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The Pseudo-Platonic Seventh Letter (Hardcover): Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede The Pseudo-Platonic Seventh Letter (Hardcover)
Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede; Edited by Dominic Scott
R2,583 Discovery Miles 25 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Seventh Platonic Letter describes Plato's attempts to turn the ruler of Sicily, Dionysius II, into a philosopher ruler along the lines of the Republic. It explains why Plato turned from politics to philosophy in his youth and how he then tried to apply his ideas to actual politics later on. It also sets out his views about language, writing and philosophy. As such, it represents a potentially crucial source of information about Plato, who tells us almost nothing about himself in his dialogues. But is it genuine? Scholars have debated the issue for centuries, although recent opinion has moved in its favour. The origin of this book was a seminar given in Oxford in 2001 by Myles Burnyeat and Michael Frede, two of the most eminent scholars of ancient philosophy in recent decades. Michael Frede begins by casting doubt on the Letter by looking at it from the general perspective of letter writing in antiquity, when it was quite normal to fabricate letters by famous figures from the past. Both then attack the authenticity of the letter head-on by showing how its philosophical content conflicts with what we find in the Platonic dialogues. They also reflect on the question of why the Letter was written, whether as an attempt to exculpate Plato from the charge of meddling in politics (Frede), or as an attempt to portray, through literary means, the ways in which human weakness and emotions can lead to disasters in political life (Burnyeat).

Aristotle's Metaphysics Lambda - Symposium Aristotelicum (Hardcover): Michael Frede, David Charles Aristotle's Metaphysics Lambda - Symposium Aristotelicum (Hardcover)
Michael Frede, David Charles
R5,152 Discovery Miles 51 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A distinguished group of scholars of ancient philosophy here presents a systematic study of the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics. Lambda, which can be regarded as a self-standing treatise on substance, has been attracting particular attention in recent years, and was chosen as the focus of the fourteenth Symposium Aristotelicum, from which this volume derives.

Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity (Hardcover): Polymnia Athanassiadi, Michael Frede Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity (Hardcover)
Polymnia Athanassiadi, Michael Frede
R4,955 Discovery Miles 49 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians, and historians) with a common interest in late antiquity probe the apparent paradox of pagan monotheism and reach a better understanding of the historical roots of Christianity.

Rationality in Greek Thought (Hardcover, New): Michael Frede, Gisela Striker Rationality in Greek Thought (Hardcover, New)
Michael Frede, Gisela Striker
R2,115 Discovery Miles 21 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rationality in Greek Thought, a collection of specially written essays by leading international scholars, re-examines ancient ideas of reason and rationality. Rationality in Greek Thought examines distinctive aspects of ancient conceptions of reason, sharpening awareness of the considerable conceptual change, and thus helping to remove a serious obstacle to a full understanding of ancient philosophical texts. At the same time, the essays stimulate a reassessment of our own ideas of reason and rationality, helping us set them in historical context and explore alternatives to them.

Zweifelhaftes Im Corpus Aristotelicum (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.): Michael Frede, Andreas Graeser, Bertrand Dumoulin,... Zweifelhaftes Im Corpus Aristotelicum (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.)
Michael Frede, Andreas Graeser, Bertrand Dumoulin, D.J. Furley, Hans Strohm; Edited by …
R6,967 Discovery Miles 69 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Protagoras (Paperback, New Ed): Plato Protagoras (Paperback, New Ed)
Plato; Translated by Stanley Lombardo, Karen Bell; Michael Frede
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Lombardo and Bell have translated this important early dialogue on virtue, wisdom, and the nature of Sophistic teaching into an idiom remarkable for its liveliness and subtlety. Michael Frede has provided a substantial introduction that illuminates the dialogue's perennial interest, its Athenian political background, and the particular difficulties and ironic nuances of its argument.

The Original Sceptics - A Controversy (Paperback): Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede The Original Sceptics - A Controversy (Paperback)
Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede
R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These five essays began a debate about the nature and scope of ancient scepticism which has transformed our understanding of what scepticism originally was. Together they provide a vigorous and highly stimulating introduction to the thought of the original sceptics, and shed new light on its relation to sceptical arguments in modern philosophy.

A Free Will - Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (Paperback): Michael Frede A Free Will - Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (Paperback)
Michael Frede; Edited by A. A. Long; Foreword by David Sedley
R740 R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Save R70 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede's radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, correctness of individual choice, and self-enslavement due to incorrect choice. Anchoring his discussion in Stoicism, Frede begins with Aristotle - who, he argues, had no notion of a free will - and ends with Augustine. Frede shows that Augustine, far from originating the idea (as is often claimed), derived most of his thinking about it from the Stoicism developed by Epictetus.

The Original Sceptics - A Controversy (Hardcover): Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede The Original Sceptics - A Controversy (Hardcover)
Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede
R1,407 R1,334 Discovery Miles 13 340 Save R73 (5%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These five essays began a debate about the nature and scope of ancient scepticism which has transformed our understanding of what scepticism originally was. Together they provide a vigorous and highly stimulating introduction to the thought of the original sceptics, and shed new light on its relation to sceptical arguments in modern philosophy.

Essays in Ancient Philosophy (Paperback, Minnesota Archi): Michael Frede Essays in Ancient Philosophy (Paperback, Minnesota Archi)
Michael Frede
R1,394 R1,317 Discovery Miles 13 170 Save R77 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Essays in Ancient Philosophy " was first published in 1987. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

To understand ancient philosophy "in its concrete, complex detail," Michael Frede says, "one has also to look at all the other histories to which it is tied by an intricate web of casual connections which run both ways." Frede's distinctive approach to the history of ancient philosophy is closely tied to his specific interests within the field - the Hellenistic philosophers and those of late antiquity, who are the primary subjects of this book. Long ignored or even maligned, the Stoics and Skeptics, medical philosophers, and grammarians are extremely interesting once their actual views are reconstructed and it is possible to recognize their ties to earlier and later philosophical thought. Refusing to study them as paradigms of achievement, or to seek purely philosophical explanations for their views, Frede draws instead upon those "other histories"--of religion, social structure, law and politics--to illuminate their work and to show how it was interpreted and transformed by succeeding generations.

A Free Will - Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (Hardcover): Michael Frede A Free Will - Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (Hardcover)
Michael Frede; Edited by A. A. Long; Foreword by David Sedley
R2,482 Discovery Miles 24 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede's radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, correctness of individual choice, and self-enslavement due to incorrect choice. Anchoring his discussion in Stoicism, Frede begins with Aristotle - who, he argues, had no notion of a free will - and ends with Augustine. Frede shows that Augustine, far from originating the idea (as is often claimed), derived most of his thinking about it from the Stoicism developed by Epictetus.

Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity (Paperback, Revised): Polymnia Athanassiadi, Michael Frede Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity (Paperback, Revised)
Polymnia Athanassiadi, Michael Frede
R2,495 Discovery Miles 24 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Distinguished experts from a range of disciplines with a common interest in late antiquity probe the apparent paradox of pagan monotheism, and reach a better understanding of the historical roots of Christianity.

Rationality in Greek Thought (Paperback, Revised): Michael Frede, Gisela Striker Rationality in Greek Thought (Paperback, Revised)
Michael Frede, Gisela Striker
R1,851 Discovery Miles 18 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rationality in Greek Thought is a collection of specially written essays by leading international scholars re-examining ideas of reason and rationality in Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient thinkers. They show that ancient texts have often been misinterpreted through the influence of modern ideas of reason, and seek to redress the balance.

'All the essays are uniformly of high standard and together make a satisfying volume.' Myles Burnyeat, Times Higher Education Supplement

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