Western Philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. ...

In On Aristotle, Alan Ryan examines Platos most famous student and sharpest critic. Aristotle was the first thinker to posit that a society should ...

An original and provocative book that illuminates the origins of philosophy in ancient Greece by revealing the surprising early meanings of the wor...

This book contains new, annotated, and literal yet accessible translations of Xenophons eight shorter writings, accompanied by interpretive essays ...

In this volume, a distinguished group of philosophers offers new insight into Platonic studies. Combining cutting-edge research with innovative ana...

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) introduced Romans to the major schools of Greek philosophy, forging a Latin conceptual vocabulary that was entir...

The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philoso...

Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more tho...

Platonists beginning in the Old Academy itself and up to and including Plotinus struggled to understand and articulate the relation between Platos ...

Hellenic contributions to Western Civilization are acknowledged by all, but the details of their endowment are under-appreciated. This volume se...

In this book, Theodore Scaltsas brings the insights of contemporary philosophy to bear on a classic problem in metaphysics that stems from Aristotl...

Accompanied by a new translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics X, this volume presents a hybrid between a traditional commentary and a scholarl...

Democracy was born in Athens. From its founding myths to its golden age and its chaotic downfall, it's rich with lessons for our own times. Why did...