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Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus’s theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story desc……続きを見る

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 31 and 34 from the 'Beliefs and Ideas' Compon……続きを見る

Hiero by Xenophon,the Athenian historian, soldier and mercenary, and a student of Socrates.This book is a minor work by Xenophon, set as a dialogue between Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, and the lyric p……続きを見る

This book poses a radical challenge to the legend of Socrates bequeathed by Plato and echoed by scholars through the ages: that Socrates was an innocent sage convicted and sentenced to death by the ……続きを見る

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specifications for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers all three options for Component 11: World of the……続きを見る

This volume traces the impact of colonialism and Western philosophy on the dialogical structure of Indian thought and highlights the general tendency in contemporary Indian philosophy to avoid direc……続きを見る

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 32 and 33 from the 'Beliefs and Ideas' Compon……続きを見る

The field of ancient Greek ethics is increasingly emerging as a major branch of philosophical enquiry, and students and scholars of ancient philosophy will find this Companion to be a rich and inval……続きを見る

Most ancient cultures disappeared with scarcely a trace, their effect upon our modern way of life of little consequence. The Greeks, however, continue to influence contemporary man through their dra……続きを見る

Providing the only full-length study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, this volume elucidates Stoic and Perip……続きを見る

Desiring the Good defends a novel and distinctive approach in ethics that is inspired by ancient philosophy. Ethics, according to this approach, starts from one question and its most immediate answe……続きを見る

Heraclides of Pontus hailed from the shores of the Black Sea. He studied with Aristotle in Plato's Academy, and became a respected member of that school. During Plato's third trip to Sicily, Heracli……続きを見る

Aristotle's theories of truth, practical reasoning, and action are some of the most influential theories in the history of philosophy. It is surprising, then, that so little attention has been given……続きを見る

Cicero's On the Commonwealth and On the Laws were his first and most substantial attempts to adapt Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic. They represent Cicero'……続きを見る

While he is more commonly known for his Trinitiarian works and theology, this study assesses mid-fourth-century bishop Hilary of Poitiers' view of the human condition. Isabella Image shows that the ……続きを見る

In this book, Mary Townsend proposes that, contrary to the current scholarship on Plato's Republic, Socrates does not in fact set out to prove the weakness of women. Rather, she argues that close at……続きを見る

Dio Chrysostom was a philosopher and historian of the first century, whose extant works confirm his prominent influence in reviving Greek literature in the Roman Empire, marking the beginning of the……続きを見る

The Organon is another name for the standard collection of Aristotle's six works on logic. They still belong to the most significant works on this subject and were highly influential throughout hist……続きを見る

Marc Aurel, auch bekannt als Marcus Aurelius, schrieb das Buch 'Selbstbetrachtungen' als persönliches Tagebuch, um seine Gedanken und philosophischen Überzeugungen festzuhalten. Das Werk reflektiert……続きを見る

There are many puzzling things about the ancient world, since those who peopled that world lived and thought within quite different models of reality. Why did they practice the sacrifice of animals?……続きを見る

Epicurus on the Self reconstructs a part of Epicurean ethics which only survives on the fragmentary papyrus rolls excavated from an ancient library in Herculaneum, On Nature XXV. The aim of this boo……続きを見る

L’école fondée par le philosophe Épicure vers 306 avant J.-C., Le Jardin, était particulièrement réputée pour l’amitié qui y régnait. Cette éthique de l’amitié explique la postérité de sa vie et de ……続きを見る

« Un homme de Plutarque » est une expression qui fut longtemps utilisée par le passé. Elle était employée pour désigner de grands personnages de l’histoire, des héros intrépides, mais aussi de forte……続きを見る

L’homme ne serait-il juste que par crainte des conséquences de son injustice ? Or seuls des hommes justes peuvent construire une cité juste, nous dit Platon. Alors comment devenir juste, comment fai……続きを見る

Philosophes qui ont eu le privilège de donner deux adjectifs de notre langue française, les philosophes cyniques et sceptiques sont pourtant méconnus, et leur vision du monde souvent dénaturée. Phil……続きを見る

It is often said that to understand Plato we must understand his times. Many readers who might accept without question this saying of historical criticism may still wonder why we should think it nec……続きを見る

Let’s connect some events, shall we? It’s a brain game that your third grader should play because it makes learning history much more fun and interactive. It also allows a child to see the relations……続きを見る

The ancient times may have been thousands of years ago but there’s a way to still experience those years. How? You have time machines like movies and books. This history book for sixth graders promi……続きを見る

Who was Socrates and why do scholars still look up to him until this day? This man hasn't been around for hundreds of years; and yet, he is still very much alive in books. Modern-day arguments are b……続きを見る

Did you know that unlike other societies, the Roman Empire acknowledged women for their strength and importance in society? In this book, we'll learn about how differently Roman society treated wome……続きを見る