Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Books

Book SynopsisHermann Diels (18481922), professor of classics at Berlin, published this first edition of his authoritative collection of quotations from, and reports about, Presocratic philosophers in 1903. It was designed to enable students taking courses on the beginnings of Greek philosophy to engage with evidence that was fragmentary and unstandardised.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Thales; 2. Anaximander; 3. Anaximenes; 4. Pythagoras; 5. Kerkops; 6. Petron; 7. Brotinos; 8. Hippasos; 9. Kalliphon; 10. Parmiskos; 11. Xenophanes; 12. Herakleitos; 13. Epicharmos; 14. Alkmaion; 15. Ikkos; 16. Paron; 17. Ameinias; 18. Parmenides; 19. Zenon; 20. Melissos; 21. Empediokles; 22. Menestor; 23. Xuthos; 24. Boidas; 25. Ion; 26. Hippon; 27. Phaleas; 28. Polykleitos; 29. Oinopides; 30. Hippokrates; 31. Theodoros; 32. Philolaos; 33. Eurytos; 34. Archippos; 35. Archytas; 36. Timaios; 37. Hiketas; 38. Ekphantos; 39. Xenophilos; 40. Diokles et al.; 41. Proros et al.; 42. Damon; 43. Simos et al.; 44. Lykon; 45. Pythagoreische Schule; 46. Anaxagoras; 47. Archelaos; 48. Metrodoros; 49. Kleidemos; 50. Idaios; 51. Diogenes; 52. Kratylos; 53. Antisthenes; 54. Leukippos; 55. Demokritos; 56. Nessas; 57. Metrodoros vs Chios; 58. Diogenes vs Smyrna; 59. Anaxarchos; 60. Hekataios vs Abdera; 61. Apollodoros; 62. Nausiphanes; 63. Diotimos; 64. Bion vs Abdera; 65. Bolos; Anhang; Namensverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisA ten-step guide to reaching your peak potential through the wisdom of Stoic philosophy by entrepreneur and Olympic champion speed skater Mark Tuitert. For twenty years, Mark Tuitert has used the principles of Stoic philosophy to become a gold-medal winning Olympic champion athlete, successful entrepreneur, as well as to deal with the challenges in his professional and private life. Now, in the internationally-bestselling book The Stoic Mindset, Mark lays out the ten practical lessons through which everyone, in any situation, can develop a Stoic mindset.Applying the teachings of Stoic masters including Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus to the twenty-first century, Tuitert empowers readers to discover how Stoicism can change their lives and help them reach their full potential. With a gift for breaking down difficult concepts into practical applications, Tuitert distills thousands of years of Stoic philosophy into ten short principles, with an ac

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Book SynopsisPotent wisdom from the one of the greatest Stoic philosophers The Stoic Path is your essential guide to a better life. Countless leaders, athletes, and thinkers have been shaped by the tenants of Stoicism, with its rational acceptance of the present moment and uncompromising insistence on virtue. The principles that form the backbone of Stoic thought are timelessoffering a refreshingly honest clarity to the complexity of modern life.The Stoic Path is a collection of the wisdom of Epictetus, one of the greatest Stoic philosophers of antiquity. Hastings Crossley translated the original text from Greek and compiled Epictetus's most potent wisdom to create an accessible, compelling distillation of stoic thought. Originally published as The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, this new edition has been redesigned to appeal to today's reader while maintaining the authenticity of the original translation.

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Book SynopsisSaloua Chatti is former Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tunis, Tunisia.Wilfrid Hodges is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.Table of ContentsPreface Richard Sorabji Conventions Acknowledgements Introduction Wilfrid Hodges 1. A Brief Guide to Categorical Syllogisms 2. Al-Farabi and his Writings 3. The Book Syllogism Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Arabic-Greek Glossary Arabic-English Index Index of Passages from Aristotle Subject Index

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Book SynopsisIn the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle suggests that a moral principle ''does not immediately appear to the man who has been corrupted by pleasure or pain''. Phantasia in Aristotle''s Ethics investigates his claim and its reception in ancient and medieval Aristotelian traditions, including Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin.While contemporary commentators on the Ethics have overlooked Aristotle's remark, his ancient and medieval interpreters made substantial contributions towards a clarification of the claim's meaning and relevance. Even when the hazards of transmission have left no explicit comments on this particular passage, as is the case in the Arabic tradition, medieval responders still offer valuable interpretations of phantasia (appearance) and its role in ethical deliberation and action. This volume casts light on these readings, showing how the distant voices from the medieval Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin Aristotelian traditions still contTrade ReviewThe range of material is one of the volume's greatest strengths … Fink deserves praise for bringing together experts on these traditional strands in order to gain new and renewed insights on a lively topic in Aristotle. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *[A] welcome and well-argued enterprise to discuss the fate of a particularly interesting Aristotelian notion through the ages. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction, Jakob Fink (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Jessica Moss (New York University, USA) 1. The Ancient Greek Reception of Phantasia in Aristotle’s Ethics, Frans de Haas (Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands) 2. The Arabic Tradition: With Special Emphasis on Averroes’ Interpretation, Frédérique Woerther (CNRS Paris, France) and Rotraud Hansberger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) 3. The Byzantine Tradition on EN 6.5.1140b16—17, Michele Trizio (Università di Bari, Italy) 4. The Latin Tradition: Phronesis, Phantasia and Moral Feelings, Iacopo Costa (CNRS Paris, France) 5. The Hebrew Tradition on EN 6.5.1140b16—17, Chaim Neria (University of Chicago, USA) 6. Epilogue: The Argument of EN 6.5.1140b16–17 from a Contemporary Perspective, Jakob Fink (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Index

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Book SynopsisThe philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi (c. 870-c. 950 CE) is a key Arabic intermediary figure. He knew Aristotle, and in particular Aristotle's logic, through Greek Neoplatonist interpretations translated into Arabic via Syriac and possibly Persian. For example, he revised a general description of Aristotle's logic by the 6th century Paul the Persian, and further influenced famous later philosophers and theologians writing in Arabic in the 11th to 12th centuries: Avicenna, Al-Ghazali, Avempace and Averroes. Averroes' reports on Farabi were subsequently transmitted to the West in Latin translation. This book is an abridgement of Aristotle's Prior Analytics, rather than a commentary on successive passages. In it Farabi discusses Aristotle's invention, the syllogism, and aims to codify the deductively valid arguments in all disciplines. He describes Aristotle's categorical syllogisms in detail; these are syllogisms with premises such as Every A is a B' and No A is a B'. He adds a discussionTable of ContentsPreface Richard Sorabji Conventions Acknowledgements Introduction Wilfrid Hodges 1. A Brief Guide to Categorical Syllogisms 2. Al-Farabi and his Writings 3. The Book Syllogism Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Arabic-Greek Glossary Arabic-English Index Index of Passages from Aristotle Subject Index

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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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