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ISBN: 9788763538985 - An Essay on the Unity of Stoic Philosophy An Essay on the Unity of Stoic Philosophy
Johnny Christensen

ISBN10: 8763538989  ISBN13: 9788763538985
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 09 Jul 2013
Ancient Stoics repeatedly stressed the monolithic unity of their philosophy. In this ground breaking "essay" Johnny Christensen takes their claim at face value: "It is a presupposition of the present essay that Stoic philosophy is a coherent and... More

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ISBN: 9780674073302 - The Theology of Arithmetic The Theology of Arithmetic
Joel Kalvesmaki

ISBN10: 0674073304  ISBN13: 9780674073302
Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Jun 2013
In the second century, some Gnostic Christians used numerical structures to describe God, interpret the Bible, and frame the universe. The Theology of Arithmetic explores the rich variety of number symbolism used by gnosticizing groups and their... More

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ISBN: 9781441195449 - Arguing with Socrates Arguing with Socrates
Christopher Warne

ISBN10: 1441195440  ISBN13: 9781441195449
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Jun 2013
Ranging from the Symposium to the Apology, this is a concise but authoritative guide to the most important and widely studied of Plato's Socratic dialogues. Taking each of the major dialogues in turn, Arguing with Socrates encourages students to... More

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ISBN: 9781441187178 - Arguing with Socrates Arguing with Socrates
Christopher Warne

ISBN10: 1441187170  ISBN13: 9781441187178
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Jun 2013
Ranging from the Symposium to the Apology, this is a concise but authoritative guide to the most important and widely studied of Plato's Socratic dialogues. Taking each of the major dialogues in turn, Arguing with Socrates encourages students to... More

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ISBN: 9780199654314 - Hellenistic Oratory Hellenistic Oratory
Christos Kremmydas, Kathryn Tempest

ISBN10: 019965431X  ISBN13: 9780199654314
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 May 2013
This collection of fourteen essays explores the pervasive influence and dynamic character of oratory during the Hellenistic period and survey its different manifestations in diverse literary genres and socio-political contexts, especially the... More

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ISBN: 9780230360945 - Wittgenstein and Plato Wittgenstein and Plato
Luigi Perissinotto, Begona Ramon Camara

ISBN10: 0230360947  ISBN13: 9780230360945
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 May 2013
Wittgenstein was a faithful and passionate reader of Plato's Dialogues as confirmed by writings and witnesses. Here well-known scholars of Wittgenstein and Plato illuminate the relationship between the two philosophers both philologically and... More

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ISBN: 9780521886819 - Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers: Volume 1, Books 1-5 Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers: Volume 1, Books 1-5
Tiziano Dorandi

ISBN10: 0521886813  ISBN13: 9780521886819
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 May 2013
A new critical edition of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers, a unique and profoundly influential work. This edition presents a radically improved text of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers. The text is accompanied by a... More

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ISBN: 9781603849371 - Circle of Socrates Circle of Socrates
Christopher Rowe

ISBN10: 1603849378  ISBN13: 9781603849371
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08 May 2013
In addition to works by Plato and Xenophon, we know of dozens of treatises and dialogues written by followers of Socrates that are now lost. The surviving evidence for these writings constitutes an invaluable resource for our understanding of... More

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ISBN: 9781906548339 - The Embroidered Armour The Embroidered Armour
Roberto Peregalli

ISBN10: 1906548331  ISBN13: 9781906548339
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Apr 2013
Examines the Greek Mysteries, mythology and legends that heralded a revolution in thinking between the time of Homer and Plato which gave birth to the Western cultural tradition. In investigating ancient Greek concepts concerning the relationship... More

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ISBN: 9781616146542 - Plato for Everyone Plato for Everyone
Aviezer Tucker

ISBN10: 1616146540  ISBN13: 9781616146542
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Apr 2013
Five of Plato's most famous dialogues rewritten as accessible and entertaining short stories with a modern setting. How do we decide what is good and bad? What is virtue? What constitutes a meaningful life? These are some of the intractable... More