Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

Provides a new way of reading Western tragedy alongside texts from the postcolonial world so as to cross-illuminate each other.

Provides a new way of reading Western tragedy alongside texts from the postcolonial world so as to cross-illuminate each other.

Sheds light on the meaning, import and philosophical outlook of the notion of authority throughout the Platonist tradition.

Ancient theories of posthuman transformation can shape, chasten, and reform modern (biotechnical) theories of posthuman enhancement.

Challenges the idea that Plato is a secular thinker, exploring the interaction of philosophy and Greek religion in the dialogues.

Challenges the idea that Plato is a secular thinker, exploring the interaction of philosophy and Greek religion in the dialogues.

Explores the impact of the governing method of hypothesis in Plato''s Phaedo on the dialogues'' arguments for the soul''s immortality.

Re-examines the concept of immortality in ancient philosophy from the Presocratics to Augustine.

Re-examines the concept of immortality in ancient philosophy from the Presocratics to Augustine.

Explores the impact of the governing method of hypothesis in Plato''s Phaedo on the dialogues'' arguments for the soul''s immortality.

Sheds light on the meaning, import and philosophical outlook of the notion of authority throughout the Platonist tradition.

Ancient theories of posthuman transformation can shape, chasten, and reform modern (biotechnical) theories of posthuman enhancement.

De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy offering a unique view of God and the cosmos, inspired by Aristotle.

De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy offering a unique view of God and the cosmos, inspired by Aristotle.

Explores one of the most creative interactions in history with a lasting influence on law and philosophy.

Critical edition, translation, and extended interpretation of this important work which reveals the operation of Aristotle''s methodology.

This book explores a distinctive feature of ancient philosophy: the closeness between ethics and the study of the natural world.

First systematic treatment of Aristotle''s account of ontological priority in the Categories.

Presents a new translation with commentary exploring the final book of Aristotle''s Ethics in a philosophically rigorous yet interpretatively open way.

Explores one of the most creative interactions in history with a lasting influence on law and philosophy.

Scholarly new translation of this preeminent ancient history of Greek philosophy, recounting the lives, thought, and writings of leading figures.

Challenges the long-held view that Xenophon is pro-Spartan, arguing that his stance is, rather, critical and philosophical.

A new Companion offering student-friendly essays on this major figure in the Platonic tradition and in Greek philosophy.

A new Companion offering student-friendly essays on this major figure in the Platonic tradition and in Greek philosophy.

This book explores the birth of the scientific understanding of motion in early Greek thought up to Aristotle.

This book explores the birth of the scientific understanding of motion in early Greek thought up to Aristotle.

Accessible and up-to-date introduction to the legacy of Hippocrates, the man and the writings attributed to him.

A rich and wide-ranging Companion to Plato''s philosophy that is accessible to students while of equal interest to scholars.

Explores the process by which the intellectual speculations pursued by Plato assumed the nature of a philosophical system.

Explores the connections between art and play in ancient Greek thought, especially that of Plato and Aristotle.

Shows how ancient philosophers understood productive knowledge and used it to explain ethics, rhetoric, the arts, politics and cosmology.

Thirteen newly-commissioned essays that deepen our understanding of Aristotle''s key concepts, including living, form, reason, and capacity.

Shows how ancient philosophers understood productive knowledge and used it to explain ethics, rhetoric, the arts, politics and cosmology.

Thirteen newly-commissioned essays that deepen our understanding of Aristotle''s key concepts, including living, form, reason, and capacity.

This Element defends an interpretation of Plato''s Ion on which its primary concern is with audience reception of poetry.

This Element examines how Plato, Aristotle, Stoics and Sextus Empiricus approached relative change.

Explores the origins and development of the Jewish belief in the ''Evil Inclination'' and the impact on early Christian thought.

Explains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.

Divides Aristotle''s concept of lexis into three interconnected levels, exposing numerous valuable statements on language and style.

This Element highlights Aristotle views on the intelligent capacities of women and their crucial role in practical life.

This Element defends an interpretation of Plato''s Ion on which its primary concern is with audience reception of poetry.

This Element examines how Plato, Aristotle, Stoics and Sextus Empiricus approached relative change.

Explains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.

Divides Aristotle''s concept of lexis into three interconnected levels, exposing numerous valuable statements on language and style.

A rich and wide-ranging Companion to Plato''s philosophy that is accessible to students while of equal interest to scholars.

Accessible and up-to-date introduction to the legacy of Hippocrates, the man and the writings attributed to him.

Explores the connections between art and play in ancient Greek thought, especially that of Plato and Aristotle.

Argues that Aristotle''s psychology is shaped by his critical reception of earlier theories of soul, including the Presocratic and Platonic.

Explores the process by which the intellectual speculations pursued by Plato assumed the nature of a philosophical system.

Argues that Aristotle''s psychology is shaped by his critical reception of earlier theories of soul, including the Presocratic and Platonic.