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Plato's Natural Philosophy: A Study of the Timaeus-Critias by Thomas Kjeller Johansen 9780521067485
RRP: £39.99£33.26Plato's dialogue the Timaeus-Critias presents two connected accounts, that of the story of Atlantis and its defeat by ancient Athens and that of the creation of the cosmos by a divine craftsman. This book offers a unified reading of the dialogue. It... -
Plato's Lysis by Terry Penner 9780521103190
RRP: £39.99£30.33The Lysis is one of Plato's most engaging but also puzzling dialogues; it has often been regarded, in the modern period, as a philosophical failure. The full philosophical and literary exploration of the dialogue illustrates how it in fact provides a... -
Aristotle on Women: Physiology, Psychology, and Politics by Sophia M. Connell
RRP: £17.00£14.72This Element provides an account of Aristotle on women which combines what is found in his scientific biology with his practical philosophy. Scholars have often debated how these two fields are related. The current study shows that according to... -
Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 3, Book 3, Part 1, Proclus on the World's Body by Proclus 9780521845953
RRP: £78.99£67.25Proclus' Commentary on Plato's dialogue Timaeus is arguably the most important commentary on a text of Plato, offering unparalleled insights into eight centuries of Platonic interpretation. This edition offered the first new English translation of the... -
Stoic Philosophy by J. M. Rist 9780521292016
RRP: £39.99£33.26Literature on the Stoa usually concentrates on historical accounts of the development of the school and on Stoicism as a social movement. In this 1977 text, Professor Rist's approach is to examine in detail a series of philosophical problems discussed by... -
Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics by Mark Balaguer 9780195122305
£37.74Balaguer demonstrates that there are no good arguments for or against mathematical platonism. He does this by establishing that both platonism and anti-platonism are defensible views. Introducing a form of platonism ("full-blooded platonism") that solves... -
A Text Worthy of Plotinus: The Lives and Correspondence of P. Henry S.J., H.-R. Schwyzer, A.H. Armstrong, J. Trouillard and J. Igal S.J. by Suzanne Stern-Gillet
RRP: £90.00£73.28A Text Worthy of Plotinus makes available for the first time information on the collaborative work that went into the completion of the first reliable edition of Plotinus' Enneads: Plotini Opera, editio maior, three volumes (Brussels, Paris, and Leiden,... -
The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy: Its Origin, Development, and Significance by Andre Laks 9780691175454
RRP: £30.00£23.29When we talk about Presocratic philosophy, we are speaking about the origins of Greek philosophy and Western rationality itself. But what exactly does it mean to talk about "Presocratic philosophy" in the first place? How did early Greek thinkers come to... -
Aristotle's De Anima: A Critical Commentary by Ronald M. Polansky 9780521148856
RRP: £29.99£27.80Aristotle's De Anima is the first systematic philosophical account of the soul, which serves to explain the functioning of all mortal living things. In his commentary, Ronald Polansky argues that the work is far more structured and systematic than... -
Knowledge, Nature, and the Good: Essays on Ancient Philosophy by John M. Cooper 9780691117249
RRP: £55.00£43.31Knowledge, Nature, and the Good brings together some of John Cooper's most important works on ancient philosophy. In thirteen chapters that represent an ideal companion to the author's influential Reason and Emotion, Cooper addresses a wide range of... -
Traditional and Cosmic Gods in Later Plato and the Early Academy by Vilius Bartninkas 9781009322614
RRP: £29.99£25.94This book sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods. A close reading of the later dialogues shows that the two families of gods are routinely deployed... -
Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truths by Lawrence J. Hatab 9780812691160
RRP: £31.99£29.03Hatab's work is more than an interpretative study, inspired by Neitzsche and Heidegger of the historical relationship between myth and philosophy in ancient Greece. Its conclusions go beyond the historical case study, and amount to a defence of the... -
The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece by Andrew Barker 9780521289955
RRP: £50.99£43.42The ancient science of harmonics investigates the arrangements of pitched sounds which form the basis of musical melody, and the principles which govern them. It was the most important branch of Greek musical theory, studied by philosophers,... -
