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The Sea Battle and the Master Argument

Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the Metaphysics of the Future

By: Richard Gaskin

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The Sea Battle and the Master Argument

Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the Metaphysics of the Future

By: Richard Gaskin

The series, founded in 1970, publishes works which either combine studies in the history of philosophy with a systematic approach or bring together systematic studies with reconstructions from the history of philosophy. Monographs are published in English as well as in German. The founding editors are Erhard Scheibe (editor until 1991), Günther Patzig (until 1999) and Wolfgang Wieland (until 2003). From 1990 to 2007, the series had been co-edited by Jürgen Mittelstraß.

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Walter de Gruyter

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311086634X

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Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines

Translated with introduction and notes

By: Richard Bett

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Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines

Translated with introduction and notes

By: Richard Bett

Against Those in the Disciplines (Pros Mathêmatikous, also known by the abbreviated title M 1-6) deals with six specialized fields of study: grammar, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, and music. In sceptical fashion, it questions the credentials of those who claim to have expert knowledge in these fields. It is the least well known of Sextus Empiricus' works, mainly because its subject-matter is not directly philosophical; some of its arguments require knowledge of these fields as they existed in the ancient world, which philosophers (Sextus' main readership) tend not to have. But it is a good specimen of Sextus' usual sceptical method of inducing suspension of judgement about the topics under consideration, and it contains much that is of philosophical interest. This volume aims to bring this work to a wider philosophical audience and to make the technicalities of the fields discussed understandable to non-specialists. It contains a translation of the work into clear modern English, accompanied by extensive explanatory notes. For ease of comprehension, the text is broken down into named sections and subsections, and these are also listed separately before the translation (the Outline of Argument). An introduction discusses the place of Against Those in the Disciplines in the totality of Sextus' work, and examines certain features that are distinctive to it. Other aids to the reader are a list of persons referred to in the work, with brief information about each; an English-Greek and Greek-English glossary of key terms; and a list of passages in other works of Sextus that are parallel to passages in this work.

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Oxford University Press

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019102130X

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The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England

By: Richard Marsden

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The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England

By: Richard Marsden

This 1995 book is a study of the transmission of the Vulgate Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521464773

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Principles and Practices in Ancient Greek and Chinese Science

By: Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd

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Principles and Practices in Ancient Greek and Chinese Science

By: Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd

Professor Lloyd has chosen fifteen of his most important and influential articles from the last two decades to be reprinted in this collection. They tackle a wide range of problems in ancient Greek and Chinese thought, focussing especially on science but including also medicine, mathematics, philosophy and mythology. Alongside papers that deal with technical issues in the interpretation of our sources, others raise strategic questions to do with the institutional framework of ancient science, the role of literacy in its development, and the underlying ontological and epistemological presuppositions of different groups of ancient investigators. Two of the articles appear here for the first time in English.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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0860789934

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9780860789932

Epiphanius of Cyprus

Imagining an Orthodox World

By: Young Richard Kim

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Epiphanius of Cyprus

Imagining an Orthodox World

By: Young Richard Kim

Brings a balanced perspective to a controversial scholar of heresies

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University of Michigan Press

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0472119540

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Jesus and the God of Israel

God Crucified and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity

By: Richard Bauckham

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Jesus and the God of Israel

God Crucified and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity

By: Richard Bauckham

God Crucified" and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity The basic thesis of this important book on New Testament Christology, sketched in the first essay 'God Crucified, is that the worship of Jesus as God was seen by the early Christians as compatible with their Jewish monotheism. Jesus was thought to participate in the divine identity of the one God of Israel. The other chapters provide more detailed support for, and an expansion of, this basic thesis. Readers will find not only the full text of Bauckham's classic book God Crucified, but also groundbreaking essays, some of which have never been published previously

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Authentic Media Inc

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1842278967

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Perception, Conscience and Will in Ancient Philosophy

By: Richard Sorabji

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Perception, Conscience and Will in Ancient Philosophy

By: Richard Sorabji

This book is about the human mind in ancient philosophy, with a focus on sense perception, a subject that Richard Sorabji has previously treated more in articles than in books. But it finishes with chapters offering a distinctive view on moral conscience and will. Sense perception raises the further questions of the mind-body relation, of self-awareness, of infinite divisibility and the continuum, of the capacities of animals and children and of the relation between perception and reason. On all topics the introduction interconnects the papers and presents fresh material to fill out the picture. For the topic that has proved most popular, the physiological process in sense perception, a bibliography is provided as well as the latest update. The introduction interconnects the papers and fills out the picture by reference to other writings and to further thoughts. On the final topic, the will, it takes account of a different view that appeared only when the book was in preparation. The picture of the main topics shows that each continued to develop into a richer and richer account throughout the 1200 year course of Ancient Greek Philosophy up to 600 CE.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040234291

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Martin Heidegger's Being and Time

By: Richard M. McDonough

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Martin Heidegger's Being and Time

By: Richard M. McDonough

The ideas of Martin Heidegger, one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, have had a profound influence on work in literary theory and aesthetics, as well as on mainstream philosophy. This book offers a clear and concise guide to Heidegger's notoriously complex writings, while giving special attention to his major work Being and Time. Richard McDonough adds historical context by exploring Heidegger's intellectual roots in German idealism and ancient Greek philosophy, and introduces readers to the key themes in Heidegger's work including Dasein, Existenz, time, conscience, death, and phenomenology. This book, which also considers Heidegger's controversial ethics (or «anti-ethics») and politics, would make an excellent text for both introductory and advanced undergraduate courses on existentialism, phenomenology, continental philosophy, and Heidegger himself.

