This wide-ranging introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world surveys the period's developments and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus. Tables, illustrations, and extensive advice on further reading contribute to an ideal book for survey courses on the history of ancient philosophy. It will be an invaluable guide for those interested in the philosophical thought of a rich and formative period.
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The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy is a wide-ranging introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world. It surveys the developments of the period and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus. Practical elements such as tables, illustrations, and extensive advice on further reading make it an ideal book to accompany survey courses on the history of ancient philosophy. It will be an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the philosophical thought of this rich and formative period.
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At the beginning of Book Gamma of his Metaphysics, Aristotle announces the existence of a peculiar branch of knowledge: There is a certain science which considers the things which exist insofar as they exist, and what holds of them in their own right. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main surviving writings, late ancient philosophy, freedom from disturbance, philosophical curriculum, sensible realm, prime matter, commentary tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Diogenes Laertius, Marcus Aurelius, Prior Analytics, Posterior Analytics, Nicomachean Ethics, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Sextus Empiricus, William of Moerbeke, Eudemian Ethics, Generation of Animals, Moral Letters, Plato's Republic, Plato's Socrates, Sophistical Refutations, Thomas Aquinas, Against the Professors, Elements of Theology, Cambridge Platonists, Philo of Larissa, Plato's Timaeus, Title Topic Main, Church Fathers, Diogenes of Apollonia, Dionysius the Areopagite New!
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At the beginning of Book Gamma of his Metaphysics, Aristotle announces the existence of a peculiar branch of knowledge: There is a certain science which considers the things which exist insofar as they exist, and what holds of them in their own right. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main surviving writings, late ancient philosophy, freedom from disturbance, philosophical curriculum, sensible realm, prime matter, commentary tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Diogenes Laertius, Marcus Aurelius, Prior Analytics, Posterior Analytics, Nicomachean Ethics, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Sextus Empiricus, William of Moerbeke, Eudemian Ethics, Generation of Animals, Moral Letters, Plato's Republic, Plato's Socrates, Sophistical Refutations, Thomas Aquinas, Against the Professors, Elements of Theology, Cambridge Platonists, Philo of Larissa, Plato's Timaeus, Title Topic Main, Church Fathers, Diogenes of Apollonia, Dionysius the Areopagite New!
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- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 15 pages
- Aristotle: On the Heavens (Loeb Classical Library No. 338) by Aristotle on 14 pages
- Posterior Analytics (Clarendon Aristotle) by Aristotle on 13 pages
- Moral Letters (Loeb Classical Library) by Lucius Annaeus Seneca on 6 pages
- Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Great Books in Philosophy) by Sextus Empiricus on 4 pages
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- Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy behind the Military Mind by Nancy Sherman in Back Matter
- A Companion to Plato (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) by Hugh H. Benson in Front Matter
- A Companion to the Roman Republic (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) by Nathan Rosenstein in Back Matter
- Explaining the Cosmos: The Ionian Tradition of Scientific Philosophy by Daniel W. Graham in Back Matter
- The Philosophers of the Ancient World by Trevor Curnow in Back Matter
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