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

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

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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

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

This book provides the first systematic interpretation of what Aristotle thinks occurrent emotions are and points to som......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

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

An intellectual history of the concept of life and body politics in Chinese philosophy The philosophical tradition in th......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

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

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

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The thirteen essays and the final poem contained in this volume reflect the fundamental importance of water across the w......more

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

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

Crossing the Stream, Leaving the Cave brings philosophers from two of the world’s great philosophical traditions--Platon......more

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

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

This new series of scholarly reflections on the interpretation of Socratic philosophy is an inviting combination of intu......more

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

The book is a critical edition of the text with an English translation and commentary of Proclus’ On the Hieratic Art ac......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

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-disci......more

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

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

Christopher W. Tindale is Director of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric at the Universit......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

This essential reference text on the life, thought and writings of Plato uses over 160 short, accessible articles to cov......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

This title critically examines Mou Zongsan’s philosophical system of moral metaphysics on the level of metaphysics and h......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

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

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

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This open access book presents a comparative study of two classics of world literature, offering the first sustained con......more

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

A ten-step guide to reaching your peak potential through the wisdom of Stoic philosophy by entrepreneur and Olympic cham......more

In Plato on the Unity of the Virtues, Rod Jenks argues that while Plato makes several attempts to show how virtue is one......more

The essays collected in this volume examine manifestations of our sublime cosmos in ancient literature and its reception......more

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Xenophon’s Hellenica is a Classical Greek historical narrative divided into seven books that describe Greco-Persian hist......more

Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo has dazzled and challenged audiences with its unique aesthetic design and startling plot devi......more

This book is a very comprehensive introduction to the fascinating subject of philosophy. It is a treasure trove of ideas......more

The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus and his followers advanced a sophisticated theory of justice that occupied a midd......more

No author in the English canon seems more deserving of the epithet sublime than John Milton. Yet Milton’s sublimity has ......more

This collection of original articles draws from a cross section of distinguished scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. I......more

This is the second volume in a series of commentaries on Augustine’s City of God (De civitate Dei). Books 6-10 are Augus......more

The affinities between Pierre Hadot’s and Michel Foucault’s interpretations of ancient philosophy, as well as their impa......more

Plotinus’ Ennead III.7 is a treatise concerning the journey of the human soul first descending into time and then reclai......more