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Contains information on over 2,300 ancient Western philosophers, from Abammon to Zoticus. Covering the period from the seventh century BC...

With a thorough examination of ancient views of literary and artistic realism, allegory and symbolism, The Poetics of Phantasia brings...

Typically, the first decade of Friedrich Nietzsche's career is considered a sort of pr�cis to his mature thinking. Yet his...

Lucretius' On the Nature of Things - one of the glories of Latin literature - provides a vivid poetic exposition...

Heidegger's Platonism challenges Heidegger's 1940 interpretation of Plato as the philosopher who initiated the West's ontological decline into contemporary n......

The significance of the notions of actuality and potentiality in Plotinus' thought can hardly be overstated. Throughout the Enneads, they...

Brings the different aspects of the study of ancient wisdom together and presents it as a subject in its own...

Becoming god was an ideal of many ancient Greek philosophers, as was the life of reason, which they equated with...

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings...

Epictetus, a great philosopher taught the importance of control over one's own mind and will, for true happiness must not...

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings...

The Role Ethics of Epictetus:Stoicism in Ordinary Life offers an original interpretation of Epictetus’s ethics and how he bases his...

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings...

Metaphysics by Aristotle is a wonderful book. Very in-depth descriptions and good translations. Somewhat heavy reading, but quite informative. A...

In Solon the Thinker, John Lewis presents the hypothesis that Solon saw Athens as a self-governing, self-supporting system akin to...

RicÅur lectured and wrote for over twenty years on negation ('Do I understand something better if I know what it...

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

A study of ancient Latin and Greek words frequently translated religion with a view to showing how such mistranslation seriously...

In this engaging introduction, Constance Meinwald shows how Plato has shaped the landscape of Western philosophy. She provides much-needed historical...

This book will be of interest to any person, whether an interested party, student, or scholar of the Roman Empire....