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…
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Economic history is well documented in Assyriology thanks to the good preservation of numerous private and official archives; however, the contribution of women has seldom been addressed. This volume examines the many aspects of women as economic agents, inside and outside of th…
Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy
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Biographical note: Dorothea Frede und Burkhard Reis, Universität Hamburg.
In recent years, the methods of modern narrative theory have become essential tools for researching ancient texts. This work analyzes figural perspectives in the Civil War epic Pharsalia by the Roman poet Lucan (39-65 AD), and describes their function in communicating the overal…
Biographical note: Christoph Horn, Universität Bonn. Biographical note: Christoph Horn, University of Bonn, Germany. Die Forschung zu den Gesetzen hat in den letzten Jahren viele neue Facetten zu Platons politischer Philosophie erschlossen: Es geht um die Gründung einer ideale…
Seneca, als gescheiterter Erzieher des Kaisers Nero berühmt geworden, stammte aus Cordoba. Seine Briefe an Lucilius sind eine Einführung in die Philosophie der Stoiker, deren Ideal es war, durch Gelassenheit und Seelenruhe weise zu werden. Seneca bietet keine systematische Darst…
