Western Philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Aristotle's remarks about the differences between the sexes have become infamous for their implications for the social status of women. In his obse...

This book, Thales and the Beginnings of European Reflection, is more than a field guide to all major testimonies about Thales. It does not merely ...

Plato's Timaeus contains a powerful and influential myth, of the construction of the universe by a divine craftsman. A god imposed reason on necess...

Plato's Timaeus contains a powerful and influential myth, of the construction of the universe by a divine craftsman. A god imposed reason on necess...

This book illustrates the vitality and diversity of the seventeenth-century philosophers now known as the Cambridge Platonists, focusing chiefly on...

Virtues of Thought is an excursion through interconnecting philosophical topics in Plato and Aristotle, under the expert guidance of Aryeh Kosman. ...

In-depth analysis of Plutarchs anti-Epicurean treatise Adversus Colotem. LAdversus Colotem, composto intorno al 100 d.C., fa parte, insieme al non ...

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...