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Plutarch's Three Treatises on Animals - A Translation with Introductions and Commentary (Paperback): Stephen T. Newmyer Plutarch's Three Treatises on Animals - A Translation with Introductions and Commentary (Paperback)
Stephen T. Newmyer
R1,153 Discovery Miles 11 530 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume offers a new translation of Plutarch's three treatises on animals-On the Cleverness of Animals, Whether Beasts Are Rational, and On Eating Meat-accompanied by introductions and explanatory commentaries. The accompanying commentaries are designed not only to elucidate the meaning of the Greek text, but to call attention to Plutarch's striking anticipations of arguments central to current philosophical and ethological discourse in defense of the position that non-human animals have intellectual and emotional dimensions that make them worthy of inclusion in the moral universe of human beings. Plutarch's Three Treatises on Animals will be of interest to students of ancient philosophy and natural science, and to all readers who wish to explore the history of thought on human-non-human animal relations, in which the animal treatises of Plutarch hold a pivotal position.

Saving the City - Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms (Paperback): Malcolm Schofield Saving the City - Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms (Paperback)
Malcolm Schofield
R1,622 Discovery Miles 16 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Saving the City provides a detailed analysis of the attempts of ancient writers and thinkers, from Homer to Cicero, to construct and recommend political ideals of statesmanship and ruling, of the political community and of how it should be founded in justice. Malcolm Schofield debates to what extent the Greeks and Romans deal with the same issues as modern political thinkers.

Plato 's Metaphysics of Education (RLE: Plato) (Hardcover): Samuel Scolnicov Plato 's Metaphysics of Education (RLE: Plato) (Hardcover)
Samuel Scolnicov
R3,177 R2,151 Discovery Miles 21 510 Save R1,026 (32%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume provides a comprehensive, learned and lively presentation of the whole range of Plato's thought but with a particular emphasis upon how Plato developed his metaphysics with a view to supporting his deepest educational convictions. The author explores the relation of Plato's metaphysics to the epistemological, ethical and political aspects of Plato's theory of education and shows how Plato's basic positions bear directly on the most fundamental questions faced by contemporary education.

Aristoxenus of Tarentum - Discussion Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities Volume XVII (Hardcover, New): Carl... Aristoxenus of Tarentum - Discussion Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities Volume XVII (Hardcover, New)
Carl Huffman
R3,942 Discovery Miles 39 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Aristoxenus of Tarentum was reported to have been bitterly disappointed when Theophrastus was chosen instead of him to succeed Aristotle as the head of the Peripatetic School. He had a truly phenomenal output of some 453 volumes, most of which survive only in fragments. He was the most famous music theorist in antiquity and came to be referred to simply as "the musician." In addition, he was a founder of Greek biography and wrote the life histories of Pythagoras, Archytas, Socrates, and Plato among others.

This volume includes eleven selections, which are almost evenly divided between his work in music theory and biography. There is a chapter on his general biographical method as well as chapters on his specific treatments of the Pythagoreans, Socrates, and Plato. There are chapters evaluating the extent to which Aristoxenus was a historian of music, his account of music therapy, his views on musical "character," the use of instruments and empiricism in his harmonic theory, and his relation to the "Neoclassical" Greek composers of the fourth century.

This volume includes: "Did Aristoxenus Write Musical History?," Andrew Barker; "Instruments and Empiricism in Aristoxenus' Elementa harmonica," David Creese; "Aristoxenus and Musical Ethos," Eleonora Rocconi; "Aristoxenus and Music Therapy: Fr. 26 Wehrli Within the Tradition on Music and Catharsis," Antonella Provenza; "Aristoxenus and the "Neoclassicists," Timothy Power; "Apollonius on Theophrastus on Aristoxenus," William W. Fortenbaugh; "Aristoxenus' Biographical Method," Stefan Schorn; "Aristoxenus and the Pythagoreans," Leonid Zhmud; "Aristoxenus' Life of Socrates," Carl A. Huffman; "Aristoxenus' Life of Plato," John Dillon; and "Aristoxenus and the Early Academy," Andrew Barker. Spanning close to three full decades, Transaction's Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities Series continues to pioneer in the field of classical studies.

