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The Essence of Greek Education since Antiquity: Plato, Photios the Great and Nicodemos the Athonite [Hardback]
Dimitri Kepreotes (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9781463244538
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought
Volume: 21
This book attempts to answer the question: what are the essential features of Greek education? In so doing, it explores the extent to which the educational ideals and practices of paideia have displayed continuity from classical Athens until moder... .... Learn More -
Plato's Myths [Hardback]
Catalin Partenie (Author)
Regular Price: £67.00
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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 -
Aristotle's Politics [Paperback]
Judith A. Swanson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780826484994
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
An introductory guie to Aristotle's famous work, placing it in its historical and intellectual context, and then going through the text, section by section, drawing out the big themes and highlighting points for debate. .... Learn More -
Ancient Scepticism [Paperback]
Harald Thorsrud (Author)
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ISBN: 9780520260269
Published by : Acumen Publishing
Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provi... .... Learn More -
Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity [Hardback]
David Sedley (Author)
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ISBN: 9780520253643
Published by : University of California Press
Oxbow says: This study examines one of the greatest questions that has beset historians and thinkers for thousands of years - whether the world was a divine creation, or not. This question was actively debated among ancient thinkers, especially... .... Learn More -
New Essays on Plato [Hardback]
Fritz-Gregor Herrmann (Editor)
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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, psycho... .... Learn More -
Form and Universal in Aristotle [Paperback]
A. C. Lloyd (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 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 ... .... Learn More -
Plotinus: On Selfhood, Freedom & Politics [Hardback]
Asger Ousager (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9788779340985
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity
As the most important philosophical work to emerge in the 700-year period between Aristotle and Augustine, The Enneads has been subject to intense scrutiny for more than 2000 years. But the mystical and abstract nature of these treatises by Plotin... .... Learn More -
Simplicius [Hardback]
Barrie Fleet (Author)
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ISBN: 9780801438394
Published by : Cornell University Press
In Categories chapters 7 and 8 Aristotle considers his third and fourth categories - those of Relative and Quality. Critics of Aristotle had suggested for each of the non-substance categories that they could really be reduced to relatives, so it i... .... Learn More -
Simplicius: On Aritstotle's Physics 8.6-10 [Hardback]
Richard McKirahan (Author)
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ISBN: 9780801437878
Published by : Cornell University Press
Aristotle’s Physics is about the causes of motion and culminates in a proof that God is needed as the ultimate cause of motion. Simplicius reveals that his teacher, Ammonius, harmonised Aristotle with Plato to counter Christian charges of pagan di... .... Learn More
