Antikens filosofi

The aporetic tradition in ancient philosophy

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AAncient philosophers from an otherwise diverse range of traditions were connected by their shared use of aporia - translated as puzzlement rooted in conflicts of reasons - as a core tool in philosophical enquiry. The essays in this volume provide the first comprehensive study o…

The Cambridge history of philosophy in late antiquity

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Covers the philosophy of 200-800 CE and its place in literature, science, and religion. Includes a digest of all philosophical works known to have been written during the period.

From Stoicism to Platonism: the development of philosophy, 100 BCE-100 CE

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"From Stoicism to Platonism describes the change in philosophy from around 100 BCE, when monistic Stoicism was the strongest dogmatic school in philosophy, to around 100 CE, when dualistic Platonism began to gain the upper hand--with huge consequences for all later Western philo…

Erkenne die Welt: eine Geschichte der Philosophie

by Precht, Richard David

fromEine Geschichte der Philosophie

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Im ersten Teil seiner auf drei Bände angelegten Geschichte der Philosophie beschreibt Richard David Precht die Entwicklung des abendländischen Denkens von der Antike bis zum Mittelalter, verknüpft die Linien der großen Menschheitsfragen und verfolgt die Entfaltung der wichtigste…

Virtue and happiness: essays in honour of Julia Annas

by Annas, Julia, Kamtekar, Rachana

fromOxford studies in ancient philosophy

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This special volume of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy presents sixteen specially written essays on virtue and happiness, and the treatment of these topics by thinkers from the fifth century BC to the third century AD. It is published in honour of Julia Annas (University of…

Christians, Gnostics and philosophers in late antiquity

by Edwards, M. J., (Mark J.)

fromCollected studies

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Gnosticism, Christianity and late antique philosophy are often studied separately; when studied together they are too often conflated. These articles set out to show that we misunderstand all three phenomena if we take either approach. We cannot interpret, or even identify, Chri…

Aristotle's physics: a critical guide

fromCambridge critical guides

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Aristotle's study of the natural world plays a tremendously important part in his philosophical thought. He was very interested in the phenomena of motion, causation, place and time, and teleology, and his theoretical materials in this area are collected in his Physics, a treati…

Aristotle's physics: a critical guide

fromCambridge critical guides

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Aristotle's study of the natural world plays a tremendously important part in his philosophical thought. He was very interested in the phenomena of motion, causation, place and time, and teleology, and his theoretical materials in this area are collected in his Physics, a treati…

Greek models of mind and self

by Long, A. A.

fromRevealing antiquity

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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? …

Ethics after Aristotle

by Inwood, Brad

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From the earliest times, philosophers and others have thought deeply about ethical questions. But it was Aristotle who founded ethics as a discipline with clear principles and well-defined boundaries. Ethics After Aristotle focuses on the reception of Aristotelian ethical though…

Common to Body and Soul: Philosophical Approaches to Explaining Living Beh…

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Main description: The volume presents essays on the philosophical explanation of the relationship between body and soul in antiquity from the Presocratics to Galen, including papers on Parmenides on thinking (E. Hussey, R. Dilcher), Empedocles' Love (D. O'Brien), tripartition in…

Virtues of thought: essays on Plato and Aristotle

by Kosman, Louis Aryeh

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Virtues of Thought is an excursion through interconnecting philosophical topics in Plato and Aristotle, under the expert guidance of Aryeh Kosman. Exploring what these two foundational figures have to say about the nature of human awareness and understanding, Kosman concludes th…