The Imitation of Christ (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Thomas... The Imitation of Christ (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Thomas A Kempis
R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Cyrenaics (Hardcover, New): Ugo Zilioli The Cyrenaics (Hardcover, New)
Ugo Zilioli
R4,199 Discovery Miles 41 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Essential reading for all students of ancient philosophy -- and a special provocation to anyone tempted to write as if 'Classical' thought is exhausted by Plato and his school." -- Geore Boys-Stones, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Durham University "Compulsive reading for anyone who hopes to grasp the wide range of philosophical opinions that vied for attention in the two golden centuries that followed the death of Socrates." -- Denis O'Brien, former Directeur de recherche, Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique, Paris "An important contribution to the continuing rehabilitation of Hellenistic philosophy." -- C. J. Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Greek, Durham University The Cyrenaic school of philosophy (named after its founder Aristippus' native city of Cyrene in North Africa) flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. This book begins by introducing the main figures of the Cyrenaic school beginning with Aristippus and setting them in their historical context. Once the reader is familiar with those figures and with the genealogy of the school, the book offers an overview of ancient and modern interpretations of the Cyrenaics, providing readers with alternative accounts of the doctrines they endorsed and of the role they played in the context of ancient thought. Finally, the book offers a reconstruction of Cyrenaic philosophy and shows how the ethical side of their speculation connected with the epistemology and ontology they endorsed and that, as a result, the Cyrenaics were able to offer a quite sophisticated philosophy. Indeed, Zilioli demonstrates that they represented, in ancient philosophy, an important and original metaphysical position and alternative to the kind of realism endorsed by Plato and Aristotle.

Plato's Cosmology - The Timaeus of Plato (Paperback): Francis Macdonald Cornford Plato's Cosmology - The Timaeus of Plato (Paperback)
Francis Macdonald Cornford
R1,378 Discovery Miles 13 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1937. The commentary in this text is designed to guide the reader through a long and intricate argument and to explain what must remain obscure in the most faithful translation; for the Timaeus covers an immense field at the cost of compressing the thought into the smallest space. Only with some such aid can students of theology and philosophy have access to a document that has deeply influenced mediaeval and modern speculation. Contents: The Timaeus; The Discourse of Timaeus; What Comes About of Necessity; The Cooperation of Reason and Necessity.

Plato's Theory of Art (Paperback): Rupert C. Lodge Plato's Theory of Art (Paperback)
Rupert C. Lodge
R1,632 Discovery Miles 16 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2000. This is Volume VII of ten in the International Library of Philosophy in a series on Ancient Philosophy. Written around 1953, this book looks at Plato and his ideas on art based on his 'Dialogues'.

Plato's Theory of Knowledge (Paperback): Francis Macdonald Cornford Plato's Theory of Knowledge (Paperback)
Francis Macdonald Cornford
R1,636 Discovery Miles 16 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Philosophy of Plato (Paperback): Rupert C. Lodge The Philosophy of Plato (Paperback)
Rupert C. Lodge
R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2000. This is Volume VI of ten in the International Library of Philosophy in a series on Ancient Philosophy. Written around 1956, this book looks at Plato and his works on the biological, social, physical and intellectual background as well as his ethics, aesthetics and philosophy of religion and education, in comparison to his predecessors.

Plato's Phaedo - A Translation of Plato's Phaedo (Paperback): R.S. Bluck Plato's Phaedo - A Translation of Plato's Phaedo (Paperback)
R.S. Bluck
R1,616 Discovery Miles 16 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Greek Political Theory (Hardcover): Sir Ernest Barker Greek Political Theory (Hardcover)
Sir Ernest Barker
R5,422 Discovery Miles 54 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Much has been written about the interpretation of Plato in the last thirty years. Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left, and a prophet of Socialism, he has lately been interpreted as a revolutionary of the Right and a forerunner of Fascism. In this book Plato appears as himself - a revolutionary indeed, and even an authoritarian, but a revolutionary of the pure idea of the Good, and an authoritarian of the pure reason, unattached either to the Right or the Left.

A History of Greek Political Thought (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 34) (Hardcover): T.A. Sinclair A History of Greek Political Thought (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 34) (Hardcover)
T.A. Sinclair
R5,110 Discovery Miles 51 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book gives a general survey of political thought from Homer to the beginning of the Christian era. To the evidence of the philosophers is added that of Herodotus, Euripides, Thucydides, Polybius and others whose writings illustrate the course of Greek political thinking in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. This re-issues the second, updated edition of 1967.

The Emergent Container in Psychoanalysis - Experiencing Absence and Future (Paperback): Ana Martinez Acobi The Emergent Container in Psychoanalysis - Experiencing Absence and Future (Paperback)
Ana Martinez Acobi
R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- integrates relevant philosophy in a way that makes it understandable and palatable to psychoanalytic readers - there isn't much direct competition to this book; it's an original contribution

Heraclides of Pontus - Discussion (Hardcover): Elizabeth Pender Heraclides of Pontus - Discussion (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Pender
R3,935 Discovery Miles 39 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Heraclides of Pontus hailed from the shores of the Black Sea. He studied with Aristotle in Plato's Academy, and became a respected member of that school. During Plato's third trip to Sicily, Heraclides served as head of the Academy and was almost elected its head on the death of Speusippus.

