Western Philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

This volume investigates Proclus' own thought and his wide-ranging influence within late Neoplatonic, Alexandrine and Byzantinian philosophy and th...

Many recent discoveries have confirmed the importance of Orphism for ancient Greek religion, philosophy and literature. Its nature and role are sti...

Two treatises on memory which have come down to us from antiquity are Aristotles On memory and recollection and Plotinus On perception and memory (...

The Unity of Stoic Metaphysics argues that the Stoics were sophisticated metaphysical thinkers responding to Plato's Sophist and forging a bold new...

Tracing practical reason from its origins to its modern and contemporary permutations   The Greek discovery of practical reason, as the skilled per...

One of the best books ever written on the power and practicality of philosophy for building a good and successful life - Tom Morris, bestselling au...

Title first published in 2003. In commemoration of the philosophical interests of Stanley Victor Keeling, the annual lectures in his memory highlig...

Title first published in 2003. In commemoration of the philosophical interests of Stanley Victor Keeling, the annual lectures in his memory highlig...

This collection of essays surveys a wide range of methods of Platonic interpretation, ranging from the dialogues themselves, to Middle and Neoplato...

Phaenias of Eresus (c. 375300 BC) was a member of Aristotle's school, the Peripatos or Lyceum, and a friend and compatriot of Aristotle's successor...

What does life truly mean? Who do I want to become? And how do I get there? These are some of life's biggest questions that are hard to think thr...

With a new introduction placing Plato's great work at the heart of ancient concepts of human organization and justice, this new edition of The Repu...

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