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Author: Frede, Dorothea (EDT)/ Inwood, Brad (EDT)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521071253
Collection of essays exploring theories of language developed by philosophers during the Hellenistic period.
Author: Mark Balaguer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780195122305
In this deft and vigorous book, Mark Balaguer demonstrates that there are no good arguments for or against mathematical platonism (ie., the view that abstract, or non-spatio-temporal, mathematical objects exist, and that mathematical theories are descriptions of such objects). Balaguer doesthis by establishing that both platonism and anti-platonism are defensible positions. In Part I, he shows tha
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN : 9780674993150
Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367– 347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia Minor and at this time married Pythias, one of Hermeias' relations. After some time at Mitylene,
Author: Aristotle
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN : 9780674993389
Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367– 347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia Minor and at this time married Pythias, one of Hermeias' relations. After some time at Mitylene,
Author: Mi-Kyoung Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780199262229
Relativism, the position that things are for each as they seem to each, was first formulated in Western philosophy by Protagoras, the 5th century BC Greek orator and teacher. Mi-Kyoung Lee focuses on the challenge to the possibility of expert knowledge posed by Protagoras, together with responses by the three most important philosophers of the next generation, Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus. In
Author: Plato
Publisher : Book Jungle
ISBN : 9781605977591
The final hours of Socrates are told by Phaedo to the Echecrates and Philasians. Plato studied under Socrates and was Aristotle''s teacher. Together these three Greeks developed the basis of philosophical thinking for the entire Western world. Plato was also a writer, mathematician, and founder of the Academy in Athens, which was the first university in Europe. Phardo is considered to be one of Pl
Author: Archimedes
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781430448792
The works translated here--the two books On the Sphere and Cylinder--were a source of great pride for Archimedes, the greatest scientist of antiquity. Accompanying this translation is the first scientific edition of the diagrams, which incorporates new information from the recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest. The volume also includes the first English translation of Eutocius's commentary. Re
Author: Pangle, Lorraine Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521052672
The book offers a comprehensive account of the major philosophical works on friendship.
Author: Plato/ Jowett, Benjamin (TRN)
Publisher : Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library
ISBN : 9781406831702
The central work of one of the West's greatest philosophers, The Republic of Plato is a masterpiece of insight and feeling, the finest of the Socratic dialogues, and one of the great books of Western culture. Now Robin Waterfield offers a new translation of The Republic, one that captures thedramatic realism, poetic beauty, intellectual vitality, and emotional power of Plato at his height. Deftly
Author: Rice, Daryl H.
Publisher : 101 Productions
ISBN : 9780195112849
A Guide to Plato's Republic provides an integral interpretation of the Republic which is accessible even to readers approaching Plato's masterwork for the first time. Written at a level understandable to undergraduates, it is ideal for students and other readers who have little or nobackground in philosophy or political theory. Rice anticipates their inevitable reactions to the Republic and treats
Author: Plato
Publisher : Book Jungle
ISBN : 9781605978277
Plato studied under Socrates and was Aristotle''s teacher. Together these three Greeks developed the basis of philosophical thinking for the entire Western world. Plato was also a writer, mathematician, and founder of the Academy in Athens, which was the first university in Europe. The Republic is a classic dialogue between Socrates and his friends concerning justice in man and the state, the Plat
Author: Plato
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN : 9781437830897
Author: Plato
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN : 9781437830613
Author: Sophocles;Roderic Ai Camp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780195136579
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro,
Author: Moody, Sylvia
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN : 9780718830786
Author: Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius
Publisher : Nuvision Publications
ISBN : 9781595477446
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born on April 26, A.D. 121. His real name was M. Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a noble family which claimed descent from Numa, second King of Rome. This is the first book Marcus the roman emperor wrote concerning himself.
Author: Rosen, Stanley
Publisher : St. Augustine's Press Inc
ISBN : 9781890318635
Plato's great attempt to define the nature of the sophist -- the false image of the philosopher -- has perplexed readers from classical times to the present. The dialogue has been central in the ongoing debate about the theory of forms, and it remains a crucial text for Plato scholars in both the analytical and the phenomenological traditions.Stanley Rosen's book is the first full-length study of
Author: Initiates, Three
Publisher : Biblio Bazaar
ISBN : 9781434604958
The purpose of this work is not the enunciation of any special philosophy or doctrine- but rather is to give to the students a statement of the Truth that will serve to reconcile the many bits of occult knowledge that they may have acquired- but which are apparently opposed to each other and which often serve to discourage and disgust the beginner in the study.'' (Excerpt from Introduction)
Author: Kjeller Johansen, Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521067485
Examines the unifying teleological theme in Plato''s dialogue the Timaeus-Critias.
Author: William Jordan;Robert William Jordan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN : 9780415089401
For Socrates, philosophy was the study of how to lead one's life. For Wittgenstein, philosophy leaves everything as it is. Ancient Concepts of Philosophy sets the work of the ancients in the context of the most recent thinking about the nature and value of philosophy. William Jordan questions what we can learn from the ancient philosophers' varying conceptions of the ideal life. He argues that anc
Language and Learning: Philosophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age
Author: Frede, Dorothea (EDT)/ Inwood, Brad (EDT)Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521071253
Collection of essays exploring theories of language developed by philosophers during the Hellenistic period.
