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In this book an attempt is made to single out those elements in the
philosophical system of the Enneads that stand apart from the
Platonist tradition. On the basis of an extensive analysis of
fundamental texts the author shows that what Plotinus had in mind
was a quite independent paradigm of metaphysical theology, with at
its centre the human person.
This volume contains outstanding studies by some of the best
scholars in ancient Greek Philosophy on key topics in Socratic,
Platonic, and Aristotelian thought. These studies provide rigorous
analyses of arguments and texts and often advance original
interpretations.
The essays in the volume range over a number of central themes in
ancient philosophy, such as Socratic and Platonic conceptions of
philosophical method; the Socratic paradoxes; Plato's view on
justice; the nature of Platonic Forms, especially the Form of the
Good; Aristotle's views on the faculties of the soul; Aristotle's
functionalist account of the human good; Socratic, Platonic, and
Aristotelian views on the nature of desire and its object. The
volume will be of interest to students and scholars of ancient
philosophy and classics.
The trilogy Forms of Representation in the Aristotelian Tradition
investigates how Aristotle and his ancient and medieval successors
understood the relation between the external world and the human
mind. It gives an equal footing to the three most influential
linguistic traditions - Greek, Latin, and Arabic - and offers
insightful interpretations of historical theories of perception,
dreaming, and thinking. This second volume focuses on dreaming and
analyses some of the most prominent problems connected to dreams as
representations. The contributions in this volume address the core
Aristotelian texts and their reception, up to and including
contemporary scientific discourse on dreaming.
The Consolation of Philosophy was composed when its author was awaiting execution on a charge of treason. It outlines the true good at which we should aim: not wealth, high position, or worldly fame, but the knowledge of God, our end and our beginning. Professor Walsh has included an introduction and explanatory notes which combined with his new translation make the text accessible to general readers and scholars alike.
"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.
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. From 2000 OSAP is being published not once but twice yearly, to keep up with the abundance of good material submitted; and it is being made available in paperback as well as hardback, in response to demand from scholars wishing to purchase it. This volume, the second of 2000, features contributors from Michael Wedin and Dominic Scott, and discusses issues ranging from Socratic Intellectualism to Aristotle on animal psychology. 'standard reading among specialists in ancient philosophy' Brad Inwood, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The history of Pythagoreanism is littered with different and
incompatible interpretations, to the point that Kahn (1974)
suggested that, instead of another thesis on Pythagoreanism, it
would be preferable to assess traditions with the aim of producing
a good historiographical presentation. This almost fourty-year-old
observation by Kahn, directs the author of this book towards a
fundamentally historiographical rather than philological brand of
work, that is, one neither exclusively devoted to the exegesis of
sources such as Philolaus, Archytas or even of one of the
Hellenistic Lives nor even to the theoretical approach of one of
the themes that received specific contributions from
Pythagoreanism, such as mathematics, cosmology, politics or
theories of the soul. Instead, this monograph sets out to
reconstruct the way in which the tradition established
Pythagoreanism's image, facing one of the central problems that
characterizes Pythagoreanism more than other ancient philosophical
movements: the drastically shifting terrain of the criticism of the
sources. The goal of this historiographical approach is to embrace
Pythagoreanism in its entirety, through - and not in spite of - its
complex articulation across more than a millennium.
What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of
contentment What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome's
greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65-8 BCE) has been
cherished by readers for more than two thousand years not only for
his wit, style, and reflections on Roman society, but also for his
wisdom about how to live a good life-above all else, a life of
contentment in a world of materialistic excess and personal
pressures. In How to Be Content, Stephen Harrison, a leading
authority on the poet, provides fresh, contemporary translations of
poems from across Horace's works that continue to offer important
lessons about the good life, friendship, love, and death. Living
during the reign of Rome's first emperor, Horace drew on Greek and
Roman philosophy, especially Stoicism and Epicureanism, to write
poems that reflect on how to live a thoughtful and moderate life
amid mindless overconsumption, how to achieve and maintain true
love and friendship, and how to face disaster and death with
patience and courage. From memorable counsel on the pointlessness
of worrying about the future to valuable advice about living in the
moment, these poems, by the man who famously advised us to carpe
diem, or "harvest the day," continue to provide brilliant
meditations on perennial human problems. Featuring translations of,
and commentary on, complete poems from Horace's Odes, Satires,
Epistles, and Epodes, accompanied by the original Latin, How to Be
Content is both an ideal introduction to Horace and a compelling
book of timeless wisdom.
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Meditations
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Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit
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di Pisa) Marcus Deufert (Universitat Leipzig) James Diggle
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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.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
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'.
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.
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original
articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be
of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books.
OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback.
Editor: David Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy,
University of Cambridge.
'standard reading among specialists in ancient philosophy' Brad
Inwood, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original
articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be
of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books.
OSAP is published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback.
"Unique value as a collection of outstanding contributions in the
area of ancient philosophy."--Sara Rubinelli, Bryn Mawr Classical
Review
We might think we are through with the past, but the past isn't
through with us. Tragedy permits us to come face to face with the
things we don't want to know about ourselves, but which still make
us who we are. It articulates the conflicts and contradictions that
we need to address in order to better understand the world we live
in. A work honed from a decade's teaching at the New School, where
'Critchley on Tragedy' is one of the most popular courses, Tragedy,
the Greeks and Us is a compelling examination of the history of
tragedy. Simon Critchley demolishes our common misconceptions about
the poets, dramatists and philosophers of Ancient Greece - then
presents these writers to us in an unfamiliar and original light.
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.
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