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Letters on Ethics – To Lucilius
Av Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Margaret Graver m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
467 kr
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The Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) recorded his moral philosophy and reflections on life as a highly original kind of correspondence. Letters on Ethics includes vivid descriptions of town and country life in Nero's Italy, discussions of poetry and oratory, and philosophical …
Greek Models of Mind and Self
Av A. A. Long
Inbunden, 2015
419 kr
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This lively book offers a wide-ranging study of Greek notions of mind and human selfhood from Homer through Plotinus. A. A. Long anchors his discussion in questions of recurrent and universal interest. What happens to us when we die? How is the mind or soul related to the body? Are we responsible …
Epictetus
A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life
Av A. A. Long
Häftad, 2004
488 kr
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The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient philosophy, gives the definitive presentation of the …
The Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 1, Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical Commentary
Häftad, 1987
764 kr
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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 …
Selfhood and Rationality in Ancient Greek Philosophy
From Heraclitus to Plotinus
Av A. A. Long
Inbunden, 2022
1404 kr
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A. A. Long presents fourteen essays on the themes of selfhood and rationality in ancient Greek philosophy. The discussion ranges over seven centuries of innovative thought, starting with Heraclitus' injunction to listen to the cosmic logos, and concluding with Plotinus' criticism of those who make …
Epictetus
A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life
Av A. A. Long
Inbunden, 2002
1170 kr
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The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient philosophy, gives the definitive presentation of the …
From Epicurus to Epictetus
Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy
Av A. A. Long
Inbunden, 2006
1023 kr
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A. A. Long, one of the world's leading writers on ancient philosophy, presents eighteen essays on the philosophers and schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods--Epicureans, Stoics, and Sceptics. The discussion ranges over four centuries of innovative and challenging thought in ethics and …
From Epicurus to Epictetus
Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy
Av A. A. Long
Häftad, 2006
1335 kr
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A.A. Long, one of the world's leading writers on ancient philosophy, presents eighteen essays on the philosophers and schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods---Epicureans, Stoics, and Sceptics. The discussion ranges over four centuries of innovative and challenging thought in ethics and …
Problems in Stoicism
Av A.A. Long, A. A. Long
Häftad, 2000
632 kr
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This collection of papers, half of which were given at the series of seminars on Stoicism at the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London in 1967-8, discusses topics which are of central importance in Stoic philosophy. The Greek Stoics made notable contributions to logic, …
Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy
Av A. A. Long
E-bok, 1999
587 kr
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The Western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics, whose influence has been incalculable. They include the early Ionian cosmologists, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Eleatics (Parmenides, Melissus, and Zeno), Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the …
Stoic Studies
Av A. A. Long
Häftad, 2001
297 kr
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For the past three decades A. A. Long has been at the forefront of research in Hellenistic philosophy. In this book he assembles a dozen articles on Stoicism previously published in journals and conference proceedings. The collection is biased in favour of Professor Long's more recent studies of …
Free Will
Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought
Inbunden, 2011
1027 kr
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Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede's radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, …
Free Will
Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought
Häftad, 2012
263 kr
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Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede's radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, …
Question of Eclecticism
Studies in Later Greek Philosophy
Häftad, 1988
348 kr
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The Question of Eclecticism: Studies in Later Greek Philosophy offers a rigorous reexamination of a period often dismissed as intellectually stagnant—the first century B.C. to the second century A.D.—through a critical lens that challenges the pejorative connotations of the term "eclecticism." …
Question of Eclecticism
Studies in Later Greek Philosophy
Inbunden, 1988
1156 kr
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The Question of Eclecticism: Studies in Later Greek Philosophy offers a rigorous reexamination of a period often dismissed as intellectually stagnant—the first century B.C. to the second century A.D.—through a critical lens that challenges the pejorative connotations of the term "eclecticism." …
Free Will
Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought
E-bok, 2011
420 kr
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Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede''s radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, …
The Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 2, Greek and Latin Texts with Notes and Bibliography
Häftad, 1989
830 kr
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This comprehensive sourcebook makes available in the original Latin and Greek the principal extant texts required for the study of the Stoic, Epicurean and sceptical schools of philosophy. The material is organised by schools, and within each school topics are treated thematically. The volume …
The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy
Av A. A. Long
Häftad, 1999
601 kr
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The Western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics, whose influence has been incalculable. They include the early Ionian cosmologists, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Eleatics (Parmenides, Melissus, and Zeno), Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the …
Stoic Studies
Av A. A. Long
Inbunden, 1996
1058 kr
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For the past three decades A. A. Long has been at the forefront of research in Hellenistic philosophy. In this book he assembles a dozen articles on Stoicism previously published in journals and conference proceedings. The collection is biased in favour of Professor Long's more recent studies of …
Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 1, Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical Commentary
E-bok, 1987
750 kr
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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 …
Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 1, Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical Commentary
E-bok, 1987
750 kr
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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 …
Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy
Av A. A. Long
E-bok, 1999
587 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics, whose influence has been incalculable. They include the early Ionian cosmologists, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Eleatics (Parmenides, Melissus, and Zeno), Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the …
Plotinus Ennead II.4: on Matter
On Matter
Av A. a. Long
Häftad, 2022
485 kr
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In Ennead II.4 Plotinus investigates the question of what underlies the forms that constitute the contents of our minds and senses. Aristotle had called this substrate "matter," and Stoic philosophers followed suit. With a critical review of their notions, and reference to Plato's so-called …
Epiktet: Über die Kunst der inneren Freiheit
Av Epiktet, A. A. Long
Inbunden, 2019
205 kr
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