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Anaximander in context Anaximander in context Robert Hahn,Dirk L. Couprie,Dirk Couprie,Gerard Naddaf "Promoting a new, broadly interdisciplinary horizon for future studies in early Greek philosophy, Dirk L. Coupric, Robert Hahn, and Gerard Naddaf establish the cultural context in which Anaximander's… OL12031580W
The Cambridge companion to Socrates The Cambridge companion to Socrates Donald R. Morrison "The Cambridge Companion to Socrates is a collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. Because Socrates himself wrote nothing, our evidence com… OL15415140W
Epicurus and the Epicurean tradition Epicurus and the Epicurean tradition Jeffrey Fish "Epicureanism after the generation of its founders has been characterised as dogmatic, uncreative and static. But this volume brings together work from leading classicists and philosophers that demon… OL15902097W
Readings in ancient Greek philosophy Readings in ancient Greek philosophy S. Marc Cohen,Patricia Curd,C. D. C. Reeve Soon after its publication, *Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy* was hailed as the favorite to become "the 'standard' text for survey courses in ancient philosophy. Nothing on the market touches i… OL16113849W
The philosophy of Antiochus The philosophy of Antiochus D. N. Sedley "Antiochus of Ascalon was one of the seminal philosophers of the first century BC, an era of radical philosophical change. Some called him a virtual Stoic, but in reality his programme was an updated… OL16263382W
A Presocratics Reader A Presocratics Reader Patricia Curd From Thales, who in 585 8.c. successfully predicted an eclipse of the sun, to those contemporaries of Socrates known as the Sophists, A *Presocratics Reader* offers a rich selection of early Greek ph… OL16476654W
Pursuits of wisdom Pursuits of wisdom Cooper, John M. This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguish… OL16509635W
Episteme, etc Episteme, etc Anthony Kenny,Gisela Striker,Susanne Bobzien,Katerina Ierodiakonou,Benjamin Morison,Jonathan Barnes,RICHARD SORABJI The sixteen essays written in honour of Jonathan Barnes for this volume reflect the impressive scope of his contributions to philosophy. Six are on knowledge, five on logic and metaphysics, five on e… OL16604980W
Pleasure in ancient Greek philosophy Pleasure in ancient Greek philosophy David Wolfsdorf "The Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy series provides concise books, written by major scholars and accessible to non-specialists, on important themes in ancient philosophy that remain of philosophica… OL16695126W
Ancient models of mind Ancient models of mind D. N. Sedley,Andrea Wilson Nightingale "How does god think? How, ideally, does a human mind function? Must a gap remain between these two paradigms of rationality? Such questions exercised the greatest ancient philosophers, including thos… OL16941931W
Plato the myth maker Plato the myth maker Luc Brisson The word myth is commonly thought to mean a fictional story, but few know that Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. He also used muthos to describe the practice of making and tel… OL1699535W
Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und … Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und … Hildegard Temporini,Wolfgang Haase 2 volumes : 25 cm OL18820010W
Philosophy for life and other dangerous situations Philosophy for life and other dangerous situations Jules Evans "An exploration of modern applications of twelve ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Epictetus, Heraclitus, Diogenes, and Skeptics and Stoics. Examples include t… OL19987140W
Ancient and medieval concepts of friendship Ancient and medieval concepts of friendship Suzanne Stern-Gillet Focusing on Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics and Epicureans, and early Christian and Medieval sources, Ancient and Medieval Concepts of Friendship brings together assessments of different philosophica… OL20957906W
The feminine symptom The feminine symptom Emanuela Bianchi The Feminine Symptom takes as its starting point the problem of female offspring for Aristotle: If form is transmitted by the male and the female provides only matter, how is a female child produced?… OL20958151W
Philosophy for Life Philosophy for Life Jules Evans Jules Evans explains how philosophy quite literally saved his life, and shows how we can make use of it everyday in our own. He imagines his dream school, with a rowdy faculty that includes 15 of the… OL21048402W
Socrates' children Socrates' children Peter Kreeft "How is this history of philosophy different from all others? 1. It's neighter very long (like Copleston's twelve-volumet tome, which is a clear and hepful reference work but pretty dull reading) nor… OL22314341W
Aristotle for Everybody Aristotle for Everybody Mortimer J. Adler "Adler traces 'in the simplest language and with occasional modern analogues, the logic and growth of Aristotle's basic doctrines.'" Publ Wkly "Aristotle taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by v… OL487446W
Κρίτων Κρίτων Πλάτων The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other great Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, Statesman, Ph… OL51934W
Aristotle on Truth Aristotle on Truth Paolo Crivelli Aristotle's theory of truth, which has been the most influential account of the concept of truth from Antiquity onwards, spans several areas of philosophy: philosophy of language, logic, ontology, an… OL8306670W
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