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  • Aristotle's Politics

    Critical Essays

    Series series Critical Essays on the Classics Series
    Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division. Many readers of Aristotle are uncertain whether his Politics has any contribution to make to contemporary debates about political life and political theory. The essays in this volume aim to address, ... Read more

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  • Principles and Praxis in Ancient Greek Philosophy

    Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy in Honor of Fred D. Miller, Jr.

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This collection of original articles draws from a cross section of distinguished scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. It is focussed primarily on the philosophy of Aristotle but comprises as well studies of the philosophy of Socrates, Plato, and Epicurus. Its authors explore a range of complementary topics in value theory, moral psychology, metaphysics, natural philosophy, political theory, and ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

    Edited by Ronald Polansky ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the first and arguably most important treatise on ethics in Western philosophy. It remains to this day a compelling reflection on the best sort of human life and continues to inspire contemporary thought and debate. This Cambridge Companion includes twenty essays by leading scholars of Aristotle and ancient philosophy that cover the major issues of this text. The ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic

    Edited by G. R. F. Ferrari ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    This Companion provides a comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience, from first-time readers ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Socrates

    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The Cambridge Companion to Socrates is a collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. Because Socrates himself wrote nothing, our evidence comes from the writings of his friends (above all Plato), his enemies, and later writers. Socrates is thus a literary figure as well as a historical person. Both aspects of Socrates' legacy are covered in ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Plato

    Edited by Richard Kraut ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Plato stands as the fount of our philosophical tradition, being the first Western thinker to produce a body of writing that touches upon a wide range of topics still discussed by philosophers today. In a sense he invented philosophy as a distinct subject, for although many of these topics were discussed by his intellectual predecessors and contemporaries, he was the first to bring them together by ... Read more

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  • Plato's Republic

    Critical Essays

    Series series Critical Essays on the Classics Series
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  • The Routledge Guidebook to Plato's Republic

    Series series The Routledge Guides to the Great Books
    Plato, often cited as a founding father of Western philosophy, set out ideas in the Republic regarding the nature of justice, order, and the character of the just individual, that endure into the modern day. The Routledge Guidebook to Plato’s Republic introduces the major themes in Plato’s great book and acts as a companion for reading the work, examining:The context of Plato’s work and the ... Read more

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  • The Socratic Turn

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  • Classical Greek Rhetorical Theory and the Disciplining of Discourse

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    A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric

    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
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