Philosophy
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Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories [Hardback]
Kurt A. Raaflaub (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781118645123
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective. 19 distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields, discuss different aspects of this fascinating subject in relation to a large numbe... .... Learn More -
Form Without Matter: Empedocles and Aristotle on Color Perception [Hardback]
Mark Eli Kalderon (Author)
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ISBN: 9780198717904
Published by : Oxford University Press
Mark Eli Kalderon presents an original study in the philosophy of perception written in the medium of historiography. He considers the phenomenology and metaphysics of sensory presentation through the examination of an ancient aporia. Specifically... .... Learn More -
The Origins of Ancient Greek Science: Blood - A Philosophical Study [Hardback]
Michael Boylan (Author)
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ISBN: 9780415843935
Published by : Routledge
This book examines the origins of ancient Greek Science using the vehicles of blood, blood vessels, and the heart. Careful attention to biomedical writers in the ancient world as well as to philosophical and literary work of writers prior to the H... .... Learn More -
Homer on the Gods and Human Virtue [Hardback]
Peter J. Ahrensdorf (Author)
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ISBN: 9780521193887
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book seeks to restore Homer to his rightful place among the principal figures in the history of political and moral philosophy. Through this fresh and provocative analysis of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Peter J. Ahrensdorf examines Homer's und... .... Learn More -
The Alexandrian Tradition: Interactions between Science, Religion, and Literature [Paperback]
Luis Artuto Guichard (Editor); Juan Luis Garcia Alonso (Editor); Marie-Paz de Hoz (Editor)
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ISBN: 9783034314527
Published by : Peter Lang Verlag
This book is the outcome of the conference "Imperial Alexandria: Interactions between Science, Religion and Literature", held at Salamanca University in October 2011. The conference convened a group of experts from different fields to address the ... .... Learn More -
Plato and Aristotle in Agreement?: Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry (Oxford Philosophical Monographs) [Paperback]
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ISBN: 9780199684632
Published by : Oxford University Press
George Karamanolis breaks new ground in the study of later ancient philosophy by examining the interplay of the two main schools of thought, Platonism and Aristotelianism, from the first century BC to the third century AD. From the time of Antioch... .... Learn More -
Arguing with Socrates: An Introduction to Plato's Shorter Dialogues [Paperback]
Christopher Warne (Author)
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ISBN: 9781441195449
Published by : Bloomsbury
An overview of the key themes of the dialogues, their political and cultural context and Socrates' philosophical method. Christopher Warne explores each dialogue in turn, encouraging the reader to engage with the questions raised by Socrates' thou... .... Learn More -
Plato's Symposium: A Readers Guide [Paperback]
Thomas L. Cooksey (Author)
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ISBN: 9780826444172
Published by : Bloomsbury
Among the most widely read of Plato’s dialogues, the Symposium presents a profoundly serious explication of eros that challenges the limits of reason, the nature of gender, identity and narrative form. This introductory guide first sketches the hi... .... Learn More -
Plato [Paperback]
Andrew Mason (Author)
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ISBN: 9780520265417
Published by : University of California Press
An introductory survey of Plato's philosophy. Thematically structured, the book begins with Platos principal contribution to metaphysics, the Theory of Forms, which forms a necessary background to his thought in many areas. His theory of knowledge... .... Learn More -
Plato's Myths [Hardback]
Catalin Partenie (Author)
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ISBN: 9780521887908
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In archaic societies myths were believed to tell true stories - stories about the ultimate origin of reality. For us, on the contrary, the term myth denotes a false belief. Between the archaic notion of myth and ours stands Platos. This volume ... .... Learn More
