Ancient

ISBN: 9781585678181
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
The Wooden Horse is a powerful, provocative, and engaging new workby perhaps the worlds most insightful and acclaimed historian of the ancient worldthat establishes the foundation of the Western worlds conceptions of society, philosophy, and po... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905125203
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
Plato did not create his philosophy ex nihilo , but rather drew on four centuries of literary production in epic and lyric poetry, as well as on ethnography and historiography, tragedy and comedy, medical and mathematical research, oratory and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780718830786
Published by : Lutterworth Press
Life is full of questions. Some are trivial and everyday (where did I put my keys'). Some concern important life decisions (shall I emigrate to Australia'). And again some are yet more profound (does life have a purpose').

Questions of th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789608818330
Published by : Institute for Philosophical Research
This volume - the second in a new series on The Emergence of Reason from the Spirit of Mystery - looks at Orphism and Early Greek Philosophy. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905125104
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
New Essays on Plato assembles nine original papers on the language and thought of the Athenian philosopher. The collection encompasses issues from the Apology to the Laws and includes discussions of topics in ethics, political theory, psycholog... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780905205052
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Aristotle for a number of intellectual disciplines from Antiquity into the Middle Ages and beyond. However, Aristotle's philosophical ideas - both in themselves and as they were re-worked by lat... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781557532336
Published by : E.D.S.
Plotinus was one of the most influential philosophers of the early Christian world, whose life was dedicated to the care of others and whose extensive treatises were recorded and preserved by his pupil and colleague Porphyry. This book provides a ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781557532343
Published by : E.D.S.
Plotinus was one of the most influential philosophers of the early Christian world, whose life was dedicated to the care of others and whose extensive treatises were recorded and preserved by his pupil and colleague Porphyry. This book provides a ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783110177718
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
This volume presents the Latin text and fragments of the Florida , an anthology of speeches delivered by Apuleius mostly in Carthage in the 160s AD. Much of the book comprises notes and a commentary on each of the twenty-three fragments. In the c... .... Learn More