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Aristotle on Earlier Greek Psychology: The Science of Soul by Jason W. Carter
RRP: £30.99£25.45This volume is the first in English to provide a full, systematic investigation into Aristotle's criticisms of earlier Greek theories of the soul from the perspective of his theory of scientific explanation. Some interpreters of the De Anima have seen... -
Object Worlds in Ancient Egypt by Lynn Meskell
RRP: £35.99£31.69Egypt looms large in the Western imagination. Whether it is our attraction to pharaonic art, the pyramids or practices of mummification, Egypts unique understanding of materiality speaks to us across space and time. Is it because the ancient Egyptians... -
Potamo of Alexandria and the Emergence of Eclecticism in Late Hellenistic Philosophy by Myrto Hatzimichali
RRP: £57.00£51.13Eclecticism is a concept widely used in the history of ancient philosophy to describe the intellectual stance of diverse thinkers such as Plutarch, Cicero and Seneca. In this book the historical and interpretative problems associated with eclecticism are... -
Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume II: Socrates, Plato, and Their Tradition by Gregory Vlastos
RRP: £60.00£53.43Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek... -
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 43 by Brad Inwood 9780199666164
£107.52Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and... -
Plato and the Socratic Dialogue: The Philosophical Use of a Literary Form by Charles H. Kahn 9780521648301
RRP: £50.99£43.42This book proposes a new paradigm for the interpretation of Plato's early and middle dialogues. Rejecting the usual assumption of a distinct 'Socratic' period in the development of Plato's thought, this view regards the earlier works as deliberate... -
Platonic Conversations by Mary Margaret McCabe 9780198732884
£96.41M. M. McCabe presents a selection of her essays which explore the ways in which the Platonic method of conversation may inform how we understand both the Platonic dialogues and the work of his predecessors and his successors. The centrality of... -
Socrates and the Jews: Hellenism and Hebraism from Moses Mendelssohn to Sigmund Freud by Miriam Leonard
RRP: £26.00£24.85"What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" Posed by the early Christian Tertullian, the question was vigorously debated in the nineteenth century. While classics dominated the intellectual life of Europe, Christianity still prevailed, and conflicts raged... -
Aristotle's Anthropology by Geert Keil
RRP: £30.99£27.40This is the first collection of essays devoted specifically to the nature and significance of Aristotle's anthropological philosophy, covering the full range of his ethical, metaphysical and biological works. The book is organised into four parts, two of... -
Personification and the Feminine in Roman Philosophy by Alex Dressler 9781107105966
RRP: £104.00£93.82While the central ideal of Roman philosophy exemplified by Lucretius, Cicero and Seneca appears to be the masculine values of self-sufficiency and domination, this book argues, through close attention to metaphor and figures, that the Romans also... -
The Physics. Writings on Natural Philosophy (Concise Edition) by Aristotle
RRP: £9.99£6.80In the philosophical language of Aristotle and the Greeks of Antiquity, 'Physics' roughly translates as 'the order of nature', covering what we would now differentiate as philosophy, science, politics, humanities and religion. One of Aristotle's great... -
Vatsyayana's Commentary on the Nyaya-sutra: A Guide by Matthew R. Dasti 9780197625934
RRP: £19.99£18.21Vatsyayana's Commentary on the Nyaya-sutra is one of classical India's most important philosophical works. This Guide offers both a map and interpretation of this challenging canonical text, suitable for any student or novice reader. Treating them as... -
Plato on Parts and Wholes: The Metaphysics of Structure by Verity Harte 9780199278442
RRP: £58.00£44.97What is the relation between a whole and its parts? Is a whole identical to its parts, or is there some other relation of composition? These questions are much discussed in modern philosophy; but Plato's rich discussion of composition has been neglected... -
Black Ships and Sea Raiders: The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Context of Odysseus' Second Cretan Lie by Jeffrey P. Emanuel 9781498572231
RRP: £39.00£34.37The end of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean was a time of social, political, and economic upheaval - conditions reflected, in many ways, in the world of Homer's Odyssey. Jeffrey P. Emanuel examines the Odyssey's Second Cretan Lie (xiv 191 -... -
Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity by Catherine Wilson 9780199595556
RRP: £45.49£35.64This landmark study examines the role played by the rediscovery of the writings of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius, in the articulation of the major philosophical systems of the seventeenth century, and, more broadly, their influence on the... -
The Concept of Motion in Ancient Greek Thought: Foundations in Logic, Method, and Mathematics by Barbara Sattler
RRP: £125.00£90.28This book examines the birth of the scientific understanding of motion. It investigates which logical tools and methodological principles had to be in place to give a consistent account of motion, and which mathematical notions were introduced to gain... -
Substance and Essence in Aristotle: An Interpretation of "Metaphysics" VII-IX by Charlotte Witt
RRP: £34.00£26.50Substance and Essence in Aristotle is a close study of Aristotle's most profound-and perplexing-treatise: Books VII-IX of the Metaphysics. These central books, which focus on the nature of substance, have gained a deserved reputation for their... -
Virtue and Law in Plato and Beyond by Julia Annas 9780198755746
RRP: £72.00£64.42Julia Annas presents a study of Plato's account of the relation of virtue to law: how it developed from the Republic to the Laws, and how his ideas were taken up by Cicero and by Philo of Alexandria. Annas shows that, rather than rejecting the approach... -
On Prophecy, Dreams and Human Imagination: Synesius, de Insomniis by Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath 9783161524196
RRP: £56.10£55.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783161524196Author Donald A. RussellFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Mohr SiebeckPublisher Mohr SiebeckWeight(grams) 436g -
The Rhetoric of the Past in Demosthenes and Aeschines: Oratory, History, and Politics in Classical Athens by Guy Westwood