Aristotle on Inquiry: Erotetic Frameworks and Domain Specific Norms by James G. Lennox
RRP: £90.00£75.52Aristotle is a rarity in the history of philosophy and science - he is a towering figure in the history of both disciplines. Moreover, he devoted a great deal of philosophical attention to the nature of scientific knowledge. How then do his philosophical... -
The Unity of Plato's Sophist: Between the Sophist and the Philosopher by Noburu Notomi 9780521037327
RRP: £36.99£33.55Plato's later dialogue, the Sophist, is deemed one of the greatest works in the history of philosophy, but scholars have been shy of confronting the central problem of the dialogue. For Plato, defining the sophist is the basic philosophical problem: any... -
Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 4, Book 3, Part 2, Proclus on the World Soul by Proclus 9780521845960
RRP: £127.00£107.99In the present volume Proclus describes the 'creation' of the soul that animates the entire universe. This is not a literal creation, for Proclus argues that Plato means only to convey the eternal dependence of the World Soul upon higher causes. In his... -
The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy: Its Origin, Development, and Significance by Andre Laks 9780691191485
RRP: £20.00£15.89When we talk about Presocratic philosophy, we are speaking about the origins of Greek philosophy and Western rationality itself. But what exactly does it mean to talk about "Presocratic philosophy" in the first place? How did early Greek thinkers come to... -
Cicero on Politics and the Limits of Reason: The Republic and Laws by Jed W. Atkins
RRP: £30.99£22.85A prolific philosopher who also held Rome's highest political office, Cicero was uniquely qualified to write on political philosophy. In this book Professor Atkins provides a fresh interpretation of Cicero's central political dialogues - the Republic and... -
Two Logics: The Conflict Between Classical and Neo-Analytic Philosophy by Henry B. Veatch 9783868382228
£67.92This book is a consideration of the differences between Aristotelian and symbolic logic (and the metaphysical assumptions they come packaged with) and the consequences these have for how we view the world. What Veatch propose is to try to exhibit with... -
The Being of the Beautiful: Plato's Theaetetus, Sophist and Statesman by Plato 9780226670386
RRP: £50.00£48.25The Being of the Beautiful collects Plato's three dialogues, the Theaetetus, Sophist, and Statesmen, in which Socrates formulates his conception of philosophy while preparing for trial. Renowned classicist Seth Benardete's careful translations clearly... -
Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy by J. M. Moore 9780520266056
RRP: £27.00£21.06This collection contains: Aristotle's "The Constitution of Athens"; Xenophon's "The Politeia of the Spartans"; "The Constitution of the Athenians" ascribed to Xenophon the Orator; and, "The Boeotian Constitution" from the Oxyrhynchus Historian. In... -
Plotinus, Neoplatonism, and the Transcendence of the One by Jens Halfwassen 9781733988995
RRP: £65.00£57.45Plotinus (204-70) is the founder of Neoplatonism and its most significant thinker. He shaped late antique philosophy and significantly influenced the entire metaphysical tradition of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and German Idealism. In this volume, Jens... -
Aristotle's Economic Thought by Scott Meikle 9780198152255
RRP: £54.00£44.42`[Meikle's] aim is to make proper sense of Aristotle's economic thinking, and in a detailed, lucid discussion he succeeds brilliantly.' Peter Jones, Sunday Telegraph Aristotle's work on money was the backbone of medieval thinking about commerce, and it... -
Euthyphro; Apology of Socrates; Crito by Plato 9780198140153
RRP: £40.49£28.50Euthyphro; Apology of Socrates; CritoBook InformationISBN 9780198140153Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Clarendon PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 363g -
Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination by J. P. F. Wynne 9781107683563
RRP: £24.99£22.37During the months before and after he saw Julius Caesar assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC, Cicero wrote two philosophical dialogues about religion and theology: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination. This book brings to life his portraits of... -
Platos Dialectical Ethics: Phenomenological Interpretations Relating to the Philebus by Hans-Georg Gadamer 9780300159745
