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  • Socrates

    Ironist and Moral Philosopher

    by Gregory Vlastos ...
    This long-awaited study of the most enigmatic figure of Greek philosophy reclaims Socrates' ground-breaking originality. Written by a leading historian of Greek thought, it argues for a Socrates who, though long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, marked the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. The quest for the historical figure focuses on the Socrates of ... Read more

    $51.69 USD

  • Platonic Studies

    Second Edition

    by Gregory Vlastos ...
    This book consists of Gregory Vlastos' studies on a variety of themes in Plato's metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and social philosophy. Although many of the essays have appeared in various philosophical and classical journals or symposia, new in the volume are two major studies. One is on Plato's theory of love, exploring its metaphysical dimension and its far-reaching implications for personal ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume I

    The Presocratics

    by Gregory Vlastos ...
    Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume II

    Socrates, Plato, and Their Tradition

    by Gregory Vlastos ...
    Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Plato's Universe

    by Gregory Vlastos ...
    A distinguished Platonic scholar discusses the impact of the Greek discovery of the &quote;cosmos&quote; on man's perception of his place in the universe, describes the problems this posed, and interprets Plato's response to this discovery.Starting with the Presocratics, Vlastos describes the intellectual revolution that began with the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes in the ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito

    Critical Essays

    by Rachana Kamtekar, Mark McPherran, P T. Geach, S Marc Cohen, Gregory Vlastos, E De Strycker, S R. Slings, Terence Irwin, M F. Burnyeat, Thomas C. Brickhouse, Nicholas D. Smith, Richard Kraut, David Bostock, Verity Harte, Donald Morrison ...
    Series series Critical Essays on the Classics Series
    Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by leading classical philosophers, investigate various aspects of these works of Plato, including the ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Plato's Republic

    Critical Essays

    by Richard Kraut, Julia Annas, John M. Cooper, Jonathan Lear, Iris Murdoch, C D. C. Reeve, David Sachs, Arlene W. Saxonhouse, C C. W. Taylor, James O. Urmson, Gregory Vlastos, Bernard Williams ...
    Series series Critical Essays on the Classics Series
    Designed for courses in the history of philosophy, social and political theory, government, and Plato specifically, Plato's Republic: Critical Essays will enrich students' understanding of this profoundly influential work. The comprehensive collection covers Plato's social and political thought, his metaphysics and epistemology, his ethical theory, and his attitude towards women. The essays, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • Ancient Greek Philosophy

    From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers

    by Thomas A. Blackson ...
    Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philosophical traditions that developed in ancient Greece from 585 BC to 529 AD.Provides coverage of the Presocratics through the Hellenistic philosophersMoves beyond traditional textbooks that conclude with AristotleA uniquely balanced organization of ... Read more

    $34.00 USD

  • 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

    $32.79 USD

  • 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

    $40.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Socrates

    by Donald R. Morrison ...
    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

    $36.89 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy

    Edited by A. A. Long ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The Western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics, whose influence has been incalculable. They include the early Ionian cosmologists, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Eleatics (Parmenides, Melissus, and Zeno), Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the atomists and the sophists. All these thinkers are discussed in this 1999 volume both as individuals and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD