Philosophy : History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical

Featuring philosophical commentary from Marsilio Ficino-a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin-this wo......

Marsilio Ficino, a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance who translated all the works of Plato into Latin, examines Plato's Timaeus, the most widely inf......

Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede's radically new account of......

This work by Aristotle influenced great philosophers like Marx, Hegel and others. The work is deceptively simple and expounds on the philosophy of science, l......

Aristotle's "Politics" is the best work ever written on the concepts that help shape countries of the world and their governments. Although he strongly suppo......

A work regarding the concepts of chemistry and physics is presented here. Aristotle has presented his views on different physical phenomenon, their consequen......

This is one of the dialogues that belong to Plato's middle period. The death scene of Socrates has been presented in these pages and the dialogue is formulat......

In his truly inspiring manner Aristotle delves into the philosophy of soul and materialism. He comments on both sides of the argument explaining the view-poi......

Socratesí moral psychology is widely thought to be ëintellectualistí in the sense that, for Socrates, every ethical failure to do what is best is exclusively......

This book examines Augustine's intellectual conversion from Platonism to Christianity, as described at Confessions 7.9.13-21.27. It is widely assumed that th......

Galen is the most important medical writer in Graeco-Roman antiquity, and also extremely valuable for understanding Graeco-Roman thought and society in the s......

This book provides a collection of sources, many of them fragmentary and previously scattered and hard to access, for the development of Peripatetic philosop......

Panentheism has gained popularity among contemporary thinkers. This belief system explains that ""all is in God""; as a soul is related to a body, so God is ......

The Philosopher's Song explores the complex and fruitful relation between the great poets of Greek culture and Plato's invention of philosophy, especially as......

This excellent introduction to Greek Philosophy has been specially formatted for today's e-readers. Containing chapters including those on Plato, Socrates a......

This excellent introduction to Greek Philosophy has been specially formatted for today's e-readers. Containing chapters including those on Plato, Socrates a......

A great edition of a timeless classic. The translation is clear and the introduction is informative. A great read, for philosophers and non-philosophers alik......

This new work draws from Marcus Aurelius—one of the last great pre-Christian voices of classical Western philosophy and spirituality—the essentia......

The Triumph of the Necrophiles is the product of over forty years of research and is the most thorough, comprehensive, and penetrating critique of the mechan......

Platoâs Parmenides presents the modern reader with a puzzle. Noted for being the most difficult of Platonic dialogues, it is also one of the most influential......