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This original and provocative engagement with Erasmus’ work argues that the Dutch humanist discovered in classical Stoicism several principles which he developed into a paradigm-shifting application……続きを見る

This book is the first extensive study of the role of the family in the work of Seneca. It offers a new way of reading philosophy that combines philosophical analysis with social, cultural and histo……続きを見る

Extrait : I.1. Le Maître dit : « Celui qui étudie pour appliquer au bon moment n’y trouve-t-il pas de la satisfaction ? Si des amis viennent de loin recevoir ses leçons, n’éprouve-t-il pas une grand……続きを見る

Warfare has long been central to a proper understanding of ancient Greece and Rome, worlds where war was, as the philosopher Heraclitus observed, ‘both king and father of all’. More recently, howeve……続きを見る

The Jews have ever been a people molded by the written word. It is no coincidence, therefore, that certain texts have come to play key roles in the continuum of Jewish discourse. Books of the People……続きを見る

Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (Vth century BCE) is best known in the history of philosophy for his stance that there is a share of everything in everything. He puts forward this theory of extreme mixture……続きを見る

Selfhood and the Soul is a collection of new and original essays in honour of Christopher Gill, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter. All of the essays in the volume con……続きを見る

Why should a child be bothered with the events of the past and the people who made them possible? Well, because the study of history brings to light lessons about cultures, traditions, and the decis……続きを見る

'any service I may have rendered my countrymen in my active life I may also extend to them... now that I am at leisure' Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Rome's greatest orator, had a career of int……続きを見る

This collection of essays, by Reding, in the emergent field of Sino-Hellenic studies, explores the neglected inchoative strains of rational thought in ancient China and compares them to similar them……続きを見る

This first of two volumes on the Greeks by Rush Rhees addresses the central philosophical question: In what sense does philosophy investigate reality? In answering this question, Rhees brings the wo……続きを見る

'What is the basic building block of the universe?' Thales of Miletus was the first to ask this fundamental, yet to be answered, question in the sixth century B.C. This book offers an in-depth accou……続きを見る

This volume presents the first edition of the Arabic translation, by Hunayn ibn Ishaq, of Galen's Critical Days (De diebus decretoriis), together with the first translation of the text into a modern……続きを見る

Lawyers, law students and their teachers all too frequently overlook the most comprehensive, adaptable and practical analysis of legal discourse ever devised: the classical art of rhetoric. Classica……続きを見る

This volume, emanating from the Fourth Keeling Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, presents essays and comments by nine outstanding scholars of ancient philosophy, which examine the influence of Plato……続きを見る

This second of two volumes on the Greeks by Rush Rhees takes up the questions bequeathed by the previous volume. If reality does not have the unity of a thing, can it have any kind of unity at all? ……続きを見る

The Stoics on Determinism and Compatibilism is an important book which reconstructs the arguments deployed by the Stoics in favour of the view that everything is necessary and examines the developme……続きを見る

Aquinas on God presents an accessible exploration of Thomas Aquinas' conception of God. Focusing on the Summa theologiae - the work containing Aquinas' most systematic and complete exposition of the……続きを見る

Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, of Alopece is arguably the most richly and diversely commemorated - and appropriated - of all ancient thinkers. Already in Antiquity, vigorous controversy over his sig……続きを見る

Extrait : Exemples que j’ai reçus de mon grand-père Vérus : la bonté et la douceur, qui ne connaît point la colère. Du père qui m’a donné la vie : la modestie et la virilité, du moins si je m’en rap……続きを見る

In A Comparative Analysis of Cicero and Aquinas, Charles P. Nemeth investigates how, despite their differences, these two figures may be the most compatible brothers in ideas ever conceived in the t……続きを見る

The question of energy is among the most vital for the future of humanity and the flourishing of life on this planet. Yet, only very rarely (if at all) do we ask what energy is, what it means, what ……続きを見る

Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatists and sometime humorist. He was born in southern Spain over 2,000 years ago and educated in Rome. As the story goes, his life……続きを見る

Is it possible, at all, to visit ancient Greece without leaving the comforts of home? Of course, it is! You have this educational book to take you where you want to go in Athens. The next pages will……続きを見る

Egypt is one of the really mysterious and very interesting topics in the world of history. Your child should be able to see it too. This book’s goal is to spark interest in history for all children ……続きを見る

Let’s visit Ancient Rome, and have some great learning fun with the Romans. The Roman way of living has been the subject of many history books, and the source of knowledge widely used today. This bo……続きを見る

History textbooks really do look and sound boring. This ancient history book is not one of them. Featuring the ancient Chinese Emperors and how they ruled, this book aims to present the stories in t……続きを見る

Despite their conceptual allergy to vegetal life, philosophers have used germination, growth, blossoming, fruition, reproduction, and decay as illustrations of abstract concepts; mentioned plants in……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte du stoïcisme avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! Contrairement à la plupart des doctrines philosophiques, le stoïcisme ne tire son nom ni de celui de son fondateur, comme le p……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte de Pythagore et du pythagorisme avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! Il n'est guère, dans l'Antiquité, de figure plus mystérieuse que celle de Pythagore, ni qui ait posé de pro……続きを見る