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Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy is often characterised in terms of competitive individuals debating orally with one another in public arenas. But it also developed over its long history a sense i……続きを見る

Building upon his previous books about Marx, Hayek, and Rand, Total Freedom completes what Lingua Franca has called Sciabarra’s "epic scholarly quest" to reclaim dialectics, usually associated with ……続きを見る

In our troubled world, looking back to ancient wisdom can shed light on fresh solutions. For years, many of us have upheld the Stoic belief in ‘no pain, no gain.’ But when the pace of modern life an……続きを見る

This book investigates Aristotelian psychology through his works and commentaries on them, including De Sensu, De Memoria and De Somno et Vigilia. Authors present original research papers inviting r……続きを見る

We might think we are through with the past, but the past isn't through with us. Tragedy permits us to come face to face with the things we don't want to know about ourselves, but which still make u……続きを見る

Focusing primarily on Aristotle’s Physics Alpha, an attempt is made to establish the structure and significance of the Aristotelian analogy. Traditionally, the concept of analogy in Aristotle has be……続きを見る

Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, ……続きを見る

Platone scrisse questo testo nel 399 a.C. in seguito alla morte di Socrate. Come altri testi giovanili di Platone, l’Apologia di Socrate risulta tanto affine al pensiero di quest’ultimo, da risultar……続きを見る

This book offers a novel defence of a highly contested philosophical position: biological natural kind essentialism. This theory is routinely and explicitly rejected for its purported inability to b……続きを見る

What are emotions? How do they arise? How do they relate to other mental and bodily states? And what is their specific structure? The book discusses these questions, focusing on medieval and early m……続きを見る

Volume 1 of this new grammatical reader on the first 12 chapters of Book 1 of Plato’s Republic is the most thorough of available resources, designed for students who have only basic skills as well a……続きを見る

Ancient dialectic started as an art of refutation and evolved into a science akin to our logic, grammar and linguistics. Scholars of ancient philosophy have traditionally focused on Plato's and Aris……続きを見る

What can we learn about the trial of Socrates from Plato's dialogues? Most scholars say we can learn a lot from the Apology, but not from the rest. Plato's Trial of Athens rejects this assumption an……続きを見る

Heraclitus is the first English translation of Volume 55 of Martin Heidegger's Gesamtausgabe. This important volume consists of two lecture courses given by Heidegger at the University of Freiburg o……続きを見る

Inject the very wonderful and lively Greek and Roman myths in your children’s systems because they have tons to learn from them. This reference book features the famous demigods and their parents fo……続きを見る

Luke and the Politics of Homeric Imitation: Luke–Acts as Rival to the Aeneid argues that the author of Luke–Acts composed not a history but a foundation mythology to rival Vergil’s Aeneid by adoptin……続きを見る

Goffredo Coppola ci restituisce un Epicuro figlio del suo tempo: il tempo eterno e demonicamente fanciullo della cultura classica. Epicuro ha percorso il mondo come uno straniero, modesto e silenzio……続きを見る

Plato's 'Republic' constructs an ideal city composed of three parts, parallel to the soul's reason, appetites, and fighting spirit. But confusion and controversy have long surrounded this three-way ……続きを見る

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle suggests that a moral principle 'does not immediately appear to the man who has been corrupted by pleasure or pain'. Phantasia in Aristotle's Ethics investigates……続きを見る

This bookengages in cross-tradition scholarship, investigating the processes associated with cultivating or nurturing the self in order to live good lives. Both Ancient Chinese and Greek philosopher……続きを見る

A brief presentation of over 1000 literary sources relevant to the study of Greek and Latin Mythology, Magic, Philosophy, and Gnosticism. Along some of the most famous works of Cicero, Plato and Vir……続きを見る

In 'Selbstbetrachtungen' präsentiert uns Marc Aurel eine Sammlung von persönlichen Aufzeichnungen und philosophischen Gedanken, die er während seiner Herrschaft als römischer Kaiser niedergeschriebe……続きを見る

According to Hindu religion principles of rebirth are very important. It tells us that before this birth we already have taken infinite births and passed through this cycle of death and rebirth. Thi……続きを見る

"Meditations" is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from second century, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the ……続きを見る

This is the complete works of Plato including ALCIBIADES I APOLOGY CHARMIDES CRATYLUS CRITIAS CRITO EUTHYPHRO GORGIAS ION LACHES LAWS LESSER HIPPIAS LYSIS MENEXENUS MENO PARMENIDES PHAEDO PHAEDRUS P……続きを見る

The need of a reinterpretation of Greek economic theory in the light of our modern humanitarian economy is presented in the introduction to this work. If this volume may, in some degree, meet such a……続きを見る

Recent research in the humanities and social sciences suggests that individuals who understand themselves as belonging to something greater than the selfーa family, community, or religious or spirit……続きを見る

Alkibiades II (Zweiter Alkibiades oder Kleiner Alkibiades, lateinisch Alcibiades minor) ist ein antiker literarischer Dialog in griechischer Sprache, der angeblich von Platon stammt, aber heute in d……続きを見る

Alkibiades I (auch der Große Alkibiades) ist ein philosophischer Dialog, von dem umstritten ist, ob er von Platon selbst stammt oder nur aus seinem Umkreis, der Akademie. Der fiktive Dialog zwischen……続きを見る

Die Physik ist neben der Metaphysik und der Nikomachischen Ethik eines der Hauptwerke des Aristoteles. Sie befasst sich mit der Erklärung und Erläuterung (Definition) einiger grundlegender Begriffe,……続きを見る