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Cicero: the Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic
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ISBN: 9781844658404 9781844658411 9781315724850 9781317532187 9781317532194 1844658414 1844658406 Year: 2015 Publisher: London Routledge

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Cicero's philosophical works introduced Latin audiences to the ideas of the Stoics, Epicureans and other schools and figures of the post-Aristotelian period, thus influencing the transmission of those ideas through later history. While Cicero's value as documentary evidence for the Hellenistic schools is unquestioned, Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic explores his writings as works of philosophy that do more than simply synthesize the thought of others, but instead offer a unique viewpoint of their own. In this volume Raphael Woolf describes and evaluates Cicero's philosophical achievements, paying particular attention to his relation to those philosophers he draws upon in his works, his Romanizing of Greek philosophy, and his own sceptical and dialectical outlook. The volume aims, using the best tools of philosophical, philological and historical analysis, to do Cicero justice as a distinctive philosophical voice. Situating Cicero's work in its historical and political context, this volume provides a detailed analysis of the thought of one of the finest orators and writers of the Roman period. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic is a key resource for those interested in Cicero's role in shaping Classical philosophy.


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Cicero's De Officiis : a critical guide
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ISBN: 1009049372 1009059025 1009058827 1316518019 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,

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Cicero's De Officiis, perhaps his most influential philosophical work, ranges over a wide variety of themes, from the role of the family in society to the question of whether our duties can conflict with one another, and from the moral significance of offence to the question of whether it is right to kill a dictator. This Critical Guide, the first collection of essays devoted to the work, is helpfully organised in thematic sections and aims to illuminate both the main individual topics of De Officiis and their interconnections, with essays by an international team of contributors that will allow readers to appreciate the work's distinctive blend of philosophical theory and social and political reality. It will be valuable for a range of readers in fields including philosophy, classics and political theory.


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Plato's Charmides
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ISBN: 1009308173 100930819X 1009308165 1009308203 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,

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Plato's Charmides is a rich mix of drama and argument. Raphael Woolf offers a comprehensive interpretation of its disparate elements that pays close attention to its complex and layered structure, and to the methodology of reading Plato. He thus aims to present a compelling and unified interpretation of the dialogue as a whole. The book mounts a strong case for the formal separation of Plato the author from his character Socrates, and for the Charmides as a Platonic defence of the written text as a medium for philosophical reflection. It lays greater emphasis than other readings on the centrality of eros to an understanding of Socratic procedure in the Charmides, and on how the dialogue's erotic and medical motifs work together. The book's critical engagement with the dialogue allows a worked-out account to be given of how temperance, the central object of enquiry in the work, is to be conceived.


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Cicero's De Officiis : a critical guide
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ISBN: 9781009049375 9781316518014 9781009048774 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,

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"Cicero's De Officiis is perhaps his most influential philosophical work. This Critical Guide, the first collection of essays devoted to the work, explores its richness and variety and will be valuable for a range of readers in fields including philosophy, classics and political theory"--


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Plato's Charmides
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ISBN: 9781009308175 9781009308199 9781009308182 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,

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"Plato's Charmides is a rich mix of provocative drama and intricate argument. This book offers a comprehensive interpretation of its disparate elements. Paying close attention to its complex structure, and to the methodology of reading Plato, Raphael Woolf presents a compelling and unified reading of the work as a whole"--


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ISBN: 9781009308175 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Rereading ancient philosophy : old chestnuts and sacred cows
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ISBN: 9781107194977 9781108163866 9781316646595 1108163866 1108173675 110816885X 1107194970 1316646599 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book revisits, and sheds fresh light on, some key texts and debates in ancient philosophy. Its twin targets are 'Old Chestnuts' - well-known passages in the works of ancient philosophers about which one might have thought everything there is to say has already been said - and 'Sacred Cows' - views about what ancient philosophers thought, on issues of philosophical importance, that have attained the status of near-unquestioned orthodoxy. Thirteen leading scholars respond to these challenges by offering new perspectives on familiar material and challenging some prevailing orthodoxies. On authors ranging from the Presocratics to Plotinus, the book represents a snapshot of contemporary scholarship in ancient philosophy, and a vigorous and illuminating affirmation of its continuing interest and power. The volume is dedicated to Professor M. M. McCabe, an inspiring scholar and teacher, colleague and friend to both the editors and the contributors.


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Rereading ancient philosophy : old chestnuts and sacred cows
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ISBN: 9781108163866 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Eudemian ethics
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ISBN: 9780521121422 9780521198486 0521198488 0521121426 9781139043281 9781139624527 1139624520 1139043285 9781283870993 1283870991 9781139611503 113961150X 9781139615228 113961522X 1139609645 9781139609647 1107253357 9781107253353 1139620800 9781139620802 110723297X Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics has been unjustly neglected in comparison with its more famous counterpart the Nicomachean Ethics. This is in large part due to the fact that until recently no complete translation of the work has been available. But the Eudemian Ethics is a masterpiece in its own right, offering valuable insights into Aristotle's ideas on virtue, happiness and the good life. This volume offers a translation by Brad Inwood and Raphael Woolf that is both fluent and exact, and an introduction in which they help the reader to gain a deeper understanding both of the Eudemian Ethics and of its relation to the Nicomachean Ethics and to Aristotle's ethical thought as a whole. The explanatory notes address Aristotle's many references to other works, people and events. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of the history of ethics, ancient and moral philosophy, and Aristotle studies.

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