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  • Pursuits of Wisdom

    Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus

    by John M. Cooper ...
    This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studied or even used to solve particular practical problems. Rather, philosophy--not just ethics but even ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Plato's Theaetetus

    by John M. Cooper ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Epistemology
    Originally published in 1990. This book discusses in a philosophically responsible and illuminating way the progress of the dialogue and its separate sections to improve our understanding of Plato’s work on Theaetetus. An early coverage of this dialogue, this investigation predated a surge in study of Plato’s piece which examined Socratic and pre-Socratic thought. The author’s argument is that the ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Seneca: Moral and Political Essays

    by Seneca, John M. Cooper ...
    Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
    This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately involved in the governance of the Roman empire in the mid first century of the Christian era. A ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music, Second Edition

    by Jeffery Kite-Powell, Sally Sanford, Julianne C. Baird, Anne H. Heider, Gary Towne, Herbert Myers, Bruce Dickey, Steven Plank, John M. Cooper, David Douglas, Julie Andrijeski, Mark Kroll, Marc Vanscheeuwijck, Paul O'Dette, Stuart Cheney, Jack Ashworth, George Houle, Dorothy Olsson, James Middleton ...
    Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Reason and Emotion

    Essays on Ancient Moral Psychology and Ethical Theory

    by John M. Cooper ...
    This book brings together twenty-three distinctive and influential essays on ancient moral philosophy--including several published here for the first time--by the distinguished philosopher and classical scholar John Cooper. The volume gives a systematic account of many of the most important issues and texts in ancient moral psychology and ethical theory, providing a unified and illuminating way of ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Aristotle's Ethics

    Critical Essays

    by J L. Ackrill, Julia Annas, M F. Burnyeat, John M. Cooper, Marcia L. Homiak, Rosalind Hursthouse, T H. Irwin, L A. Kosman, Richard Kraut, John McDowell, Alfred R. Mele, Martha C. Nussbaum ...
    Series series Critical Essays on the Classics Series
    The ethics of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), and virtue ethics in general, have seen a resurgence of interest over the past few decades. No longer do utilitarianism and Kantian ethics on their own dominate the moral landscape. In addition, Aristotelian themes fill out that landscape, with such issues as the importance of friendship and emotions in a good life, the role of moral perception in wise ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Aristotle's Politics

    Critical Essays

    by Jonathan Barnes, John M. Cooper, Dorothea Frede, Stephen Taylor Holmes, David Keyt, Fred D. Miller Jr., Josiah Ober, Stephen G. Salkever, Malcolm Schofield, Jeremy Waldron ...
    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

    $40.49 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

  • Knowledge, Nature, and the Good

    Essays on Ancient Philosophy

    by John M. Cooper ...
    Knowledge, Nature, and the Good brings together some of John Cooper's most important works on ancient philosophy. In thirteen chapters that represent an ideal companion to the author's influential Reason and Emotion, Cooper addresses a wide range of topics and periods--from Hippocratic medical theory and Plato's epistemology and moral philosophy, to Aristotle's physics and metaphysics, academic ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • The Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 1, Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical Commentary

    by A. A. Long, D. N. Sedley ...
    Volume 1 presents the texts in new translations by the authors, and these are accompanied by a philosophical and historical commentary designed for use by all readers, including those with no background in the classical world. With its glossary and indexes, this volume can stand alone as an independent tool of study. ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • Dialogues and Essays

    by Seneca, Tobias Reinhardt ...
    Translated by John Davie ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.' In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote exercises in practical philosophy that draw upon contemporary Roman life and illuminate the intellectual concerns of the day. They also have much to say ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A New History of Western Philosophy

    by Anthony Kenny ...
    Series series New History of Western Philosophy
    This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders ... Read more

    $20.89 USD