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Para Aristóteles, a filosofia se ocupa de todas as coisas existentes, mesmo não tendo a ciência de cada uma delas. Porém, para fazê-lo, devemos considerar todas as coisas em algum sentido que nos pe……続きを見る

Aristotle argued that citizenship is like friendship, and this book applies his argument to modern society. Modern citizens may lack the concept of civic friendship, but they persist in many practic……続きを見る

Are the troubles of modern life getting to you? The solution to your troubles is contained in the wisdom of the ancients. Stoicism is a philosophy that was started in Ancient Greece, but this two-th……続きを見る

This book considers how 'affect', the experience of feeling or emotion, has developed as a critical concept within literary studies in different periods and through a range of approaches. Stretching……続きを見る

As a teacher of Plato in Oxford's Literae Humaniores, Walter Pater was informed by philosophy from his earliest essays to his last book. The Platonism of Walter Pater examines Pater's deep engagemen……続きを見る

What are the objects of science? Are they just the things in our scientific experiments that are located in space and time? Or does science also require that there be additional things that are not ……続きを見る

Perennial wisdom from one of history’s most important Stoic teachers The Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus was one of the most influential teachers of his era, imperial Rome, and his message still re……続きを見る

In "Führende Denker: Geschichtliche Einleitung in die Philosophie" präsentiert Jonas Cohn eine fundierte und tiefgehende Analyse der wesentlichen Strömungen und Denker, die die Philosophie über die ……続きを見る

In "Das Problem des platonischen Symposion" untersucht August Ritter von Kleemann die vielschichtige Bedeutung und die philosophischen Fragestellungen, die Platon in seinem berühmten Werk aufwirft. ……続きを見る

Morale, philosophie, art militaire, littérature, peinture, sculpture, politique, tous ces thèmes, et bien d’autres encore, sont traités dans cette série de 79 dialogues imaginaires nés de l’inspirat……続きを見る

This book offers the first systematic reading of Plato’s Laches in Englishafter three decades of scholarly silence. It rekindles interest in this much-neglected dialogue by providing a fresh discuss……続きを見る

Während die griechische Philosophie lange auf das Notwendige als Basis sicherer Erkenntnis fokussiert war, spielen in der Metaphysik des Aristoteles der Begriff des Vermögens und der Möglichkeit ein……続きを見る

New York Times Bestseller Editors' Choice ーNew York Times Book Review "Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you w……続きを見る

This volume explores Nietzsche's decisive encounter with the ancient philosopher, Epicurus. The collected essays examine many previously unexplored and underappreciated convergences, and investigate……続きを見る

Uma das mais expressivas e fecundas obras do pensamento grego e uma das que mais influenciaram a posteridade do mundo ocidental. Ética a Nicômaco revela o mais produtivo e laborioso filósofo da anti……続きを見る

Learn Why Successful People Like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Tim Ferriss Embrace Stoicism! Stoicism is an ancient philosophy on how to live a good life. It was founded in Athens, by Zeno, around ……続きを見る

Maatian Ethics in a Communication Context explores the ethical principle of Maat: the guiding principle of harmony and order that permeated classical African political and civil life. The book provi……続きを見る

This Cambridge Companion serves as an authoritative guide to Augustine's Confessions - a literary classic and one of the most important theological/philosophical works of Late Antiquity. Bringing to……続きを見る

In Plato's Ion, Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry, gives his performance ……続きを見る

The conceptualization of the vital force of living beings as a kind of breath and heat is at least as old as Homer. The assumptions that life and living things were somehow causally related to 'heat……続きを見る

In "What Have the Greeks Done for Modern Civilisation?", J. P. Mahaffy meticulously explores the profound influence of ancient Greek culture on contemporary society. This work deftly intertwines his……続きを見る

Plato (428/427–348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens. Noted as a student of Socrates, Plato has distinguished himself as one of ……続きを見る

“Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn’t just a book to readーit’s a book to return……続きを見る

A comprehensive yet accessible survey of ancient philosophy, covering Greek, Roman, and early Judeo-Christian philosophy, ideal for introductory courses in the ancient roots of modern worldviews Par……続きを見る

This volume integrates aspects of the Poetics into the broader corpus of Aristotelian philosophy. It both deals with some old problems raised by the treatise, suggesting possible solutions through c……続きを見る

This volume is the first systematic study of Seneca’s interaction with earlier literature of a variety of genres and traditions. It examines this interaction and engagement in his prose works, offer……続きを見る

Central to rhetorical theory, the enthymeme is most often defined as a truncated syllogism. Suppressing a premise that the audience already knows, this rhetorical device relies on the audience to fi……続きを見る

Plato's Symposium depicts a group of men giving a series of speeches about the nature of love, with themes ranging from religion and metaphysics to medicine and pregnancy. The lone woman in the room……続きを見る

Aristóteles (384 a.C.– 322 a.C.) foi um importante filósofo grego. Um dos pensadores com maior influência na cultura ocidental, tendo sido discípulo do filósofo Platão. Aristóteles elaborou todo um ……続きを見る

There are very few accounts of the afterlife across the period from Homer to Dante. Most traditional studies approach the classical afterlife from the point of view of its "evolution" towards the Ch……続きを見る