Ancient Philosophy: Essential Readings With Commentary - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 140513562X ISBN 13 : 9781405135627

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Synopsis

Part of The Blackwell Readings in Philosophy Series, this survey of ancient philosophy explores the scope of ancient philosophy, focusing on the key philosophers and their texts, examining how the foundations of philosophy as we know it were laid.

• Focuses on the key philosophers and their texts, from Pre-Socratic thinkers through to the Neo-Platonists
• Brings together the key primary writings of Thales, Xenophanes, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Gorgias, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Lucretius, Seneca, Sextus Empiricus, Plotinus, and many others
• Is broken down into eight chronological sections for easy comprehension and comparison
• The readings are accompanied by expert commentary from the editors

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nicholas Smith is James F. Miller Professor of Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Lewis & Clark College. He has been involved in the writing of several distinguished essays and over fifteen books, including Plato's Socrates with T. C. Brickhouse, which won the Outstanding Academic Book for 1995 award from Choice.

Fritz Allhoff is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University.

Anand Jayprakash Vaidya is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San José State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 140513562X
• ISBN 13: 9781405135627
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 468
• Éditeur: Smith Nick, Allhoff Fritz, Vaidya Anand Jayprakash
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