£27.41Plato's Dialectical Ethics, Gadamer's earliest work, has now been translated into English for the first time. This classic book, published in 1931 and reprinted in 1967 and 1982, is still important today. It is one of the most extensive and imaginative... -
Plato: An Introduction by Paul Friedlander
RRP: £62.00£48.62Contents: I. Eidos. II. Demon and Eros. III. Beyond Being. IV. The Academy. V. The Written Work. VI. Socrates in Plato. VII. Irony. VIII. Dialogue. IX. Myth. X. Intuition and Construction. XI. Alethcia. XII. Dialogue and Existence. XIII. Plato's Letters... -
Xenophon II. Libri Socratici by E. C. Marchant 9780198145530
£44.11Xenophon II. Libri SocraticiBook InformationISBN 9780198145530Author E. C. MarchantPage Count 294Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 194mm * 130mm * 21mm -
The Development and Decline of Chinese Cosmology by John B. Henderson 9780982321249
£22.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982321249Author John B. HendersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Windstone PressPublisher Windstone PressWeight(grams) 435g -
Plato's Timaeus as Cultural Icon by Gretchen Reydams-Schils 9780268038724
RRP: £29.99£24.54In recent years, Plato's Timaeus has recaptured the interest of scholars, sparking an exploration of the astonishing influence this work has had on a wide range of intellectual traditions. Plato's Timaeus as Cultural Icon brings together a group of... -
Plotinus I. Enneades I-III cum vita Porphyrii by Paul Henry 9780198145615
£44.26Plotinus I. Enneades I-III cum vita PorphyriiBook InformationISBN 9780198145615Author Paul HenryPage Count 410Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 194mm * 130mm * 28mm -
Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern Experiments on Ancient Values by Richard Sorabji 9780198708667
£26.21Richard Sorabji presents a fascinating study of Gandhi's philosophy in comparison with Christian and Stoic thought. Sorabji shows that Gandhi was a true philosopher. He not only aimed to give a consistent self-critical rationale for his views, but also... -
Sophist by Plato
RRP: £24.00£23.03Theaetetus, the Sophist, and the Statesman are a trilogy of Platonic dialogues that show Socrates formulating his conception of philosophy as he prepares the defense for his trial. Originally published together as The Being of the Beautiful, these... -
Democracy: A Life by Paul Cartledge
RRP: £22.99£20.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190866273Author Paul CartledgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams)... -
The Virtue of Aristotle's Ethics by Paula Gottlieb 9780521369992
RRP: £39.99£33.26Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Five Modes of Scepticism: Sextus Empiricus and the Agrippan Modes by Stefan Sienkiewicz 9780198798361
RRP: £76.00£50.47Five Modes of Scepticism examines the argument forms that lie at the heart of Pyrrhonian scepticism as expressed in the writings of Sextus Empiricus. These are the Agrippan modes of disagreement, hypothesis, infinite regression, reciprocity and... -
Epistemology after Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus by Mi-Kyoung Lee 9780199549283
RRP: £68.00£42.23Relativism, the position that things are for each as they seem to each, was first formulated in Western philosophy by Protagoras, the fifth-century BC Greek orator and teacher. Mi-Kyoung Lee examines the challenge to the possibility of expert knowledge... -
Passions and Persuasion in Aristotle's Rhetoric by Jamie Dow 9780198716266
£77.21For Aristotle, arousing the passions of others can amount to giving them proper grounds for conviction. On that basis a skill in doing so can be something valuable, an appropriate constituent of the kind of expertise in rhetoric that deserves to be... -
The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings: Volume 3, Christ: Through the Nestorian Controversy by Mark DelCogliano
£117.39The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings provides the definitive anthology of early Christian texts from ca. 100 CE to ca. 650 CE. Its volumes reflect the cultural, intellectual, and linguistic diversity of early Christianity, and are organized... -
Explaining the Cosmos: The Ionian Tradition of Scientific Philosophy by Daniel W. Graham 9780691125404
RRP: £75.00£67.64Explaining the Cosmos is a major reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific tradition of philosophy, Daniel Graham argues that Presocratic philosophy is not a mere patchwork of different schools and styles of...