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Augustine and Wittgenstein (Paperback): Kim Paffenroth, Alexander R. Eodice, John Doody Augustine and Wittgenstein (Paperback)
Kim Paffenroth, Alexander R. Eodice, John Doody; Contributions by Myles Burnyeat, Kim Paffenroth, …
R1,011 Discovery Miles 10 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection examines the relationship between Augustine and Wittgenstein and demonstrates the deep affinity they share, not only for the substantive issues they treat but also for the style of philosophizing they employ. Wittgenstein saw certain salient Augustinian approaches to concepts like language-learning, will, memory, and time as prompts for his own philosophical explorations, and he found great inspiration in Augustine's highly personalized and interlocutory style of writing philosophy. Each in his own way, in an effort to understand human experience more fully, adopts a mode of philosophizing that involves questioning, recognizing confusions, and confronting doubts. Beyond its bearing on such topics as language, meaning, knowledge, and will, their analysis extends to the nature of religious belief and its fundamental place in human experience. The essays collected here consider a broad range of themes, from issues regarding teaching, linguistic meaning, and self-understanding to miracles, ritual, and religion.

Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy: Volume 4 (Hardcover, New Ed): Myles Burnyeat Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy: Volume 4 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Myles Burnyeat; Contributions by Carol Atack, Malcolm Schofield, David Sedley
R3,072 R2,529 Discovery Miles 25 290 Save R543 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Myles Burnyeat (1939-2019) was a major figure in the study of ancient Greek philosophy during the last decades of the twentieth century and the first of this. After teaching positions in London and Cambridge, where he became Laurence Professor, in 1996 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, from which he retired in 2006. In 2012 he published two volumes collecting essays dating from before the move to Oxford. Two new posthumously published volumes bring together essays from his years at All Souls and his retirement. The essays in Volume 4 are addressed principally to scholars engaging first with fundamental issues in Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics and epistemology and in Aristotle's philosophical psychology. Then follow studies tackling problems in interpreting the approaches to physics and cosmology taken by Plato and Aristotle, and in assessing the evidence for early Greek exercises in optics.

Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy: Volume 3 (Hardcover, New Ed): Myles Burnyeat Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy: Volume 3 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Myles Burnyeat; Contributions by Carol Atack, Malcolm Schofield, David Sedley
R3,474 Discovery Miles 34 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Myles Burnyeat (1939-2019) was a major figure in the study of ancient Greek philosophy during the last decades of the twentieth century and the first of this. After teaching positions in London and Cambridge, where he became Laurence Professor, in 1996 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, from which he retired in 2006. In 2012 he published two volumes collecting essays dating from before the move to Oxford. Two new posthumously published volumes bring together essays from his years at All Souls and his retirement. The main body of Volume 3 presents studies written for a wide readership, first on Plato's Republic and then on the reading and interpretation of Plato in subsequent periods, particularly in nineteenth-century Britain. The volume also includes hitherto unpublished lectures, 'The Archaeology of Feeling', on the ancient origins of some key modern philosophical and psychological concepts.

Augustine and Wittgenstein (Hardcover): Kim Paffenroth, Alexander R. Eodice, John Doody Augustine and Wittgenstein (Hardcover)
Kim Paffenroth, Alexander R. Eodice, John Doody; Contributions by Myles Burnyeat, Brian R. Clack, …
R2,349 Discovery Miles 23 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection examines the relationship between Augustine and Wittgenstein and demonstrates the deep affinity they share, not only for the substantive issues they treat but also for the style of philosophizing they employ. Wittgenstein saw certain salient Augustinian approaches to concepts like language-learning, will, memory, and time as prompts for his own philosophical explorations, and he found great inspiration in Augustine's highly personalized and interlocutory style of writing philosophy. Each in his own way, in an effort to understand human experience more fully, adopts a mode of philosophizing that involves questioning, recognizing confusions, and confronting doubts. Beyond its bearing on such topics as language, meaning, knowledge, and will, their analysis extends to the nature of religious belief and its fundamental place in human experience. The essays collected here consider a broad range of themes, from issues regarding teaching, linguistic meaning, and self-understanding to miracles, ritual, and religion.

Socratic Studies (Paperback): Gregory Vlastos Socratic Studies (Paperback)
Gregory Vlastos; Edited by Myles Burnyeat
R1,150 Discovery Miles 11 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the companion volume to Gregory Vlastos' highly acclaimed Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Four ground-breaking papers that laid the basis for his understanding of Socrates are collected here, together with a fifth chapter that is a new and provocative discussion of Socrates' arguments in the Protagoras and Laches. The Epilogue, "Socrates and Vietnam," suggests that Socrates was not, as Plato claimed, the most just man of his time.

Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy (Vols 3-4 2-Volume Set) (Mixed media product, New Ed): Myles Burnyeat Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy (Vols 3-4 2-Volume Set) (Mixed media product, New Ed)
Myles Burnyeat; Contributions by Carol Atack, Malcolm Schofield, David Sedley
R5,068 Discovery Miles 50 680 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Myles Burnyeat (1939-2019) was a major figure in the study of ancient Greek philosophy during the last decades of the twentieth century and the first of this. After teaching positions in London and Cambridge, where he became Laurence Professor, in 1996 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, from which he retired in 2006. In 2012 he published two volumes collecting essays dating from before the move to Oxford. Two new posthumously published volumes bring together essays from his years at All Souls and his retirement, some of which have hitherto been unpublished. Volume 3 introduces Plato's Republic and examines his subsequent interpretation, and shows how ancient philosophical thinking can be applied to contemporary questions about key philosophical and psychological topics. Volume 4 focuses on Plato's and Aristotle's handling of important concepts in epistemology, metaphysics and science, and introduces the early history of Greek optics.

