and readable translation of an important work of ancient scepticism, with several interpretative aids for scholars and students.

This book reconstructs Aristotle''s account of desire from his various scattered remarks.

An accurate and readable translation of an important work of ancient scepticism, with several interpretative aids for scholars and students.

This book reconstructs Aristotle''s account of desire from his various scattered remarks.

An interdisciplinary study of the forms and uses of uncertainty in important works of literature and philosophy in antiquity and the Renaissance.

This book examines the fundamental importance of Eros in Plato''s writing, arguing that he sees the world as erotic from cosmic origins to human death.

Examines the role of myth in Plato''s Phaedrus, arguing that it leads readers to participate in Plato''s dialogues and to engage in self-examination.

Examines the role of myth in Plato''s Phaedrus, arguing that it leads readers to participate in Plato''s dialogues and to engage in self-examination.

This book examines the fundamental importance of Eros in Plato''s writing, arguing that he sees the world as erotic from cosmic origins to human death.

An interdisciplinary study of the forms and uses of uncertainty in important works of literature and philosophy in antiquity and the Renaissance.

This volume explores the nature of mathematical proof in a range of historical settings, providing the first comprehensive history of proof.

This volume explores the nature of mathematical proof in a range of historical settings, providing the first comprehensive history of proof.

Echeñique discusses Aristotle''s views on moral agency and voluntariness and presents a theory of moral responsibility that is both original and compelling.

The second of two volumes collecting the published work up to 2000 one of the greatest living scholars of ancient philosophy alive today.

The first of two volumes collecting the published work up to 2000 of one of the greatest living scholars of ancient philosophy alive today.

Echeñique discusses Aristotle''s views on moral agency and voluntariness and presents a theory of moral responsibility that is both original and compelling.

The second of two volumes collecting the published work up to 2000 one of the greatest living scholars of ancient philosophy alive today.

The first of two volumes collecting the published work up to 2000 of one of the greatest living scholars of ancient philosophy alive today.

An introduction to the philosophical and religious thought of Proclus the Neoplatonist, one of the most complex thinkers of antiquity.

An introduction to the philosophical and religious thought of Proclus the Neoplatonist, one of the most complex thinkers of antiquity.

What can survive the end of the world?

In this book, Kevin M.

This book studies the reception of Plato''s dialogues as performance texts by his original audience and his readers down to late antiquity.

This book offers a fundamental reworking of the history of the development of Greek music from the classical period to Roman times.

In this book, Kevin M.

In this 1988 book, Professor Lear introduces Aristotle''s philosophy and guides us through the central Aristotelian texts.

This book studies the reception of Plato''s dialogues as performance texts by his original audience and his readers down to late antiquity.

A new approach to Plato''s characterization of Socrates, through analysis of erôs and philosophy in four dialogues on love and friendship.

This book reconstructs and evaluates the philosophy of a thinker who was uniquely influential among Romans of the first century BC.