Heraclides' interests were diverse. He wrote on the movements of the planets and the basic matter of the universe. He adopted a materialistic theory of soul, which he considered immortal and subject to reincarnation. He discussed pleasure, and like Aristotle, he commented on the Homeric poems. In addition, he concerned himself with religion, music and medical issues. None of Heraclides' works have survived intact, but in antiquity his dialogues were much admired and often pillaged for sententiae and the like.

The contributions presented here comment on Heraclides' life and thought. They include "La Tradizione Papirologica di Eraclide Pontico" by Tiziano Dorandi, "Heraclides' Intellectual Context" by Jorgen Mejer, and "Heraclides of Pontus and the Philosophical Dialogue" by Matthew Fox. There is also discussion of Heraclides' understanding of pleasure and of the human soul: "Heraclides on Pleasure" by Eckart Schutrumpf and "Heraclides on the Soul and Its Ancient Readers" by Inna Kupreeva. In addition, there are essays that address Heraclides' physics and astronomical theories: "Unjointed Masses: A Note on Heraclides Physical Theory" by Robert W. Sharples; "Heliocentrism in or out of Heraclides" by Paul T. Keyser, "The Reception of Heraclides' Theory of the Rotation of the Earth from Posidonius to Simplicius: Texts, Contexts and Continuities" by Robert B. Todd and Alan C. Bowen, and "Heraclides of Pontus on the Motions of Venus and Mercury" by Alan C. Bowen and Robert B. Todd. Finally, there are essays that view Heraclides from the stand point of ancient medicine, literary criticism and musical theory: "Heraclides on Diseases and on the Woman Who Did Not Breathe" by Philip van der Eijk, "Heraclides of Pontus on Homer" by Malcolm Heath, and "Heraclides and Musical History" by Andrew Barker. This volume is a companion to RUSCH, volume 14, which contains a new edition of the sources for Heraclides' life and thought.

The Invention of Medicine - From Homer to Hippocrates (Paperback): Robin Lane Fox The Invention of Medicine - From Homer to Hippocrates (Paperback)
Robin Lane Fox
R320 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R67 (21%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

Longlisted for the RUNCIMAN AWARD, 2021 Medicine is one of the great fields of achievement of the Ancient Greeks. Hippocrates is celebrated worldwide as the father of medicine and the Hippocratic Oath is admired throughout the medical profession as a founding statement of ethics and ideals. In the fifth century BC, Greeks even wrote of medicine as a newly discovered craft they had invented. Robin Lane Fox's remarkable book puts their invention of medicine in a wider context, from the epic poems of Homer to the first doctors known to have been active in the Greek world. He examines what we do and do not know about Hippocrates and his Oath and the many writings that survive under his name. He then focuses on seven core texts which give the case histories of named individuals, showing that books 1 and 3 belong far earlier than previously recognised. Their re-dating has important consequences for the medical awareness of the great Greek dramatists and the historians Herodotus and Thucydides. Robin Lane Fox pieces together the doctor's thinking from his terse observations and relates it in a new way to the history of Greek prose and ideas. This original and compelling book opens windows onto many other aspects of the classical world, from women's medicine to street-life, empire, art, sport, sex and even botany. It fills a dark decade in a new way and carries readers along an extraordinary journey form Homer's epics to the grateful heirs of the Greek case histories, first in the Islamic world and then in early modern Europe.

Epicureanism (Paperback): Tim O'Keefe Epicureanism (Paperback)
Tim O'Keefe
R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Epicurean school of philosophy was one of the dominant philosophies of the Hellenistic period. Founded by Epicurus of Samos (century 341-270 BCE), it was characterized by an empiricist epistemology and a hedonistic ethics. This new introduction to Epicurus offers readers clear exposition of the central tenets of Epicurus' philosophy, with particular stress placed on those features that have enduring philosophical interest and where parallels can be drawn with debates in contemporary analytic philosophy. Part 1 of the book examines the fundamentals of Epicurus' metaphysics, including atoms and the void, emergent and sensible properties, cosmology, mechanistic biology, the nature and functioning of the mind, death, and freedom of action. Part 2 explores Epicurus' epistemology, including his arguments against scepticism and his ideas on sensations, preconceptions and feelings. The final part deals with Epicurus' ethics, exploring his arguments for hedonism, his distinctive conceptions of types of pleasure and desire, his belief in virtue, his notions of justice, friendship and his theology. O'Keefe provides extended exegesis of the arguments supporting Epicurus' positions, indicating their strengths and weaknesses, while showing the connections between the various parts of his philosophy and how Epicureanism hangs together as a whole.

