Ancient Philosophy Books

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11. Ancient Ethics

    By Susan Sauvé Meyer

    This is the first comprehensive guide and only substantial undergraduate level introduction to ancient Greek and Roman ethics.It covers the ethical theories and positions of all the major philosophers (including Socrates, Plato and Aristotle) and schools (Stoics and Epicureans) from the...

    Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge
12. Doing Greek Philosophy

    By Robert Wardy

    Series: Classical Foundations

    This lively and original guidebook offers an invitation to the study of Greek philosophy and signposts to lead the student deeper. The reader is drawn in to the questions the philosophers posed. Doing Greek Philosophy conveys a vital sense of the dynamism and continuity in the Greek philosophical...

    Published December 21st 2005 by Routledge
13. Animals, Rights and Reason in Plutarch and Modern Ethics

    By Stephen Newmyer

    This groundbreaking volume explores Plutarch's unique survival in the argument that animals are rational and sentient, and that we, as humans, must take notice of their interests. Exploring Plutarch's three animal-related treatises, as well as passages from his ethical treatises, Stephen Newmyer...

    Published November 23rd 2005 by Routledge
14. Epictetus’ Handbook and the Tablet of Cebes

    Guides to Stoic Living

    By Keith Seddon

    This new translation presents two works, one by Epictetus and the other by Cebes, two ancient Greek philosophers of the Imperial period, in new translations of clear, straightforward English. In this book, readers will learn how to sustain emotional harmony and a ‘good flow of...

    Published November 7th 2005 by Routledge
15. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

    By Vasilis Politis

    Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

    Aristotles' 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in Ancient Philosophy. This GuideBook looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, the...

    Published February 18th 2004 by Routledge
16. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Republic

    2nd Edition

    By Nickolas Pappas

    Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

    Plato's Republic is perhaps the most significant and important work of philosophy and is Plato's most famous work. No other work has made such an impact on the history of western thought.In this second edition of the highly successful Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Republic,...

    Published June 25th 2003 by Routledge
17. Spinoza

    Edited by Genevieve Lloyd

    Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers

    Benedict de Spinoza [1632-1677] is among the most fascinating and the most controversial of Western philosophers. These volumes provide a comprehensive selection of high quality critical discussions of his philosophy published in, or translated into English since 1970. The collection is designed to...

    Published May 2nd 2001 by Routledge
18. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle on Ethics

    By Gerard Hughes

    Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

    Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most important texts in western philosophy, and arguably the most influential text on contemporary moral theory.This GuideBook introduces and assesses:* Aristotle's life and the background to the Nicomachean Ethics* The ideas and text of the Nicomachean...

    Published April 11th 2001 by Routledge
19. The World of Parmenides

    Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment

    By Karl Popper

    Edited by Jørgen Mejer, Arne Petersen

    This unique collection of essays, published together for the first time, not only elucidates the complexity of ancient Greek thought, but also reveals Karl Popper's engagement with Presocratic philosophy and the enlightenment he experienced in his reading of Parmenides. As Karl Popper himself...

    Published September 30th 1998 by Routledge
20. Greek Thought, Arabic Culture

    The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society (2nd-4th/5th-10th c.)

    By Dimitri Gutas

    From the middle of the eighth century to the tenth century, almost all non-literary and non-historical secular Greek books, including such diverse topics as astrology, alchemy, physics, botany and medicine, that were not available throughout the eastern Byzantine Empire and the Near East, were...

    Published June 24th 1998 by Routledge