Ancient

ISBN: 9781589834187
Published by : Sanderson Books Limited
Hierocles, the Stoic philosopher of the early imperial age, is a crucial witness to Middle and Neo-Stoicism, especially with regard to their ethical philosophy. In this volume, all of Hierocles surviving works are translated into English for th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199291823
Published by : Oxford University Press
The Commentary on Plato's Parmenides by Proclus (AD 412-85) is the most important extant document on the interpretation of this enigmatic dialogue, and has had a crucial influence on all subsequent readings. In Proclus' Commentary, the Parmenid... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515090841
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Philosophie der Antike (PhA)
Volume: 21
The early modern period constructed its perception of the past on the basis of an Hellenistic antiquity influenced by the Roman era, and tuned its back on the outmoded concept of Aristotelian antiquity. A similar shift can be perceived among th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515092449
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Philosophie der Antike (PhA)
Volume: 27
How did Aristotle, the founder of scientific biology, define life? In this volume, which collects the contributions to a conference held in 2006, philologists, philosophers and biologists approach this question. They study how Aristotles conce... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905125357
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
Eleven papers on aspects of Greek religion from Minoans to the classical world. Striking similarities are revealed between religious ideas in Greece and non-Greek Asia. There are special studies of Apollo, Athena, and Dionysiac religion and new... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515092586
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Palingenesia. Schriftenreihe für Klassische Altertumswissenschaft

Volume: 94
The book is a historical investigation of the problem of infinity in Greek ontology and physics more specifically, the problem of the infinite size of the world and of its eternal existence, the problem of the infinity of worlds, of infinite ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515090575
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Philosophie der Antike (PhA)
Volume: 24
In the philosophical action theory of today, Aristotle is all but omnipresent. Many influential theoreticians directly refer to his positions. But what about Aristotles own conceptions? A direct and simple answer to this question is impossible,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780520256439
Published by : University of California Press
We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanced from these to a more refined moral consciousness. Bernard Williams's original and radical book... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780859898058
Published by : The Exeter Press
The history of the development through the ages of Plato's Atlantis story-the imperialist island state that disappeared in a cataclysm, leaving Athens to survive it . . .



Instead of simply focusing on the various attempts to 'f... .... Learn More