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Emotion and Peace of Mind
From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation
Häftad, 2002
1060 kr
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Richard Sorabji presents a ground-breaking study of ancient Greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and Christian. The central focus of the book is the Stoics, but Sorabji draws on a vast range of texts to give a rich historical survey of how …
Proclus: On the Existence of Evils
Av Carlos Steel, Jan Opsomer m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
558 kr
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Proclus' On the Existence of Evils is not a commentary, but helps to compensate for the dearth of Neoplatonist ethical commentaries. The central question addressed in the work is: how can there be evil in a providential world? Neoplatonists agree that it cannot be caused by higher and worthier …
Freedom of Speech and Expression
Its History, Its Value, Its Good Use, and Its Misuse
Inbunden, 2021
323 kr
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This is the second volume of the new Rutgers Lectures in Philosophy series, which publishes lectures of prominent intellectuals and philosophers delivered annually on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus. Sir Richard Sorabji here examines free speech through a historical lens from antiquity up to …
Freedom of Speech and Expression
Its History, Its Value, Its Good Use, and Its Misuse
E-bok, 2021
228 kr
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This is the second volume of the new Rutgers Lectures in Philosophy series, which publishes lectures of prominent intellectuals and philosophers delivered annually on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus. Sir Richard Sorabji here examines free speech through a historical lens from antiquity up to …
Freedom of Speech and Expression
Its History, Its Value, Its Good Use, and Its Misuse
E-bok, 2021
228 kr
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This is the second volume of the new Rutgers Lectures in Philosophy series, which publishes lectures of prominent intellectuals and philosophers delivered annually on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus. Sir Richard Sorabji here examines free speech through a historical lens from antiquity up to …
Emotion and Peace of Mind
From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation
Inbunden, 2000
1335 kr
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Richard Sorabji presents a ground-breaking study of ancient Greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and Christian. The key questions are ones that concern everyone: what is emotion, and how does one cope with one's own emotions and establish peace …
Gandhi and the Stoics
Modern Experiments on Ancient Values
Häftad, 2016
406 kr
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Richard Sorabji presents a fascinating study of Gandhi's philosophy in comparison with Christian and Stoic thought. Sorabji shows that Gandhi was a true philosopher. He not only aimed to give a consistent self-critical rationale for his views, but also thought himself obliged to live by what he …
Self
Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death
Inbunden, 2006
565 kr
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Richard Sorabji presents a brilliant exploration of the history of our understanding of the self, which has remained elusive and mysterious throughout the spectacular development of human knowledge of the outside world. He ranges from ancient to contemporary thought, Western and Eastern, to reveal …
Self
Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death
Häftad, 2008
652 kr
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Richard Sorabji presents a brilliant exploration of the history of our understanding of the self, which has remained elusive and mysterious throughout the spectacular development of human knowledge of the outside world. He ranges from ancient to contemporary thought, Western and Eastern, to reveal …
Gandhi and the Stoics
Modern Experiments on Ancient Values
Inbunden, 2012
821 kr
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Richard Sorabji presents a fascinating study of Gandhi's philosophy in comparison with Christian and Stoic thought. Sorabji shows that Gandhi was a true philosopher. He not only aimed to give a consistent self-critical rationale for his views, but also thought himself obliged to live by what he …
Moral Conscience through the Ages
Fifth Century BCE to the Present
Inbunden, 2014
475 kr
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In Moral Conscience through the Ages, Richard Sorabji brings his erudition and philosophical acumen to bear on a fundamental question: what is conscience? Examining the ways we have conceived of that little voice in our heads - our self-directed judge - he teases out its most enduring elements, the …
Moral Conscience through the Ages: Fifth Century BCE to the Present
Häftad, 2018
517 kr
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Self
Ancient and Modern Insights About Individuality, Life and Death
Inbunden, 2006
1598 kr
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Animal Minds and Human Morals
The Origins of the Western Debate
Häftad, 1996
473 kr
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"Animals can't construct sentences. Therefore we can eat them." That was the view the Stoics eventually settled for, though they began with Aristotle's much broader claim that animals lack reason. In this book, the author argues that the Western tradition has been rather complacent. St Augustine …
Aristotle on Memory
Häftad, 2004
332 kr
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Aristotle's treatise "De Memoria" is close to theories of memory in the British empiricist tradition. Because of its richness of detail it serves as a good introduction to the topic. This book, first published in 1972, provides a translation of the text which is more faithful to the original than …
Psychology
Häftad, 2004
558 kr
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This is a sourcebook that draws upon the 400 years of transition from ancient Greek philosophy to the medieval philosophy of Islam and the West. Philosophy was then often written in the form of commentaries on the works of Plato and Aristotle. Many ideas wrongly credited to the Middle Ages derive …
Physics
Häftad, 2004
558 kr
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This is a sourcebook that draws upon the 400 years of transition from ancient Greek philosophy to the medieval philosophy of Islam and the West. Philosophy was then often written in the form of commentaries on the works of Plato and Aristotle. Many ideas wrongly credited to the Middle Ages derive …
Logic and Metaphysics
Häftad, 2004
558 kr
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This is a sourcebook that draws upon the 400 years of transition from ancient Greek philosophy to the medieval philosophy of Islam and the West. Philosophy was then often written in the form of commentaries on the works of Plato and Aristotle. Many ideas wrongly credited to the Middle Ages derive …
Aspasius
On Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
Inbunden, 2007
1843 kr
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Until the launch of this series nearly twenty years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. Over 40 …
On Aristotle Metaphysics 13-14
Inbunden, 2007
1843 kr
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Until the launch of this series nearly twenty years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. Over 40 …
Proclus
On Providence
Inbunden, 2007
1843 kr
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Until the launch of this series nearly twenty years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. Over 40 …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2012
2266 kr
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Of Philoponus' commentary on the Meteorology only that on chapters 1-9 and 12 of the first book has been preserved. It is translated in this series in two volumes, the first covering chapters 1-3; the second (this volume) chapters 4-9 and 12. The subjects discussed here include the nature of fiery …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.1-3
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2011
2266 kr
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Aristotle's Meteorology influenced generations of speculation about the earth sciences, ranging from atmospheric phenomena to earthquakes. The commentary of John Philoponus (6th century AD) on the opening three chapters of Meteorology is here translated for the first time into English by Dr Inna …
Philoponus
On Aristotle Physics 1.4-9
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2009
2266 kr
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In the chapters discussed in this section of "Philoponus' Physics commentary" Aristotle explores a range of questions about the basic structure of reality, the nature of prime matter, the principles of change, the relation between form and matter, and the issue of whether things can come into being …
Simplicius
On Aristotle "On the Heavens 3.1-7"
Av Simplicius, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2009
2266 kr
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The subject of Aristotle's "On the Heavens, Books 3-4", is the four elements of earth, air, fire and water, which exist below the heavens. Book 3, in chapters 1 to 7, frequently criticizes the Presocratic philosophers. Because of this Simplicius' commentary is one of our main sources of quotations …
Porphyry: To Gaurus on How Embryos are Ensouled and On What is in Our Power
Inbunden, 2011
2266 kr
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Concerning embryos, Porphyry takes an original view on issues that had been left undecided by his teacher Plotinus and earlier by the doctor Galen. What role is played in the development of the embryo by the souls or the natures of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world? …
