Author : A. A. Long
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 1999-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521446679
A 1999 Companion to Greek philosophy, invaluable for new readers, and for specialists.
Author : David Sedley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 17,95 MB
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521775038
The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy is a wide-ranging 2003 introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world. A team of leading specialists surveys the developments of the period and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus. There are also separate chapters on how philosophy in the ancient world interacted with religion, literature and science, and a final chapter traces the seminal influence of Greek and Roman philosophy down to the seventeenth century. Practical elements such as tables, illustrations, a glossary, and extensive advice on further reading make it an ideal book to accompany survey courses on the history of ancient philosophy. It will be an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the philosophical thought of this rich and formative period.
Author : Richard Bett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,49 MB
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139828215
This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and ethics. Finally, they explore the effects which these forms of scepticism had beyond the ancient period, and the ways in which ancient scepticism differs from scepticism as it has been understood since Descartes. The volume will serve as an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the subject for non-specialists, while also offering considerable depth and detail for more advanced readers.
Author : Richard Kraut
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 1992-10-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521436106
Fourteen new essays discuss Plato's views about knowledge, reality, mathematics, politics, ethics, love, poetry, and religion in a convenient, accessible guide that analyzes the intellectual and social background of his thought as well.
Author : James Hankins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 2007-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139827480
The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, published in 2007, provides an introduction to a complex period of change in the subject matter and practice of philosophy. The philosophy of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries is often seen as transitional between the scholastic philosophy of the Middle Ages and modern philosophy, but the essays collected here, by a distinguished international team of contributors, call these assumptions into question, emphasizing both the continuity with scholastic philosophy and the role of Renaissance philosophy in the emergence of modernity. They explore the ways in which the science, religion and politics of the period reflect and are reflected in its philosophical life, and they emphasize the dynamism and pluralism of a period which saw both new perspectives and enduring contributions to the history of philosophy. This will be an invaluable guide for students of philosophy, intellectual historians, and all who are interested in Renaissance thought.
Author : Rik Peels
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108476007
A comprehensive exploration of the historical development and philosophical importance of common-sense philosophy.
Author : Donald R. Morrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521833426
Essays from a diverse group of experts providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher.
Author : H. A. Shapiro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,38 MB
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1139826999
The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece provides a wide-ranging synthesis of history, society, and culture during the formative period of Ancient Greece, from the Age of Homer in the late eighth century to the Persian Wars of 490–480 BC. In ten clearly written and succinct chapters, leading scholars from around the English-speaking world treat all aspects of the civilization of Archaic Greece, from social, political, and military history to early achievements in poetry, philosophy, and the visual arts. Archaic Greece was an age of experimentation and intellectual ferment that laid the foundations for much of Western thought and culture. Individual Greek city-states rose to great power and wealth, and after a long period of isolation, many cities sent out colonies that spread Hellenism to all corners of the Mediterranean world. This Companion offers a vivid and fully documented account of this critical stage in the history of the West.
Author : Adam Kamesar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 21,22 MB
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0521860903
The Cambridge Companion to Philo presents an accessible account of Philo of Alexandria and his works, which constitute an essential source for the study of the Judaism of the turn of the eras, the rise of Christianity, and the history of Greek philosophy. The volume surveys key areas of Philonic studies and gives readers a sense of the current state of scholarship.
Author : Liba Taub
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107092485
Provides a broad framework for engaging with ideas relevant to ancient Greek and Roman science, medicine and technology.
