Philosophy
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A Companion to Ancient Philosophy [Hardback]
Mary Louise Gill (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780631210610
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
This volume of newly contributed papers is distinctive in including contributions from both rising stars and senior scholars, and in integrating what were until recently characterised as two conflicting traditions, analytic and continental. Th... .... Learn More -
From Epicurus to Epictetus: Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy [Hardback]
A A Long (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780199279111
Published by : Oxford University Press
This volume presents eighteen essays on the philosophers and schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods - Epicureans, Stoics, and Sceptics. Long's focus is on the distinctive contributions and methodologies of individual thinkers, notably Ep... .... Learn More -
From Epicurus to Epictetus: Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy [Paperback]
A A Long (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780199279128
Published by : Oxford University Press
This volume presents eighteen essays on the philosophers and schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods - Epicureans, Stoics, and Sceptics. Long's focus is on the distinctive contributions and methodologies of individual thinkers, notably Ep... .... Learn More -
Reading Plotinus: A Practical Introduction to Neoplatonism [Hardback]
Kevin Corrigan (Author)
£42.95ISBN: 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... .... Learn More -
Reading Plotinus: A Practical Introduction to Neoplatonism [Paperback]
Kevin Corrigan (Author)
£20.50ISBN: 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... .... Learn More -
Apuleius' Florida: A Commentary [Hardback]
Benjamin Todd Lee (Author)
£85.99ISBN: 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 th... .... Learn More -
The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility and Affection [Hardback]
Gretchen J Reydams-Schils (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9780226308371
Published by : University of Chicago Press
Roman Stoics of the imperial period developed a distinctive model of social ethics, one which adapted the ideal philosophical life to existing communities and everyday societal values. Gretchen Reydams-Schils's innovative book shows how these R... .... Learn More -
Reading Seneca: Stoic Philosophy at Rome [Hardback]
Brad Inwood (Author)
£47.00ISBN: 9780199250899
Published by : Oxford University Press
This volume collects twelve essays written by Brad Inwood between 1989 and 2003, ten of which have been previously published. Arguing that Seneca's philosophy was completely different from that of Cicero a century earlier, due to Rome's radica... .... Learn More -
Reading Seneca: Stoic Philosophy at Rome [Paperback]
Brad Inwood (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9780199250905
Published by : Oxford University Press
This volume collects twelve essays written by Brad Inwood between 1989 and 2003, ten of which have been previously published. Arguing that Seneca's philosophy was completely different from that of Cicero a century earlier, due to Rome's radica... .... Learn More -
Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy [Hardback]
Alan C Bowen (Author); Robert B Todd (Author)
£35.95ISBN: 9780520233256
Published by : University of California Press
Cleomedes, philosopher and teacher, delivered a series of lectures to his students on the subject of astronomy around AD 200. The importance accorded these lectures is not one based on merit but on uniqueness as it is rare to find an intact tex... .... Learn More