Doubt and Dogmatism - Studies in Hellenistic Epistemology (Hardcover): Malcolm Schofield, Myles Burnyeat, Jonathan Barnes Doubt and Dogmatism - Studies in Hellenistic Epistemology (Hardcover)
Malcolm Schofield, Myles Burnyeat, Jonathan Barnes
R5,442 R3,887 Discovery Miles 38 870 Save R1,555 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ancient philosophers

The Pseudo-Platonic Seventh Letter (Hardcover): Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede The Pseudo-Platonic Seventh Letter (Hardcover)
Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede; Edited by Dominic Scott
R1,997 Discovery Miles 19 970 Ships in 12 - 17 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).

Theaetetus (Paperback): Plato Theaetetus (Paperback)
Plato; Introduction by Joe Sachs; Translated by M.J. Levett; Revised by Myles Burnyeat
R377 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

M. J. Levett's elegant translation of Plato's Theaetetus , first published in 1928, is here revised by Myles Burnyeat to reflect contemporary standards of accuracy while retaining the style, imagery, and idiomatic speech for which the Levett translation is unparalleled. Bernard William's concise introduction, aimed at undergraduate students, illuminates the powerful argument of this complex dialogue, and illustrates its connections to contemporary metaphysical and epistemological concerns.

From Protagoras to Aristotle - Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy (Paperback): Heda Segvic From Protagoras to Aristotle - Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy (Paperback)
Heda Segvic; Introduction by Charles Brittain; Edited by Myles Burnyeat
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in 2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important figure in ancient philosophy, making bold new arguments about the nature of Socratic intellectualism and the intellectual influences that shaped Aristotle's ideas. Segvic had been working for some time on a monograph on practical knowledge that would interpret Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. The essays collected here are those on which her reputation rests, including some that were intended to form the backbone of her projected monograph. The papers range from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Most of the papers reflect directly or indirectly Segvic's idea that both Socrates' and Aristotle's universalism and objectivism in ethics could be traced back to their opposition to Protagorean relativism. The book represents the considerable achievements of one of the most talented scholars of ancient philosophy of her generation.

The Sense of the Past - Essays in the History of Philosophy (Paperback): Bernard Williams The Sense of the Past - Essays in the History of Philosophy (Paperback)
Bernard Williams; Edited by Myles Burnyeat
R950 R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Save R100 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Before his death in 2003, Bernard Williams planned to publish a collection of historical essays, focusing primarily on the ancient world. This posthumous volume brings together a much wider selection, written over some forty years. His legacy lives on in this masterful work, the first collection ever published of Williams's essays on the history of philosophy. The subjects range from the sixth century B.C. to the twentieth A.D., from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Often one would be hard put to say which part is history, which philosophy. Both are involved throughout, because this is the history of philosophy written philosophically. Historical exposition goes hand in hand with philosophical scrutiny. Insights into the past counteract blind acceptance of present assumptions.

In his touching and illuminating introduction, Myles Burnyeat writes of these essays: "They show a depth of commitment to the history of philosophy seldom to be found nowadays in a thinker so prominent on the contemporary philosophical scene."

The result celebrates the interest and importance to philosophy today of its near and distant past.

"The Sense of the Past" is one of three collections of essays by Bernard Williams published by Princeton University Press since his death. "In the Beginning Was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument," selected, edited, and with an introduction by Geoffrey Hawthorn, and "Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline," selected, edited, and with an introduction by A. W. Moore, make up the trio.

From Protagoras to Aristotle - Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy (Hardcover): Heda Segvic From Protagoras to Aristotle - Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy (Hardcover)
Heda Segvic; Introduction by Charles Brittain; Edited by Myles Burnyeat
R1,613 R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Save R139 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in 2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important figure in ancient philosophy, making bold new arguments about the nature of Socratic intellectualism and the intellectual influences that shaped Aristotle's ideas. Segvic had been working for some time on a monograph on practical knowledge that would interpret Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. The essays collected here are those on which her reputation rests, including some that were intended to form the backbone of her projected monograph. The papers range from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Most of the papers reflect directly or indirectly Segvic's idea that both Socrates' and Aristotle's universalism and objectivism in ethics could be traced back to their opposition to Protagorean relativism. The book represents the considerable achievements of one of the most talented scholars of ancient philosophy of her generation.

The Original Sceptics - A Controversy (Paperback): Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede The Original Sceptics - A Controversy (Paperback)
Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede
R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

The Original Sceptics - A Controversy (Hardcover): Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede The Original Sceptics - A Controversy (Hardcover)
Myles Burnyeat, Michael Frede
R1,379 R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Save R148 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 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.

Corps Et AME - Etudes Sur Le de Anima d'Aristote (French, Paperback): Pierre Aubenque, Michel Bastit, Enrico Berti,... Corps Et AME - Etudes Sur Le de Anima d'Aristote (French, Paperback)
Pierre Aubenque, Michel Bastit, Enrico Berti, Richard Bodeus, Robert Bolton, …
R1,605 Discovery Miles 16 050 Out of stock
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