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  • Plato

    A Civic Life

    by Carol Atack ...
    Series series Great Lives of the Ancient World
    Plato is a key figure from the beginnings of Western philosophy, yet the impact of his lived experience on his thought has rarely been explored. Plato lived in turbulent times, born during a war that led to Athens’ defeat and decline. A restored democracy enabled the execution of his teacher Socrates.Carol Atack explores how his life in Athens influenced Plato’s thinking, how he developed the ... Read more

    Was $18.99 USD Now $14.79 USD

  • Memories of Socrates

    Memorabilia and Apology

    by Xenophon ...
    Translated by Martin Hammond ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Who would you say knows himself?' In 399 BCE Socrates was tried in Athens on charges of irreligion and corruption of the young, convicted, and sentenced to death. Like Plato, an almost exact contemporary, in his youth Xenophon (c. 430-c. 354 BCE) was one of the circle of mainly upper-class young Athenians attracted to Socrates' teaching. His Memorabilia is both a passionate defence of Socrates ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy: Volume 4

    by Myles Burnyeat, Carol Atack, Malcolm Schofield, David Sedley ...
    Myles Burnyeat (1939-2019) was a major figure in the study of ancient Greek philosophy during the last decades of the twentieth century and the first of this. After teaching positions in London and Cambridge, where he became Laurence Professor, in 1996 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, from which he retired in 2006. In 2012 he published two volumes collecting ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy: Volume 3

    by Myles Burnyeat, Carol Atack, Malcolm Schofield, David Sedley ...
    Myles Burnyeat (1939–2019) was a major figure in the study of ancient Greek philosophy during the last decades of the twentieth century and the first of this. After teaching positions in London and Cambridge, where he became Laurence Professor, in 1996 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, from which he retired in 2006. In 2012 he published two volumes collecting ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • A Cultural History of Democracy in Antiquity

    by Eugenio Biagini ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    This volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across a very wide range of ancient societies throughout Antiquity. It examines the experiences of those living in democratic communities and considers how ancient practices of democracy differ from our own.The origins of democracy can be traced in a general way to the earliest civilizations, beginning with ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Anachronism and Antiquity

    by Dr Tim Rood, Carol Atack, Tom Phillips ...
    This book is a study both of anachronism in antiquity and of anachronism as a vehicle for understanding antiquity. It explores the post-classical origins and changing meanings of the term 'anachronism' as well as the presence of anachronism in all its forms in classical literature, criticism and material objects. Contrary to the position taken by many modern philosophers of history, this book ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Discourse of Kingship in Classical Greece

    by Carol Atack ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    This book examines how ancient authors explored ideas of kingship as a political role fundamental to the construction of civic unity, the use of kingship stories to explain the past and present unity of the polis and the distinctive function or status attributed to kings in such accounts.It explores the notion of kingship offered by historians such as Herodotus, as well as dramatists writing for ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism

    Edited by James Warren ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    This Companion presents both an introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism and also a critical account of the major areas of its philosophical interest. Chapters span the school's history from the early Hellenistic Garden to the Roman Empire and its later reception in the Early Modern period, introducing the reader to the Epicureans' contributions in physics, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Why Socrates Died

    Dispelling the Myths

    by Robin Waterfield ...
    A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization—one with great resonance for American society today.Socrates’ trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. In 399 BCE, the great philosopher stood before an Athenian jury on serious charges: impiety and “subverting the young men of the city.” The picture we have of it—created by his ... Read more

    Was $20.99 USD Now $17.99 USD

  • Socrates

    A Man for Our Times

    by Paul Johnson ...
    A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy.Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates fully embodied his philosophy in thought and deed. It is through the story of his life that we can fully grasp his powerful actions and ideas.In his highly ... Read more

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  • Plato

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Julia Annas ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in the outer court of introduction and background information, but leads directly into Plato's argument. It looks at Plato as a thinker grappling with ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics

    Edited by Brad Inwood ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    This unique volume offers an odyssey through the ideas of the Stoics in three particular ways: first, through the historical trajectory of the school itself and its influence; second, through the recovery of the history of Stoic thought; third, through the ongoing confrontation with Stoicism, showing how it refines philosophical traditions, challenges the imagination, and ultimately defines the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD