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Book SynopsisKurt Lampe is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol, UK and the author of The Birth of Hedonism: The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life (2015). He is also the co-editor of German Stoicisms (forthcoming, Bloomsbury).Janae Sholtz is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Women's and Gender Studies at Alvernia University, USA. She is the author of The Invention of a People: Heidegger and Deleuze on Art and the Political (2015) and co-editor of Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism (Bloomsbury, 2019).Trade Review‘Lampe and Sholtz have put together a uniquely informative collection showing the extensive and sometimes surprising influence of Stoic ideas on recent French and Italian thinkers including such luminaries as Sartre, Deleuze, Badiou, Kristeva, Foucault and Agamben, as well as thinkers who should be better known in the English-speaking world (and perhaps now will be) like Barbara Cassin and Pierre Hadot.’ * Alistair Welchman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA *'French and Italian Stoicisms presents a valuable overview of the often subtle and surprisingly diverse ways in which ancient Stoic philosophy has influenced modern thinkers such as Sartre, Deleuze, Kristeva, Foucault, Agamben, and Hadot. The contributors to this book are themselves revitalizing Stoicism by drawing our attention to unfamiliar perspectives on a tradition, which deserves to be explored and evaluated by us now more than ever before.' * Donald Robertson, author of Stoicism and the Art of Happiness and How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. *This volume breaks new ground in its close examination of French and Italian twentieth-century responses to Stoicism, especially on the topics of language and freedom. A series of thoughtful and perceptive essays open up a complex intellectual terrain that will be of interest both to students of modern Continental philosophy and Stoicism. * Christopher Gill, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought, University of Exeter, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Stoicism, Language, and Freedom, Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol, UK 2. Sartre, Stoicism, and the Problem of Moral Responsibility (from 1939 to 1948), Olivier D’Jeranian, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France 3. Sartrian Ontology and the Stoic Theory of Incorporeals, Suzanne Husson, Université Paris-Sorbonne, and Laurent Husson, Université de Lorraine, France 4. Deleuzean Exercises and the Inversion of Stoicism, Janae Sholtz, Alvernia University, USA 5. How and why did Badiou beat Deleuze with a Stoic stick (and was he right?), Thomas Bénatouïl, University of Lille, France 6. Kristeva, Stoicism, and the “True Life of Interpretations”, Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol, UK 7. Indifference and Affirmation: Michel Foucault on Stoic Fate and Providence, John Sellars, Royal Holoway, University of London, UK 8. Veridiction and Parrhesia: the Complex Case of Foucault’s Reading of Stoicism, Valery Laurand, Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, France 9. Stoicism: Political Resistance or Retreat? Foucault and Arendt, Michael Ure, Monash University, Australia 10. Stoicism, Ambiguity, and the Decision of Sense, Barbara Cassin, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France 11. Stoic Philosophy of Language in Giorgio Agamben’s Thought, Nicoletta Di Vita, Università degli studi di Padova, Italy 12. Making Use of Agamben’s “Stoic Providence-Fate Apparatus”: A Reading of Seneca’s Consolation to Polybius, Clifford Robinson, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, USA 13. Pierre Hadot: Stoicism as a Way of Life, Matthew Sharpe, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia Index

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Book SynopsisHallvard Fossheim is Professor in Ancient Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. He has published articles on Plato and Aristotle, as well as works on research ethics and virtue ethics. Vigdis Songe-Møller is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. Her focus of research has been feminist interpretations of ancient Greek texts, especially by Hesiod, Anaximander, Parmenides, and Plato. She coordinated the international research project Poetry and Philosophy: Poetical and Argumentative Elements of Plato's Philosophy.Knut Ågotnes is Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway.Trade ReviewPhilosophy as Drama illuminates the relationship between the genre of Platonic dialogue and philosophical practice. This collection is a fine work of creative scholarship that not only gives us fresh insight into Plato's literary form, but also deepens our understanding of how virtue and political community are intertwined with dialogue. * Marina McCoy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Boston College, USA *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction, Hallvard Fossheim, Vigdis Songe-Møller and Knut Ågotnes Part 1 Genre and the Philosophical Dialogue 1. The Whole Comedy and Tragedy of Philosophy: On Aristophanes’ Speech in Plato’s Symposium, Drew Hyland, Pennsylvania State University, USA 2. A Praise of the Philosophical Written Speech? Ethics and Philosophical Progression in Plato’s Symposium, Elena Irrera, University of Bologna, Italy 3. Socrates’ Appeals to Homer’s Achilles in Plato’s Apology of Socrates and Crito, Hayden W. Ausland, University of Montana, USA 4. Plato’s Ring of Gyges and ‘Das Leben der Anderen’, Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa, USA Part 2 Virtue and Soul-shaping 5. Plato’s Inverted Theatre: Displacing the Wisdom of the Poets, Paul Woodruff, University of Texas at Austin, USA 6. Gods, Giants and Philosophers: On Being, Education and Dialogue in Plato’s Sophist 245e6-249d5, Jens Kristian Larsen, University of Bergen, Norway 7. Philotimia. On Rhetoric, Virtues and Honour in the Symposium, Knut Ågotnes, University of Bergen, Norway Part 3 Reason and Irrationality 8. The Significance of the Ambiguity of Music in Plato, Kristin Sampson, University of Bergen, Norway 9. Pleasure, Perception and Images in Plato, Cynthia Freeland, University of Houston, USA 10. The Limits of Rationality in Plato’s Phaedo, Hallvard Fossheim, University of Bergen, Norway Part 4 Place and Displacement 11. Place (topos) and Strangeness (atopia) in the Phaedrus, Erlend Breidal, University of Bergen, Norway 12. Hunt: Method and Metaphor. A Reading of the Sophist 216a1-226a6, Gro Rørstadbotten, University of Bergen, Norway 13. Plato’s Sophist: A Different Look, John Sallis, Boston College, USA

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Book SynopsisAndrius Bielskis is Professor of Political Philosophy and Director of the Centre of Aristotelian Studies and Critical Thought at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania.Eleni Leontsini is Assistant Professor of the History of Philosophy at the University of Ioannina, Greece and Research Fellow at the Centre for Aristotelian Studies and Critical Theory, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania.Kelvin Knight is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Aristotelian Studies and Critical Theory, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics & Politics at London Metropolitan University, UK.Trade ReviewThe essays collected in this volume will be of great value to readers interested in the validity of MacIntyre’s revival of Thomistic Aristotelianism and his engagement with modernity, capitalism, and twentieth-century philosophy. Critics and defenders of MacIntyre’s approach, including MacIntyre himself, are well represented, as are the thinkers through which the value of Aristotle’s ethics are discussed, including Marx, J. L. Austin, and Charles Taylor. The result is a fascinating exploration of some of the major issues, both practical and theoretical, confronting moral and social philosophy today. -- Richard Kraut, Charles and Emma Morrison Professor in the Humanities, Northwestern University, USADrawing on a wide range of sources from different traditions, the collection makes for a thoroughly informative exploration of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Front and centre are themes from MacIntyre’s work, especially flourishing in the political community, which makes this collection of 14 essays an essential read for those interested in understanding MacIntyre’s programme. -- Joachim Aufderheide, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, King’s College London, UKThis volume is a welcome addition to the literature on Aristotelian political theories. It relates the MacIntyrean views to various debates inside and outside of Aristotelian theories. MacIntyre allows diversity, criticism and dialogue, unlike the misunderstood view of communitarianism. This book embodies the spirit of such a criticism-oriented MacIntyrean community. * The Classical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Aristotelian Tradition of Virtues, Andrius Bielskis (Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania), Eleni Leontsini (University of Ioannina, Greece), and Kelvin Knight (London Metropolitan University, UK) Part I. The Aristotelian Tradition of Virtues 1. Four – or More – Political Aristotles, Alasdair MacIntyre (University of Notre Dame, USA & London Metropolitan University, UK) 2. Plato and Aristotle on Human Nature and Society, Richard Stalley (University of Glasgow, UK) 3. ‘Managers would not need subordinates and masters would not need slaves’: Aristotle’s Oikos and Oikonomia Reconsidered, Andrius Bielskis (Mykolas Romeris University & Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania) 4. Aristotle and Two Senses of Happiness, Buket Korkut Raptis (University of Mugla, Turkey) 5. ‘Going through Time Together’: Aristotelian Friendship and the Criterion of Time, Eleni Leontsini (University of Ioannina, Greece & Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania) 6. Byzantine Thomism: Aristotelianism and Thomas Aquinas’ Reception in Byzantium, Athanasia Glycofrydi-Leontsini (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) Part II. Modernity, Conflict and MacIntyrean Aristotelianism 7. Aristotelianism, Austinianism and the Problem of the Good, Kelvin Knight (London Metropolitan University, UK) 8. Virtues and the Common Good: Alasdair MacIntyre Reads Aristotle, Christof Rapp (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany) 9. Williams and MacIntyre on the Human Good and Ethical Objectivity, Apostolos Malakos (London Metropolitan University, UK) 10. MacIntyre’s Nietzschean Anti-Modernism, Golfo Maggini (University of Ioannina, Greece) Part III. Moral Philosophy and Modern Social and Political Order 11. From Field to Forest? Exploring Limits of Virtue Ethics, Joseph Dunne (Dublin City University, Ireland) 12. Aristotle and the Politics of Recognition, Tony Burns (University of Nottingham, UK) 13. Human Flourishing and Labour: Aristotle, MacIntyre, and Marx, Egidijus Mardosas (Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania) 14. Alasdair MacIntyre’s Aristotelianism: A Marxist Critique, Paul Blackledge (Northumbria University, UK) Index

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Book SynopsisBringing together leading international and interdisciplinary scholars, this ground-breaking volume examines the theory and practice of philosophical health in contemporary contexts of care broadly understood, care for the self, care for the other, and care for the world. But what do we mean by philosophical health? Whilst this book does not seek to provide a normative definition, as it explores disparate perspectives and encourages pluralism in philosophical ways of life, one may envision philosophical health as a state of creative coherence between a person's or a group's way of thinking and their way of acting, such that the possibilities for a good life are increased, and the needs for flourishing satisfied. An idea central to philosophical health is the concept of possibility'. Without a sense of self-possibility and openness to the future, health loses meaning, and conversely, pathologies are defined by various kinds of impossibilities. As such, philosophical health reconsiders

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Book SynopsisAristotle's Metaphysics is an extremely rich and important philosophical work, unique in that it is an inquiry devoted to discovering a doctrine, rather than a treatise that defends a doctrine. This title presents an introduction to the text, offering guidance on: philosophical context; key themes; reading the text; and, reception and influence.Trade Review‘Having already earned an enduring place as an expositor of Aristotle's work in his One and Many in Aristotle's Metaphysics, Edward C. Halper now proves that he is an expert teacher as well. Informed throughout by his unique awareness of the dialectical integrity of this indispensable text, Halper's pellucid guide provides the beginner with a firm foundation for further progress in philosophy.' -- William H.F. Altman, author of Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic.‘Aristotle's Metaphysics is not an easy book to read, but now it is possible for both graduate and undergraduate classes to study it first-hand. Ed Halper has done a beautiful job of mapping the whole terrain of Aristotle's complex dialectical argument from beginning to end.Thanks to this overview of the whole, one can now chart a well-informed course through a coherent sequence of its parts.' -- Joe Sachs, translator of the Metaphysics and other works of Aristotle.‘This clear and concise book is an invaluable guide to one of Aristotle's most important and profound works. The analysis that Halper offers allow those beginning to navigate the intricacies of Aristotle's Metaphysics to see the main lines of each argument and to make sense of the work as an integral whole.' -- Owen Goldin, Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University, USA. ‘This is an elegant introduction to the main lines of Aristotle's Metaphysics and at the same time an argument for the unity and coherence of the work. It distills decades of reflection on one of the most intricate texts in the Western philosophical tradition. Halper excels at expressing the subtleties of Aristotle's thought in plain English. The reader who is struggling to figure out what Aristotle is up to in the Metaphysics will find much help here.' -- Arthur Madigan S.J., Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, USATable of Contents1. Context; 2. Overview of Themes; 3. Reading the Text; 4. Reception and Influence; 5. Further Reading; Notes; Index.

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Book SynopsisIstván Bodnár is Associate Professor at Eötvös University and Central European University, Hungary. Michael Chase is a Researcher at the Centre Jean Pépin of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris-Villejuif, France.Michael Share is an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania, Australia.Table of ContentsIntroduction Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited General Index

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Book SynopsisJan Opsomer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA. Carlos Steel is Emeritus Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and Director of 'Aristoteles Latinus'.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisDr Michael Share is Honorary Research Associate in the School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisPhiloponus is engaged in an exegesis of Plato's Timaeus which aims to settle familiar interpretive problems, notably how we should understand the pre-cosmic state of disorderly motion, and the statement that the visible cosmos is an image of the paradigm. His exegetical concerns culminate with a discussion of Plato's attitude to poetry and myth.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisWilliam Charlton was formerly head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Edinburgh.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisIan Mueller is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisMichael Share is an Honorary Fellow in the School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisSebastian Gertz is Supernumerary Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at St John's College, Oxford, UK.John Dillon is Regius Professor Emeritus of Greek, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.Donald Russell is Emeritus Professor of Classical Literature at Oxford University, UK.Trade ReviewIt is one of the merits of this volume that it allows the reader to see both the continuity and the differences within this stream of thought. -- Cristina D’Ancona, Università di Pisa * Studia graeco-arabica: The Journal of the Project *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited General Index Part Two: Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited General Index

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Book SynopsisCarlos Steel is Emeritus Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and Director of 'Aristoteles Latinus'.Table of ContentsIntroduction Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited General Index

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Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisJohn Dillon is Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Dominic O'Meara is Professor of Philosophy, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsConventions Introduction Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Concordances with Ps.-Alexander Index of Aristotelian and Platonic Passages Subject Index

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Book SynopsisDominic O'Meara is Professor of Philosophy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. John Dillon is Regius Professor Emeritus of Greek, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.Table of ContentsConventions Introduction Textual Emendations Translation Notes Select Bibliography English Greek Glossary Greek English Index Index of Aristotelian and Platonic Passages Subject Index

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Book SynopsisJ. O. Urmson is Emeritus Professor at Stanford University and Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Peter Lautner is a Fellow of the Research Group for Classical Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisDavid Blank is Associate Professor of Philosophy at UCLA.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisIan Mueller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. Josiah Gould is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Textual Emendations TRANSLATION Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis open access book looks at Olympiodorus (AD c. 500570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, who delivered 28 lectures as an introduction to Plato. This volume translates lectures 1028, following from the first nine lectures and a biography of the philosopher published in translation in a companion volume, Olympiodorus: Life of Plato and On Plato First Alcibiades 19 (Bloomsbury, 2014).For us, these lectures can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates the First Alcibiades at the start of the curriculum on Plato, because it is about self-knowledge. His pupils are beginners, able to approach the hierarchy of philosophical virtues, like the aristocratic playboy Alcibiades. Alcibiades needs to know himself, at least as an individual with particular actions, before he can reach the virtues of mere civic interaction. As Olympiodorus addresses mainly Christian students, he tells them that the differTrade Review“[Michael Griffin] has taken on the thankless task of the translator with commendable enthusiasm, thoroughness and accuracy; the resulting volume is, like its predecessor, a labor of love … G.’s translation, based on the second printing of Westerink’s (1956) Greek text and supplemented with only a few emendations by G. himself or earlier editors such as Creuzer, is of the highest quality. It presents a readable and accurate rendering of Olympiodorus’ Greek, while taking pains to approximate the lively, colloquial tone of Platonic dialogue wherever the Alcibiades is quoted in the commentary. * International Journal of the Platonic Tradition *Table of ContentsConventions Textual Emendations Introduction Translator's Note Translation Notes Select Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Names Subject Index

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Book SynopsisPhiloponus'' On Aristotle Categories 1-5 discusses the nature of universals, preserving the views of Philoponus'' teacher Ammonius, as well as presenting a Neoplatonist interpretation of Aristotle''s Categories. Philoponus treats universals as concepts in the human mind produced by abstracting a form or nature from the material individual in which it has its being.The work is important for its own philosophical discussion and for the insight it sheds on its sources. For considerable portions, On Aristotle Categories 1-5 resembles the wording of an earlier commentary which declares itself to be an anonymous record taken from the seminars of Ammonius. Unlike much of Philoponus'' later writing, this commentary does not disagree with either Aristotle or Ammonius, and suggests the possibility that Philoponus eiTable of ContentsConventions Textual Emendations Introduction Translator's Note Translation Notes Select Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Names Subject Index

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Book SynopsisOlympiodorus (AD c. 500570), possibly the last non-Christian teacher of philosophy in Alexandria, delivered these lectures as an introduction to Plato with a biography. For us, they can serve as an accessible introduction to late Neoplatonism. Olympiodorus locates the First Alcibiades at the start of the curriculum on Plato, because it is about self-knowledge. His pupils are beginners, able to approach the hierarchy of philosophical virtues, like the aristocratic playboy Alcibiades. Alcibiades needs to know himself, at least as an individual with particular actions, before he can reach the virtues of mere civic interaction. As Olympiodorus addresses mainly Christian students, he tells them that the different words they use are often symbols of truths shared between their faiths.Trade Review[Olympiodorus' Alcibiades commentary] has remained untranslated since the appearance of the critical edition nearly sixty years ago. [This volume] is thus a step towards filling a definite gap in the scholarship ... The book will be helpful to anyone interested in Olympiodorus' commentary who is more comfortable reading English than Greek. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsConventions Textual Emendations Introduction Translator's Note Translation Notes Select Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Names Subject Index

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Book SynopsisSocrates, the largely enigmatic Greek thinker, has had a remarkably enduring influence on virtually every area of philosophical enterprise. The Bloomsbury Companion to Socrates introduces readers to the main issues in the philosophy of Socrates.With 13 different sections, this Companion presents an overview of current research in the various features, themes and topics apparent in Socrates'' thought, including Socratic irony, metaphysics, epistemology, happiness, virtue, moral psychology, philosophy of love, political philosophy, and religious belief. With additional chapters on the historical Socrates and his prosecution by the democracy of Athens, this is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Socrates'' life and death, character and philosophical concerns.Written by a team of leading experts in the field of ancient philosophy and concluding with a thoroughly comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, The Bloomsbury Companion toTrade ReviewThe excellent opening essay by Robin Waterfield will prove essential reading for students of the historical Socrates. Several other essays provide significant correctives to older approaches and indicate fruitful directions for further exploration. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students; general readers. -- A.P. Johnson, Lee University * CHOICE *This new companion to Socrates will be very welcome to scholars. The book aims "to assemble a comprehensive guide to the main issues engaged in the philosophy of Socrates". These essays fulfill that aim admirably ... [and] is an excellent volume on Socratic philosophy for advanced readers. -- Peter Aronoff, Trinity School, USA * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsList of Contributors \ Preface \ 1. The Quest for the Historical Socrates Robin Waterfield \ 2. Socratic Irony Iakovos Vasiliou \ 3. Socratic Philosophizing David Wolfsdorf \ 4. Socratric Metaphysics William J. Prior \ 5. Socratic Ignorance and Types of Knowledge Keith McPartland \ 6. The Priority of Definition Hugh H. Benson \ 7. Socratic Eudaimonism Naomi Reshotko \ 8. Socratic Moral Psychology Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith \ 9. Socrates on Love Suzanne Obdrzalek \ 10. Socrates’ Political Philosophy Curtis N. Johnson \ 11. Socratic Theology and Piety Mark L. McPherran \ 12. Socrates’ Religious Experiences John Bussanich \ 13. The Politics of Impiety: Why was Socrates Prosecuted by the Athenian Democracy? Mark Ralkowski \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of eminently practical advice from the likes of Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Pythagoras, and Aristotle covers subjects as diverse as money, child-raising, politics, philosophy, law, and relationships—all aspects of life and how to live it. Thomas Cleary has translated these sayings and aphorisms from the Arabic sources that preserved Greek thought throughout the Middle Ages. Many of the texts no longer exist in the original Greek. Included in the book is an appendix that presents resonant sayings and fragments from Buddhist, Taoist, and Muslim sources, demonstrating the universal quality of the teachings of the Greek sages and hinting at the interaction between Western and Eastern cultures.

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