RRP: £125.00£114.10In democratic Athens, mass citizen audiences - whether in the lawcourts, or in the political Assembly and Council, or when gathered for formal civic occasions - frequently heard politicians and litigants discussing the city's past, and manipulating it... -
Icastes: Marsilio Ficino's Interpretation of Plato's Sophist by Michael J B Allen 9780866988186
RRP: £32.00£23.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780866988186Author Michael J B AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance StudiePublisher Arizona Center for... -
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: And a Selection from the Letters of Marcus and Fronto by Editor 9780198147619
£33.45Marcus Aurelius governed Rome and its empire from 161 to 180 AD. The "Meditations" were written in his old age, composed while on campaign, and provide an insight into the emperor's mind. They reveal, albeit subtly, the personality of the writer:... -
Aristotle on Thought and Feeling by Paula Gottlieb
RRP: £90.00£75.12Aristotle's discussion of the motivation of the good person is both complicated and cryptic. Depending on which passages are emphasized, he may seem to be presenting a Kantian style view according to which the good person is and ought to be motivated... -
Plato and the Metaphysical Feminine: One Hundred and One Nights by Dr Irene Han 9780192849588
RRP: £70.00£63.74Plato and the Metaphysical Feminine offers a new interpretation of the role of the female and the feminine in Plato's political dialogues—the Republic, Laws, and Timaeus—informed by Deleuze's film theory and Irigaray's psychoanalytic feminism. Irene Han... -
Generation of Animals by Aristotle
RRP: £24.95£23.39Efficient causes of life.Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-347); subsequently he spent three years ... -
Plato: Clitophon by Plato 9780521031066
RRP: £44.99£38.14The Clitophon, a dialogue generally ascribed to Plato, is significant for focusing on Socrates' role as an exhorter of other people to engage in philosophy. It was almost certainly intended to bear closely on Plato's Republic and is a fascinating... -
Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito: Critical Essays by Rachana Kamtekar 9780742533257
RRP: £48.00£39.13Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life... -
Language and Logos: Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy Presented to G. E. L. Owen by Malcolm Schofield 9780521027946
RRP: £44.99£38.54The essays in this volume were written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of G. E. L. Owen, who by his essays and seminars on ancient Greek philosophy has made a contribution to its study that is second to none. The authors, from both sides of the... -
Prudes, Perverts, and Tyrants: Plato's Gorgias and the Politics of Shame by Christina H. Tarnopolsky 9780691163420
RRP: £25.00£19.59In recent years, most political theorists have agreed that shame shouldn't play any role in democratic politics because it threatens the mutual respect necessary for participation and deliberation. But Christina Tarnopolsky argues that not every kind of... -
Voices of Ancient Philosophy: An Introductory Reader by Julia Annas 9780195126952
RRP: £116.99£71.45This topically organized collection is intended as an introduction to the many varied voices of ancient philosophy that involves the reader directly in the issues. Rather than proceeding chronologically through different systems, the student engages with... -
Aristotle on the Common Sense by Pavel Gregoric 9780199277377
RRP: £122.50£88.78Apart from using our eyes to see and our ears to hear, we regularly and effortlessly perform a number of complex perceptual operations that cannot be explained in terms of the five senses taken individually. Such operations include, for example,... -
Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology by Charles H. Kahn 9780872202559
RRP: £20.99£17.21Through criticism and analysis of ancient traditions, Kahn reconstructs the pattern of Anaximander's thought using historical methods akin to the reconstructive techniques of comparative linguists.About the AuthorCharles H. Kahn is Professor of... -
Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic by Lex Paulson 9781316514115
RRP: £75.00£67.74This book tells an overlooked story in the history of ideas, a drama of cut-throat politics and philosophy of mind. For it is Cicero, statesman and philosopher, who gives shape to the notion of will in Western thought, from criminal will to moral... -
The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus by Seth Benardete
RRP: £30.00£29.25"The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy", one of the most groundbreaking works of twentieth-century Platonic studies, is now back in print for a new generation of students and scholars to discover. In this volume, distinguished classicist Seth Benardete... -
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 58 by Victor Caston
RRP: £31.99£29.35Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and... -
Antiphon the Sophist: The Fragments by Antiphon 9780521126120
RRP: £40.99£33.66This edition collects all the surviving evidence for the fifth-century BCE Athenian sophist Antiphon and presents it together with a translation and a full commentary, which assesses its reliability and significance. Although Antiphon is not as familiar... -
Laches by Rosamond Kent Sprague 9780872201347
RRP: £10.99£9.00Rosamond Kent Sprague's translations of the Laches and Charmides are highly regarded, and relied on, for their lucidity and philosophical acuity. This edition includes notes by Sprague and an updated bibliography.About the AuthorRosamond Kent Sprague is... -
Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Francis Hutcheson
RRP: £19.95£16.80This 1742 translation is a collaborative work by Frances Hutcheson and a colleague at Glasgow University, the classicist James Moor. Although Hutcheson was secretive about the extent of his work on the book, he was clearly the leading spirit of the... -
The Blinded Eye: Thucydides and the New Written Word by Gregory Crane 9780847681297
RRP: £110.00£89.27Thucydides, the patron saint of Realpolitik, continues to be read in many fields outside of classics. Why did his History succeed in setting the pattern for future scholars where Hereodotus's earlier Histories failed? In this fascinating study of the... -
Aristotle on Perception by Stephen Everson 9780198238638
RRP: £54.00£53.21Stephen Everson presents a comprehensive new study of Aristotle's account of perception and related mental capacities. Recent debate about Aristotle's theory of mind has focused on this account, which is Aristotle's most sustained and detailed attempt to...