A. A. Long, one of the world's leading writers on ancient philosophy, presents eighteen essays on the philosophers and schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods--Epicureans, Stoics, and Sceptics. The discussion ranges over four centuries of innovative and challenging thought in ethics and politics, psychology, epistemology, and cosmology.
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"[T]his survey cannot do justice to the depth of Long's contributions over the decades, either in the form of this stimulating collection of essays, or in the many other ways that he has helped to make Hellenistic philosophy a required subject for every student of classics and philosophy."--Sara Ahbel-Rappe, The Classical Review
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A. A. Long is a Professor in the Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley. He has been a visiting professor at many other European universities, including most recently appointment as Belle van Zuylen Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utrecht. His other books include Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics (which has been translated into eight languages), the two-volume source book, The Hellenistic Philosophers (co-authored with David Sedley), Stoic Studies, and Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life (OUP).
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The legacy of the Hellenistic philosophers is unique in one respect. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
occurrent self, everlasting recurrence, utramque partem dicere, foedera naturae, fourfold remedy, designing fire, celestial conditions, conflicting appearances, incorrect judgement, ancient scepticism, ideal orator, honour code, normative self, philosophical power, normative identity, suitable seeds, dialectical context, suspending judgement, shared possession, pleasurable life Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sextus Empiricus, Diogenes Laertius, Wax Tablet, Marcus Aurelius, Decleva Caizzi, Metaphysics Gamma, New Academy, Diogenes of Babylon, Antigonus of Carystus, Plato's Republic, Dal Pra, Aulus Gellius, John Wayne, Middle Academy, Antiochus of Ascalon, Aristotle's Topics, Myles Burnyeat, Plato's Timaeus, Roman Stoicism, Seneca's Letters, Timon's Silloi, University of California, Hellenistic Athens, Ides of March, Roman Stoics New!
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occurrent self, everlasting recurrence, utramque partem dicere, foedera naturae, fourfold remedy, designing fire, celestial conditions, conflicting appearances, incorrect judgement, ancient scepticism, ideal orator, honour code, normative self, philosophical power, normative identity, suitable seeds, dialectical context, suspending judgement, shared possession, pleasurable life Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sextus Empiricus, Diogenes Laertius, Wax Tablet, Marcus Aurelius, Decleva Caizzi, Metaphysics Gamma, New Academy, Diogenes of Babylon, Antigonus of Carystus, Plato's Republic, Dal Pra, Aulus Gellius, John Wayne, Middle Academy, Antiochus of Ascalon, Aristotle's Topics, Myles Burnyeat, Plato's Timaeus, Roman Stoicism, Seneca's Letters, Timon's Silloi, University of California, Hellenistic Athens, Ides of March, Roman Stoics New!
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- Hellenistic History and Culture (Hellenistic Culture and Society) by Peter Green in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Hermeneutics of the Subject (French Edition) by Michel Foucault on page 362, and Back Matter
- The Hellenistic Philosophers, Vol. 1: Translations of the Principal Sources, with Philosophical Commentary by A. A. Long in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Stoic Studies (Hellenistic Culture and Society) by A. A. Long in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Two Treatises of Government by John Locke on page 342, and Back Matter
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