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  • Plato and the Stoics

    Edited by A. G. Long ...
    Plato was central both to the genesis of Stoic theory and to subsequent debates within the Stoa. These essays provide new and detailed explorations of the complex relationship between Plato and the Greek and Roman Stoic traditions, and together they show the directness and independence with which Stoics examined Plato's writing. What were the philosophical incentives to consulting and then ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Parmenides: New Perspectives

    Edited by A.G. Long, Barbara M. Sattler ...
    Parmenides is one of the most widely studied and controversial early Greek philosophers. This edited collection examines Parmenides' modes of argument and their legacy, his poetics and intertextuality, and the relation between different parts of his poem. It also presents new research into Parmenides' poem from a range of scholarly traditions; together the essays show that we must fundamentally ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Death and Immortality in Ancient Philosophy

    by A. G. Long ...
    Series series Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy
    Death and immortality played a central role in Greek and Roman thought, from Homer and early Greek philosophy to Marcus Aurelius. In this book A. G. Long explains the significance of death and immortality in ancient ethics, particularly Plato's dialogues, Stoicism and Epicureanism; he also shows how philosophical cosmology and theology caused immortality to be re-imagined. Ancient arguments and ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Immortality in Ancient Philosophy

    Edited by A. G. Long ...
    Immortality was central to ancient philosophical reflections on the soul, happiness, value and divinity. Conceptions of immortality flowed into philosophical ethics and theology, and modern reconstructions of ancient thought in these areas sometimes turn on the interpretation of immortality. This volume brings together original research on immortality from early Greek philosophy, such as the ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

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  • The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists

    The Presocratics and Sophists

    Edited by Robin Waterfield ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    These first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought. This is a unique and invaluable collection of the works of the Presocratics and the Sophists. Waterfield brings together the works of these early thinkers with brilliant new translation and exceptional commentary. This is the ideal anthology for the student of this increasingly ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Ancient Philosophy

    A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 1

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes in which he will unfold a magisterial new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular readership, but serious and deep enough to offer a genuine understanding of the great philosophers, Kenny's lucid ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Introduction to Logic

    by Immanuel Kant ...
    This essential text by one of the founders of modern philosophy offers an accessible introduction to his views on logic, aesthetics, and morality.Written during the height of the Enlightenment, Immanuel Kant's Introduction to Logic is a clear and concise primer for his larger works Critique of Pure Reason and Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals. More accessible than his other books, it ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Meditations

    by René Descartes ...
    Translated by Desmond M. Clarke ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a thought system based on reason. In this profound work he meditates on doubt, the human soul, God, truth and the nature of existence itself.GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • The Great Philosophers: Plato

    by Professor Bernard Williams ...
    Series series GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
    'Courage is knowing what not to fear' Plato'One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors'Without the work of Plato, western thought is, quite literally, unthinkable. No single influence has been greater, in every age and in every philosophic field. Even those thinkers who have rejected Plato's views have found themselves working ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Plato's Dialectic at Play

    Argument, Structure, and Myth in the Symposium

    by Kevin Corrigan, Elena Glazov-Corrigan ...
    The Symposium is one of Plato’s most accessible dialogues, an engrossing historical document as well as an entertaining literary masterpiece. By uncovering the structural design of the dialogue, Plato’s Dialectic at Play aims at revealing a Plato for whom the dialogical form was not merely ornamentation or philosophical methodology but the essence of philosophical exploration. His dialectic is not ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Greek Philosophy - Simple Guides

    by Sophia Macdonald ...
    Series series Simple Guides
    THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU• to appreciate the revolution in thinking brought about by the Ancient Greek philosophers, who sought to make sense of the world through analysis, reasoning and argument • to recognize the key ideas of the most significant philosophers and their contribution to Western thought• to learn about the philosophers' lives, and their impact on society• to appreciate the value of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Introduction to Philosophy

    by Jacques Maritain ...
    Translated by E. I. Watkin ...
    Series series A Sheed & Ward Classic
    Jacques Maritain's An Introduction to Philosophy was first published in 1931. Since then, this book has stood the test of time as a clear guide to what philosophy is and how to philosophize. Inspired by the Thomistic Revival called for by Leo XIII, Maritain relies heavily on Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas to shape a philosophy that, far from sectarian theology in disguise, is driven by reason ... Read more

    $38.99 USD