Western Philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Written by Dr Roy Jackson, who Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, Plato: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everyth...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This sourcebook presents nearly 200 specially-translated Greek and Roman texts from Homer to Plutarch, revealing the place of the animal in the mor...

James Rhodes Plato is a playwright. And a mystic. In his famous Seventh Letter Plato had stated that the essence of his thought couldnt be put into...

Plato's dialogues, featuring his famous mentor Socrates, often prove difficult to understand for many contemporary readers. Students today miss the...

Socrates and the Gods is the first book-length treatment of the Apology and its two supporting dialogues: the Euthyphro and Crito. These works are ...

An interpretation of Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus, paralleling the text to Machiavelli's The Prince, and focusing on the question: How did the Socr...

For more than two thousand years. Aristotles Art of Rhetoric has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speec...

An accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydidess History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diploma...

In ancient Greece, philosophers developed new and dazzling ideas about divinity, drawing on the deep well of poetry, myth, and religious practices ...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE 'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP 'Brilliantly co...

This book is designed for three classes of people: Beginners who want an introduction to philosophy; Those who have already had an introduction to ...

The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings provides the definitive anthology of early Christian texts from ca. 100 CE to ca. 650 CE. Its vol...

The middle of the second until the middle of the first century BCE is one of the most creative periods in the history of human thought, and an impo...

The De incessu animalium forms an integral part of Aristotle's biological corpus but is one of the least studied Aristotelian works both by ancient...

How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicer...