Sextus Empiricus Against Aelius Aristides
Author: Dimitrios Karadimas
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 300
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Sextus Empiricus Against the Arithmeticians
Author: Lorenzo Corti
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-12-21
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9004679502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArithmetic deals with numbers: but what is the nature of their existence, of their parts, and of their relationship with countable items? These questions nourished a lively debate between the Platonico-Pythagorean tradition (trying to answer them) and the Pyrrhonian tradition (trying to show that these answers were unsatisfactory). The debate lies at the heart of Sextus Empiricus’ Against the Arithmeticians. The present book aims at facing the remarkable historical and philosophical questions raised by Sextus’ treatise by offering a new translation of it and the first dedicated commentary to it.
The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic
Author: Daniel S. Richter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 777
ISBN-13: 0199837473
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe study of the Second Sophistic is a relative newcomer to the Anglophone field of classics, and much of what characterizes it temporally and culturally remains a matter of legitimate contestation. This Handbook offers a diversity of scholarly voices that attempt to define the state of this developing field. Included are chapters that offer practical guidance on the wide range of valuable textual materials that survive, many of which are useful or even core to inquiries of particularly current interest (e.g., gender studies, cultural history of the body, sociology of literary culture, history of education and intellectualism, history of religion, political theory, history of medicine, cultural linguistics, intersection of the classical traditions and early Christianity).
Epicurus and Democritean Ethics
Author: James Warren
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-05-23
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521813693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 2002 book explores the origins of the Epicurean philosophical system in the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
The Orator in Action and Theory in Greece and Rome
Author: Cecil Wooten
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017-09-18
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9004350985
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is a collection of essays, written by authorities in the field, on many aspects of ancient rhetoric. These essays deal both with the theory of rhetoric and the practice of oratory and are quite diverse both in tone and audience envisioned. Some of them deal with very basic questions such as how good an orator should appear to be; others deal with very technical matters such as theoretical considerations of issue theory or "figured speeches". Some are focussed on the actual practice of oratory in speeches such as those of Cicero and Caesar; others deal with manifestations of oratory in historical works such as the Histories of Herodotus or reflections on the nature of oratory in works like the Dialogus of Tacitus. One considers parallel developments in rhetorical and artistic treatments of the legend of Busiris.
Commentary on Plato's Gorgias
Author: Olympiodorus (the Younger, of Alexandria)
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9789004109728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a modern, annotated translation of antiquity's only extant commentary on Plato's moral and political dialogue "Gorgias," in which the author defends ancient Greek philosophy and culture at a time when Christianity has almost replaced it. The first translation into any modern language of a central work in Platonic studies is accompanied by annotations which guide the reader in understanding the obscurities of the text, an introduction to the main issues raised by it, and a bibliography of the modern literature.
Early Christianity and Classical Culture
Author: John Fitzgerald
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2003-12-01
Total Pages: 762
ISBN-13: 9047402197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume contains 28 essays in honor of Abraham J. Malherbe, whose work has been especially influential in exploring modes of cultural interaction between early Jews and Christians and their Graeco-Roman neighbours. Following an introductory essay on the problems inherent to such comparative studies in the history of New Testament scholarship, the essays are grouped into five topic areas: Graphos — semantics and writing, Ethos — ethics and moral characterization, Logos — rhetoric and literary expression, Ethnos — self-definition and acculturation, and Nomos — law and normative values. Some key examples are studies dealing with The Greek Idea of "Divine Nature" and its relation to the "Divine Man" tradition; Compilation of Letters in Cicero's collection; Radical Altruism in Paul; Greek Ideas of Concord and Cosmic Harmony in 1 Clement; The Rhetorical Use of Friendship Motifs in Galatians in comparison with Second Sophistic Orators; Wills and Testaments in Graeco-Roman perspective.
Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy
Author: Anthony Preus
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-02-12
Total Pages: 541
ISBN-13: 1442246391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ancient Greeks were not only the founders of western philosophy, but the actual term "philosophy" is Greek in origin, most likely dating back to the late sixth century BC. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Euclid, and Thales are but a few of the better-known philosophers of ancient Greece. During the amazingly fertile period running from roughly the middle of the first millennium BC to the middle of the first millennium AD, the world saw the rise of science, numerous schools of thought, and—many believe—the birth of modern civilization. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy covers the history of Greek philosophy through a chronology, an introductory essay, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1500 cross-referenced entries on important philosophers, concepts, issues, and events. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Greek philosophy.
Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Sophistry in the High Roman Empire
Author: Jeroen Lauwers
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-09-07
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9004301534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow is it possible that modern scholars have labelled Maximus of Tyre, a second-century CE performer of philosophical orations, as a sophist or a ‘half-philosopher’, while his own self-presentation is that of a genuine philosopher? If we take Maximus’ claim to philosophical authority seriously, his case can deepen our understanding of the dynamic nature of Imperial philosophy. Through a discursive analysis of twelve Imperial intellectuals alongside Maximus’ dialexeis, the author proposes an interpretative framework to assess the purpose behind the representation of philosophy, rhetoric, and sophistry in Maximus’ oeuvre. This is thus as yet the first book-length attempt at situating the historical communication process implicit in the surviving Maximean texts in the concurrent context of the Imperial intellectual world.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Author: Nigel Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 840
ISBN-13: 1136787992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.
