"The timeless classic of Stoic philosophy. Written by Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius, Meditations is a cl......more

This Routledge Critical Thinker is an introduction to the literary thought of three major classical thinkers: Plato, Ari......more

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’Forget the years, forget norms, let yourself be stirred by the boundless.’ The Zhuangzi -- an anthology of anonymous wr......more

A delicious feast of ancient Greek and Roman writings on living well by eating well Today, we’re stuffed with dietary re......more

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In early China and ancient Greece, self-cultivation was considered crucial for leading a flourishing, fulfilled life. In......more

With the exception of Paul Moraux’s Die Aristotelismus bei den Griechen (in German), the most recent books on the histor......more

Why philosophy was politics by other means for Rome’s greatest statesman In the 40s BCE, during his forced retirement fr......more

An updated edition of a beloved classic, Creative Mythology tells the inner story of humanity’s entire philosophical, sp......more

How can we apply the teachings of the greatest ancient philosopher to modern life? Socrates is the quintessential Atheni......more

An easy, jargon-free introduction to Stoicism that covers the full range of Stoic thought in a single compact volume The......more

Jeffrey Ulrich’s The Shadow of an Ass addresses fundamental questions about the reception and aesthetic experience of Ap......more

Marco Sgarbi tells a new history of epistemology from the Renaissance to Newton through the impact of Aristotelian scien......more

Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past. What is the......more

From 8th to 11th century, many Greek texts have been translated into Arabic. These testimonia are of great interest for ......more

The Islamic astronomical tradition greatly benefited from the many works produced in different ancient cultures, as well......more

Roger T. Ames is Humanities Chair Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Peking University. His published works in......more

This fully revised new edition of The Greeks is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient Greece......more

This fully revised new edition of The Greeks is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient Greece......more

Aristotle offers a searing rejection of Plato’s commitment to a Form of the Good; core among his complaints is that good......more

As relevant now as when it was written, this study of adversity and how to endure, thrive and find positivity is an esse......more

Philosophy at the Gymnasium returns Greek moral philosophy to its original context--the gyms of Athens--to understand ho......more

This study tracks the progress of Suhrawardī’s philosophy focusing on his critique of the axial doctrine of the categori......more

Ready to live your best possible life? It’s time to make it interesting. Based on the new science of psychological richn......more

Delve into this stunning gift edition boasting the complete collection of Meditationswith an introduction by Pierre Baum......more

Aaron Turner is Research Associate at Royal Holloway, University of London and a Knapp Fellow at the Knapp Foundation. H......more

In the Gorgias Plato offers a synthesis of what he thinks about the bitter conflict between philosophical and non-philos......more

It is well known that Socrates was executed by the city of Athens for not believing in the gods and for corrupting the y......more

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles......more

Classical Christian ideas loom large in philosophy of religion today. But arguments against Christian doctrine have been......more

The opponents of Epicureanism in antiquity, including Cicero, Plutarch and Lactantius, succeeded in establishing a famou......more

The enormous influence of Aristotle’s psychology has been always related to the reception and interpretation of his De A......more

This volume provides a rich collection of original essays on Aristotle’s metaphysics written by sixteen prominent schola......more

The Derveni papyrus is a multi-layered and intricate philosophical and religious treatise written in Greek, probably jus......more

In how many ways can things be said to be one, how is oneness itself to be defined, and what is its relation to essence ......more

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"This book examines authority in discourse from ancient to modern historians, while also presenting instances of current......more

The Greek Philosopher behind Nearly Every Bad Idea Two and half centuries ago, John Adams complained, "Our modern philos......more

What is the role of emotion in the scientific, philosophical, and literary works of Seneca the Younger? Scholarship on S......more

In his third and concluding volume, Lloyd P. Gerson presents an innovative account of Platonism, the central tradition i......more

Alberto Ghibellini is Adjunct Professor of Law and Political Thought at the University of Torino, Italy. He is the autho......more

In 2021, a previously unknown treatise by Porphyry of Tyre, which has been preserved in a Syriac translation, was made a......more

Since antiquity the Phaedo has been considered the source of "the twin pillars of Platonism" - the theory of ideas and t......more

"The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work o......more

Delve into the profound teachings and timeless wisdom of Epictetus through his discourses and "The Enchiridion," which o......more

Just Prospering? Plato and the Sophistic Debate about Justice introduces new research about the first secular discussion......more

Moving Beyond Theoria Towards Theosis focuses on the telos of man as understood in Plato’s theoria, envisioned in the al......more

Ethics for Rational Animals brings to light a novel account of akrasia, practical wisdom, and character virtue through a......more

Flattery in Seneca the Younger explores the discourse of flattery in Seneca’s philosophical texts, and analyses the exte......more

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A close and selective commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, offering a novel interpretation of Aristotle’s teach......more

A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Remedies for Love--a witty and irreverent work about how to fall o......more

A bold new reconception of ancient Greek drama as a mode of philosophical thinking The Philosophical Stage offers an inn......more

An irresistible anthology of ancient Greek writings that explore queer desire and love Eros, limb-loosening, whirls me a......more

Alexander’s essay on the conversion of predicative propositions contains otherwise unknown information about the early h......more

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The most influential work of ancient astronomy is the Almagest of Ptolemy (fl. 2nd century AD). But that work does not t......more

Professor Xu Xiaoyue, a top-notch scholar specializing in ancient Chinese philosophies and religions, displays essential......more

This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus’ seminar on Plato’s Phaedrus, one of the world’s most ......more

As the final work by Ye Xiushan, one of the most famous philosophers and philosophy scholars in China, this two-volume t......more

William of Moerbeke was a prolific medieval translator of Aristotle and other ancient philosophical and scientific autho......more

A sweeping new account of ancient Greek culture that emphasizes its remarkable diversity Covering the whole of the ancie......more

A detailed analysis of oikonomia, an underexplored branch of knowledge in ancient Greek philosophy. In this book, Étienn......more

Listening to the Philosophers offers the first comprehensive look into how philosophy was taught in antiquity through a ......more

In An Ancient Guide to Good Politics: A Literary and Ethical Reading of Cicero’s De Republica, Moryam VanOpstal argues t......more

Plato’s dialogues still form the basis of ethical government and justice today. Now read The Republic in a digestible, p......more

This book presents a rethinking of Greek philosophy to offer the West a path to a more holistic and less conceptual unde......more

This volume, written from a diachronic perspective, is devoted to the initatic and deeply transformative dimension of re......more

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Explore the ancient Stoic way of thinking and the valuable lessons it holds for contemporary life This new volume contai......more

"The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History presents the history of one of Western philosophy’s greatest challenges: underst......more

Building upon the idea that our current "environmental question" arises from the history of metaphysics--which privilege......more

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