Knowledge in a Nutshell: Classical Philosophy - The complete guide to the founders of western philosophy, including Socrates,... Knowledge in a Nutshell: Classical Philosophy - The complete guide to the founders of western philosophy, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus (Paperback)
Michael Moore
R255 R201 Discovery Miles 2 010 Save R54 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Proclus and the Chaldean Oracles - A Study on Proclean Exegesis, with a Translation and Commentary of Proclus' Treatise On... Proclus and the Chaldean Oracles - A Study on Proclean Exegesis, with a Translation and Commentary of Proclus' Treatise On Chaldean Philosophy (Paperback)
Nicola Spanu
R1,205 Discovery Miles 12 050 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume examines the discussion of the Chaldean Oracles in the work of Proclus, as well as offering a translation and commentary of Proclus' Treatise On Chaldean Philosophy. Spanu assesses whether Proclus' exegesis of the Chaldean Oracles can be used by modern research to better clarify the content of Chaldean doctrine or must instead be abandoned because it represents a substantial misinterpretation of originary Chaldean teachings. The volume is augmented by Proclus' Greek text, with English translation and commentary. Proclus and the Chaldean Oracles will be of interest to researchers working on Neoplatonism, Proclus and theurgy in the ancient world.

The Great Philosophers: Plato (Paperback): Bernard Williams The Great Philosophers: Plato (Paperback)
Bernard Williams
R188 R155 Discovery Miles 1 550 Save R33 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Courage is knowing what not to fear' Plato 'One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors' Without the work of Plato, western thought is, quite literally, unthinkable. No single influence has been greater, in every age and in every philosophic field. Even those thinkers who have rejected Plato's views have found themselves working to an agenda he set. Yet between the neo-platonist interpretations and the anti-platonist reactions, the stuff of 'Platonism' proper has often been obscured. The philosopher himself has not necessarily helped in the matter: at times disconcertingly difficult, at other disarmingly simple, Plato can be an elusive thinker, his meanings hard to pin down. His dialogues are complex and often ironically constructed and do not simply expand his views - which in any case changed and developed over a long life. In this lucid and exciting introductory guide, Bernard Williams takes his reader back to first principles, re-reading the key texts to reveal what the philosopher actually said. The result is a rediscovered Plato: often unexpected, always fascinating and rewarding.

Gateway to the Stoics - Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Epictetus's Enchiridion, and Selections from Seneca's... Gateway to the Stoics - Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Epictetus's Enchiridion, and Selections from Seneca's Letters (Paperback)
Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca; Foreword by Spencer Klavan; Introduction by Russell Kirk
R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Meditations (Paperback, New Ed): Marcus Aurelius Meditations (Paperback, New Ed)
Marcus Aurelius; Translated by Gregory Hays
R274 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R50 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A new translation, with an Introduction, by Gregory Hays
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121-180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161--and "Meditations" remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others. Consequently, the "Meditations" have become required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. In Gregory Hays's new translation--the first in a generation--Marcus's thoughts speak with a new immediacy: never before have they been so directly and powerfully presented.

Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric (Paperback, Annotated edition): Robert C Aristotle Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Robert C Aristotle; Translated by Bartlett; Memoir by Bartlett
R493 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R72 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For more than two thousand years. Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric" has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhetoric is, as well as the three kinds of rhetoric (deliberative, judicial, and epideictic), the three rhetorical modes of persuasion, and the diction, style, and necessary parts of a successful speech. Throughout, Aristotle defends rhetoric as an art and a crucial tool for deliberative politics while also recognizing its capacity to be misused by unscrupulous politicians to mislead or illegitimately persuade others. Here Robert C. Bartlett offers a literal, yet easily readable, new translation of Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric," one that takes into account important alternatives in the manuscript and is fully annotated to explain historical, literary, and other allusions. Bartlett's translation is also accompanied by an outline of the argument of each book; copious indexes, including subjects, proper names, and literary citations; a glossary of key terms; and a substantial interpretive essay.

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics (Hardcover): Vasilis Politis Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics (Hardcover)
Vasilis Politis
R3,350 Discovery Miles 33 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
Chapter 1: Aristotle's Metaphysics Chapter 2: Metaphysics as the science of the Ultimate explanations of all things Chapter 3: Metaphysics as the science of being Qua being, Primary being and Non-Primary being Chapter 4: The Principle of Non-contradiction Chapter 5: The search for primary being Chaper 6: The first cause of change, God Chapter 7: The criticism of Plato's theory of forms

Clearchus of Soli - Text, Translation, and Discussion (Hardcover): Robert Mayhew, David C. Mirhady, Tiziano Dorandi, Stephen... Clearchus of Soli - Text, Translation, and Discussion (Hardcover)
Robert Mayhew, David C. Mirhady, Tiziano Dorandi, Stephen White
R4,043 Discovery Miles 40 430 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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