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Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics
Author: Mark BalaguerPublisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780195122305
In this deft and vigorous book, Mark Balaguer demonstrates that there are no good arguments for or against mathematical platonism (ie., the view that abstract, or non-spatio-temporal, mathematical objects exist, and that mathematical theories are descriptions of such objects). Balaguer doesthis by establishing that both platonism and anti-platonism are defensible positions. In Part I, he shows tha
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Aristotle: Athenian Constitution, Eudemian Ethics, Virtues and Vices; Loeb #285; Loeb #285
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ISBN : 9780674993150
Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367– 347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia Minor and at this time married Pythias, one of Hermeias' relations. After some time at Mitylene,
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Aristotle: Minor Works; On Colours--On Things Heard--Physiognomics--On Plants--On...; On Colours--On Things Heard--Physiognomics--On Plants--On...
Author: AristotlePublisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN : 9780674993389
Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367– 347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia Minor and at this time married Pythias, one of Hermeias' relations. After some time at Mitylene,
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Epistemology After Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus
Author: Mi-Kyoung LeePublisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780199262229
Relativism, the position that things are for each as they seem to each, was first formulated in Western philosophy by Protagoras, the 5th century BC Greek orator and teacher. Mi-Kyoung Lee focuses on the challenge to the possibility of expert knowledge posed by Protagoras, together with responses by the three most important philosophers of the next generation, Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus. In
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Phaedo
Author: Plato Publisher : Book Jungle
ISBN : 9781605977591
The final hours of Socrates are told by Phaedo to the Echecrates and Philasians. Plato studied under Socrates and was Aristotle''s teacher. Together these three Greeks developed the basis of philosophical thinking for the entire Western world. Plato was also a writer, mathematician, and founder of the Academy in Athens, which was the first university in Europe. Phardo is considered to be one of Pl
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The Works of Archimedes
Author: Archimedes Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781430448792
The works translated here--the two books On the Sphere and Cylinder--were a source of great pride for Archimedes, the greatest scientist of antiquity. Accompanying this translation is the first scientific edition of the diagrams, which incorporates new information from the recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest. The volume also includes the first English translation of Eutocius's commentary. Re
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Aristotle and the Philosophy of Friendship
Author: Pangle, Lorraine Smith Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521052672
The book offers a comprehensive account of the major philosophical works on friendship.
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The Republic
Author: Plato/ Jowett, Benjamin (TRN)Publisher : Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library
ISBN : 9781406831702
The central work of one of the West's greatest philosophers, The Republic of Plato is a masterpiece of insight and feeling, the finest of the Socratic dialogues, and one of the great books of Western culture. Now Robin Waterfield offers a new translation of The Republic, one that captures thedramatic realism, poetic beauty, intellectual vitality, and emotional power of Plato at his height. Deftly
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Guide to Platos Republic
Author: Rice, Daryl H.Publisher : 101 Productions
ISBN : 9780195112849
A Guide to Plato's Republic provides an integral interpretation of the Republic which is accessible even to readers approaching Plato's masterwork for the first time. Written at a level understandable to undergraduates, it is ideal for students and other readers who have little or nobackground in philosophy or political theory. Rice anticipates their inevitable reactions to the Republic and treats
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The Republic
Author: Plato Publisher : Book Jungle
ISBN : 9781605978277
Plato studied under Socrates and was Aristotle''s teacher. Together these three Greeks developed the basis of philosophical thinking for the entire Western world. Plato was also a writer, mathematician, and founder of the Academy in Athens, which was the first university in Europe. The Republic is a classic dialogue between Socrates and his friends concerning justice in man and the state, the Plat
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Cratylus
Author: Plato Publisher : IndyPublish.com
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Cratylus
Author: Plato Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN : 9781437830613
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Philoctetes
Author: Sophocles;Roderic Ai CampPublisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN : 9780195136579
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro,
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Eternal Questions: Some Notes from Ancient Greece
Author: Moody, Sylvia Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN : 9780718830786
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Meditations
Author: Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius Publisher : Nuvision Publications
ISBN : 9781595477446
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born on April 26, A.D. 121. His real name was M. Annius Verus, and he was sprung of a noble family which claimed descent from Numa, second King of Rome. This is the first book Marcus the roman emperor wrote concerning himself.
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Plato's Sophist
Author: Rosen, StanleyPublisher : St. Augustine's Press Inc
ISBN : 9781890318635
Plato's great attempt to define the nature of the sophist -- the false image of the philosopher -- has perplexed readers from classical times to the present. The dialogue has been central in the ongoing debate about the theory of forms, and it remains a crucial text for Plato scholars in both the analytical and the phenomenological traditions.Stanley Rosen's book is the first full-length study of
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The Kybalion
Author: Initiates, Three Publisher : Biblio Bazaar
ISBN : 9781434604958
The purpose of this work is not the enunciation of any special philosophy or doctrine- but rather is to give to the students a statement of the Truth that will serve to reconcile the many bits of occult knowledge that they may have acquired- but which are apparently opposed to each other and which often serve to discourage and disgust the beginner in the study.'' (Excerpt from Introduction)
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Plato's Natural Philosophy: A Study of the Timaeus-Critias
Author: Kjeller Johansen, Thomas Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521067485
Examines the unifying teleological theme in Plato''s dialogue the Timaeus-Critias.
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Ancient Concepts of Philosophy
Author: William Jordan;Robert William JordanPublisher : Routledge
ISBN : 9780415089401
For Socrates, philosophy was the study of how to lead one's life. For Wittgenstein, philosophy leaves everything as it is. Ancient Concepts of Philosophy sets the work of the ancients in the context of the most recent thinking about the nature and value of philosophy. William Jordan questions what we can learn from the ancient philosophers' varying conceptions of the ideal life. He argues that anc
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