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  • The Phratries of Attica

    by S. D. Lambert, S. (Stephen) D. Lambert ...
    Series series Michigan Monographs In Classical Antiquity
    The Phratries of Attica provides the first comprehensive account in English of a key institution in ancient Athens: the Attic phratries. These hereditary groups of citizens, linked to one locale or more in Attica, played a crucial role in regulating access to Athenian citizenship. The author concentrates upon the evidence — largely empirical— for the period 450-250 B.C., but he also considers the ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

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  • Plato of Athens

    A Life in Philosophy

    by Robin Waterfield ...
    The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his intellect by attending lectures from the many thinkers who passed through Athens and toyed with the idea of writing poetry. He finally decided to go into ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic

    by Jean-Manuel Roubineau, Malcolm DeBevoise ...
    An engaging look at the founder of one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece. The ancient philosopher Diogenes--nicknamed "The Dog" and decried by Plato as a "Socrates gone mad"--was widely praised and idealized as much as he was mocked and vilified. A favorite subject of sculptors and painters since the Renaissance, his notoriety is equally due to his infamously eccentric ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

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  • Stoicism

    by John Sellars ...
    Series series Ancient Philosophies
    This new edition of Stoicism provides an introduction to one of the most influential schools of philosophy in antiquity, the influence of which has persisted to the present day.Originating in Athens around 300 BCE, Stoicism flourished for some five hundred years and has remained a constant presence throughout the history of Western philosophy. This new revised edition takes into account the wealth ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Hellenistic Philosophy

    by John Sellars ...
    The Hellenistic period was a rich and exciting time for philosophy. It saw the birth of two new schools of thought, Epicureanism and Stoicism, and important developments in Plato's Academy. Aristotelians and Cynics were also active during the period, all of which created a vibrant philosophical landscape. Many of the ideas now associated with early modern and enlightenment philosophy - such as ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy

    Edited by David Sedley ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy is a wide-ranging 2003 introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world. A team of leading specialists surveys the developments of the period and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus. There are also separate chapters on how philosophy in the ancient world interacted with religion, ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Sex and the Second-Best City

    Sex and Society in the Laws of Plato

    by Kenneth Royce Moore ...
    Series series Studies in Classics
    Sex and the Second-Best City deals with the topics of sex and society in the Laws of Plato with recourse to historical context and modern critical theory. It examines reconstructions of ancient "sexuality" with a view to increased clarification. The text of the Laws is considered, along with many of its literary qualities, its influences and the utopian plan that it proposes. ... Read more

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  • Why Socrates Died

    Dispelling the Myths

    by Robin Waterfield ...
    A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization—one with great resonance for American society today.Socrates’ trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. In 399 BCE, the great philosopher stood before an Athenian jury on serious charges: impiety and “subverting the young men of the city.” The picture we have of it—created by his ... Read more

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  • Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy

    by Kojin Karatani ...
    Translated by Joseph A. Murphy ...
    In Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy—published originally in Japanese and now available in four languages—Kōjin Karatani questions the idealization of ancient Athens as the source of philosophy and democracy by placing the origins instead in Ionia, a set of Greek colonies located in present-day Turkey. Contrasting Athenian democracy with Ionian isonomia—a system based on non-rule and a lack ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Memories of Socrates

    Memorabilia and Apology

    by Xenophon ...
    Translated by Martin Hammond ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Who would you say knows himself?' In 399 BCE Socrates was tried in Athens on charges of irreligion and corruption of the young, convicted, and sentenced to death. Like Plato, an almost exact contemporary, in his youth Xenophon (c. 430-c. 354 BCE) was one of the circle of mainly upper-class young Athenians attracted to Socrates' teaching. His Memorabilia is both a passionate defence of Socrates ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism

    Edited by James Warren ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    This Companion presents both an introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism and also a critical account of the major areas of its philosophical interest. Chapters span the school's history from the early Hellenistic Garden to the Roman Empire and its later reception in the Early Modern period, introducing the reader to the Epicureans' contributions in physics, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture

    Volume III: The Conflict of Cultural Ideals in the Age of Plato

    by Werner Jaeger, Gilbert Highet ...
    Werner Jaeger's classic three-volume work, originally published in 1939, is now available in paperback. Paideia, the shaping of Greek character through a union of civilization, tradition, literature, and philosophy is the basis for Jaeger's evaluation of Hellenic culture. Volume I describes the foundation, growth, and crisis of Greek culture during the archaic and classical epochs, ending with the ... Read more

    $93.59 USD