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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The tradition
of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one. Julia Annas
gives a succinct account of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy,
emphasizing its freshness and variety of themes, and its approach
of lively discussion and argument. Getting away from the
presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great
Thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and
liveliness of ancient philosophy, and of its wide variety of themes
and styles. This new edition has been fully updated to reflect
updates in the field, with new illustrations and up to date further
reading to allow further exploration of the field. The text has
been expanded and modernized to be more comprehensive and
accessible to the general reader, as well as exploring the relation
of the tradition of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy to other
traditions and to us. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short
Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds
of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books
are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our
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The Statesman is Plato's neglected political work, but it is crucial for an understanding of the development of his political thinking. It continues themes from the Republic, particularly the importance of knowledge as entitlement to rule. But there are also changes: Plato has altered his view of the moral psychology of the citizen, and revised his position on the role of law and institutions. This new translation makes accessible the dialogue to students of political thought and the introduction outlines the philosophical and historical backgrounds.
The Modes of Scepticism is one of the most important and
influential of all ancient philosophical texts. The texts made an
enormous impact on Western thought when they were rediscovered in
the 16th century and they have shaped the whole future course of
Western philosophy. Despite their importance, the Modes have been
little discussed in recent times. This book translates the texts
and supplies them with a discursive commentary, concentrating on
philosophical issues but also including historical material. The
book will be of interest to professional scholars and philosophers
but its clear and non-technical style makes it intelligible to
beginners and the interested layman.
The Statesman is Plato's neglected political work, but it is crucial for an understanding of the development of his political thinking. It continues themes from the Republic, particularly the importance of knowledge as entitlement to rule. But there are also changes: Plato has altered his view of the moral psychology of the citizen, and revised his position on the role of law and institutions. This new translation makes accessible the dialogue to students of political thought and the introduction outlines the philosophical and historical backgrounds.
Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the
intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws
and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In more than sixty
essays by an international team of scholars, this volume explores
the full breadth and reach of Greek thought--investigating what the
Greeks knew as well as what they thought about what they knew, and
what they believed, invented, and understood about the conditions
and possibilities of knowing. Calling attention to the
characteristic reflexivity of Greek thought, the analysis in this
book reminds us of what our own reflections owe to theirs.
In sections devoted to philosophy, politics, the pursuit of
knowledge, major thinkers, and schools of thought, this work shows
us the Greeks looking at themselves, establishing the terms for
understanding life, language, production, and action. The authors
evoke not history, but the stories the Greeks told themselves about
history; not their poetry, but their poetics; not their speeches,
but their rhetoric. Essays that survey political, scientific, and
philosophical ideas, such as those on Utopia and the Critique of
Politics, Observation and Research, and Ethics; others on specific
fields from Astronomy and History to Mathematics and Medicine; new
perspectives on major figures, from Anaxagoras to Zeno of Elea;
studies of core traditions from the Milesians to the various
versions of Platonism: together these offer a sense of the
unquenchable thirst for knowledge that marked Greek
civilization--and that Aristotle considered a natural and universal
trait of humankind. With thirty-two pages of color illustrations,
this work conveys the splendor and vitality of the Greek
intellectual adventure.
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book aims to introduce readers to some ancient debates and to get them to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book aims to give readers a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy, and of its wide variety of themes and styles.
Cicero is increasingly recognised as a highly intelligent
contributor to the ongoing ethical debates between Epicureans,
Stoics and other schools. In this work on the fundamentals of
ethics his learning as a scholar, his skill as a lawyer and his own
passion for the truth result in a work which dazzles us in its
presentation of the debates and at the same time exhibits the
detachment of the ancient sceptic. Many kinds of reader will find
themselves engaged with Cicero as well as with the ethical theories
he presents. This collection takes the reader further into the
debates, opening up new avenues for exploring this fascinating
work.
Geological Survey Professional Paper, 199-B.
Geological Survey Professional Paper, 199-B.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
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Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
This 2001 translation makes one of the most important texts in
ancient philosophy available to modern readers. Cicero is
increasingly being appreciated as an intelligent and well-educated
amateur philosopher, and in this work he presents the major ethical
theories of his time in a way designed to get the reader
philosophically engaged in the important debates. Raphael Woolf's
translation does justice to Cicero's argumentative vigour as well
as to the philosophical ideas involved, while Julia Annas's
introduction and notes provide a clear and accessible explanation
of the philosophical context of the work. This edition will appeal
to all readers interested in this central text in ancient
philosophy and the history of ethics.
Outlines of Scepticism, by the Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus, is a work of major importance for the history of Greek philosophy. It is the fullest extant account of ancient skepticism, and it is also one of our most copious sources of information about the other Hellenistic philosophies. Its argumentative approach revolutionized the study of philosophy when Sextus' works were rediscovered in the sixteenth century. This volume presents the accurate and readable translation that was first published in 1994, together with a substantial new historical and philosophical introduction by Jonathan Barnes.
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