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  • Speusippus

    A Forgotten Voice of Platonism

    by Giulia De Cesaris ...
    Series series Issues in Ancient Philosophy
    This volume, the first devoted specifically to Speusippus in English, offers a new picture of Speusippus’ philosophy via an in-depth analysis of the testimonia preserved by Aristotle.The book develops a new methodology for understanding the evidence concerning authors of the Early Academy, Speusippus in particular, providing a fresh assessment of the initial phase of Platonism, which calls into ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • De Anima (On the Soul)

    by Aristotle ...
    Translated by Hugh Lawson-Tancred ...
    For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. Plato's student Aristotle was determined to test the truth of both these beliefs against the emerging sciences of logic and biology. His examination of the huge variety of living organisms - ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Theaetetus

    by Plato ...
    Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great philosopher considering the nature of knowledge itself, in a debate with the geometrician Theodorus and his young follower Theaetetus. Their dialogue covers many questions, such as: is knowledge purely subjective, composed of the ever-changing flow of impressions we receive from the outside world? Is ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

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  • Concerning Being and Essence

    by St. Thomas Aquinas ...
    This early work of philosophy is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains metaphysical ideas of being and essence by influential philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in philosophy. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We ... Read more

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  • From Plato to Platonism

    by Lloyd P. Gerson ...
    "Gerson's book is a highly valuable, well-written contribution to Platonism research. It persuasively makes a case for understanding Plato's philosophy as a coherent system that has an intricate and meaningful relation to later Platonistic philosophical positions. From this point, Plato appears as a Platonist indeed."— Claas Lattman ― CLASSICAL JOURNALWas Plato a Platonist? While ancient disciples ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • The Presocratic Philosophers

    by Jonathan Barnes ...
    Series series Arguments of the Philosophers
    The Presocratics were the founding fathers of the Western philosophical tradition, and the first masters of rational thought. This volume provides a comprehensive and precise exposition of their arguments, and offers a rigorous assessment of their contribution to philosophical thought. ... Read more

    Was $60.99 USD Now $53.99 USD

  • Philebus

    by Plato ...
    Translated by Robin Waterfield ...
    Taking the form of a discussion between the hedonist Philebus, his naïve disciple Protarchus and Socrates, Philebus is a compelling consideration of the popular belief that pleasure is the greatest attainable good. Here, Socrates speculates on the differing intensities of both pleasure and pain; explores the notion that they can be divided into pure and impure types; considers the relationship ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

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  • Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

    by Vasilis Politis ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
    Aristotles' 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in Ancient Philosophy. This GuideBook looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, the ideas and text of the Metaphysics and Aristotle's philosophical legacy. ... Read more

    Was $42.99 USD Now $37.99 USD

  • Ancient Epistemology

    by Lloyd P. Gerson ...
    Series series Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy
    This is the first title in the Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy series, which provides concise books, written by major scholars and accessible to non-specialists, on important themes in ancient philosophy which remain of philosophical interest today. In this book, Professor Gerson explores ancient accounts of the nature of knowledge and belief from the Presocratics up to the Platonists of late ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Prior Analytics

    by Aristotle ...
    Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher who was largely responsible for shaping Western philosophy as it is known today. Aristotle, who was one of Plato’s students and would later tutor Alexander the Great, was also regarded as the world’s first scientist and his many writings are still revered today. This edition of Prior Analytics includes a table of contents. ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Ethics

    Edited by Christopher Bobonich ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    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 invaluable guide to the themes and movements which characterised the discipline from the Pre-Socratics to the Neo-Platonists. Several chapters are dedicated to the central figures of Plato and Aristotle, and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Aristotle and Plotinus on the Intellect

    Monism and Dualism Revisited

    by Mark J. Nyvlt ...
    This book emphasizes that Aristotle was aware of the philosophical attempt to subordinate divine Intellect to a prior and absolute principle. Nyvlt argues that Aristotle transforms the Platonic doctrine of Ideal Numbers into an astronomical account of the unmoved movers, which function as the multiple intelligible content of divine Intellect. Thus, within Aristotle we have in germ the Plotinian ... Read more

    $109.39 USD