Western Philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

The oeuvre of the Greek historian Xenophon, whose works stand with those of Plato as essential accounts of the teachings of Socrates, has seen a ne...

Socrates is important to us for many reasons. First, he recognized the value of logic and showed us how to use it to discover truth. Second, he led...

‘Wonderful and timely … Hugely recommended’ STEPHEN FRYWhat do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might...

Plato's Epistemology: Being and Seeming presents an original interpretation of one of the central topics in Plato's work: epistemology. Jessica Mos...

A timeless study of politics and society by one of the all-time greatest thinkers.A student of Plato, Aristotle is considered a founding father of ...

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Adriel M. Trott challenges the wholesale acceptance of the view that nature operates in Aristotle's work on a craft model, which implies that matte...

Amazons and giants, snakes and gorgons, centaurs and gryphons: monsters abounded in the ancient world. They raise enduring philosophical questions:...

The Atlantis story remains one of the most haunting and enigmatic tales from antiquity, and one that still resonates very deeply with the modern im...

The Republic is Plato's most complete and incisive work – a detailed study of the problem of how best to ensure that justice exists in a real socie...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Plato's The Republic has influenced Western phi...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Plato's Republic has influenced Western philoso...