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Peter Lang

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0820455547

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Animal Minds and Human Morals

The Origins of the Western Debate

By: Richard Sorabji

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Animal Minds and Human Morals

The Origins of the Western Debate

By: Richard Sorabji

They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According to Richard Sorabji, this conclusion attributed to the Stoic philosophers was based on Aristotle's argument that animals lack reason. In his fascinating, deeply learned book, Sorabji traces the roots of our thinking about animals back to Aristotelian and Stoic beliefs. Charting a recurrent theme in ancient philosophy of mind, he shows that today's controversies about animal rights represent only the most recent chapter in millennia-old debates. Sorabji surveys a vast range of Greek philosophical texts and considers how classical discussions of animals' capacities intersect with central questions, not only in ethics but in the definition of human rationality as well: the nature of concepts; how perceptions differ from beliefs; how memory, intention, and emotion relate to reason; and to what extent speech, skills, and inference can serve as proofs of reason. Focusing on the significance of ritual sacrifice and the eating of meat, he explores religious contexts of the treatment of animals in ancient Greece and in medieval Western Christendom. He also looks closely at the contemporary defenses of animal rights offered by Peter Singer, Tom Regan, and Mary Midgley. Animal Minds and Human Morals sheds new light on traditional arguments surrounding the status of animals while pointing beyond them to current moral dilemmas. It will be crucial reading for scholars and students in the fields of ancient philosophy, ethics, history of philosophy, classics, and medieval studies, and for everyone seriously concerned about our relationship with other species. A Townsend Lecture Book

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Cornell University Press

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150171788X

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Ethics at 3:AM

Questions and Answers on How to Live Well

By: Richard Marshall

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Ethics at 3:AM

Questions and Answers on How to Live Well

By: Richard Marshall

What do ethicists and moral philosophers really think about? What are the most pressing concerns in the discipline today? This collection of interviews with a range of interesting and original thinkers in the field provides a snapshot of contemporary ethics in all its complexity and nuance. It contains 26 probing interviews conducted by Richard Marshall of the cultural magazine 3AM, each consisting of a carefully condensed version of the interview, preceded by a brief biography of the interview subject. Marshall's questions are deeply knowledgeable while always accessible to the layperson, and the interviewees respond in kind with rich and opinionated responses. The result is a deeply engaging entrée into the state of ethics today.

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Oxford University Press

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0190635738

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9780190635732

Pyrrho, His Antecedents, and His Legacy

By: Richard Bett

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Pyrrho, His Antecedents, and His Legacy

By: Richard Bett

In the absence of surviving works by Pyrrho, scholars have tended to treat his thought as essentially the same as the long subsequent sceptical tradition. This text offers a different interpretation of his thought.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199256616

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How to Be a Pyrrhonist

The Practice and Significance of Pyrrhonian Skepticism

By: Richard Bett

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How to Be a Pyrrhonist

The Practice and Significance of Pyrrhonian Skepticism

By: Richard Bett

Explores what it was like to argue and to live as a practitioner of Pyrrhonist skepticism.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108471072

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The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Logic and metaphysics

By: Richard Sorabji

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The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Logic and metaphysics

By: Richard Sorabji

The third volume of this invaluable sourcebook covers three main subject areas: the metaphysics of Aristotle's logical works; logic; and the higher metaphysics of Neoplatonism.

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080148989X

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Aristotle's Metaphysics

Annotated Bibliography of the Twentieth-Century Literature

By: Roberto Radice,Richard Davies

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Aristotle's Metaphysics

Annotated Bibliography of the Twentieth-Century Literature

By: Roberto Radice,Richard Davies

The authors collaborated with 50 scholars from around the world to produce an exhaustive annotated bibliography on the central work of the Aristotelian corpus. It brings together signed descriptions of more than 3200 books and articles, as well as several thousand reviews and notes, originally published in English, Italian, German, French, Spanish and Russian. Descriptions are fully cross-referenced to one another. The first [Italian] edition (Vita e Pensiero, Milan 1996) has been thoroughly revised, corrected and updated, and is complemented by an index of the most important loci Aristotelici.

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BRILL

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9004450408

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9789004450400

Ironic Life

By: Richard J. Bernstein

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Ironic Life

By: Richard J. Bernstein

Just as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony" so wrote Kierkegaard. While we commonly think of irony as a figure of speech where someone says one thing and means the opposite, the concept of irony has long played a more fundamental role in the tradition of philosophy, a role that goes back to Socrates Ð the originator and exemplar of the urbane ironic life. But what precisely is Socratic irony and what relevance, if any, does it have for us today? Bernstein begins his inquiry with a critical examination of the work of two contemporary philosophers for whom irony is vital: Jonathan Lear and Richard Rorty. Despite their sharp differences, Bernstein argues that they complement one other, each exploring different aspects of ironic life. In the background of Lear’s and Rorty’s accounts stand the two great ironists: Socrates and Kierkegaard. Focusing on the competing interpretations of Socratic irony by Gregory Vlastos and Alexander Nehamas, Bernstein shows how they further develop our understanding of irony as a form of life and as an art of living. Bernstein also develops a distinctive interpretation of Kierkegaard’s famous claim that a life that may be called human begins with irony. Bernstein weaves together the insights of these thinkers to show how each contributes to a richer understanding of ironic life. He also argues that the emphasis on irony helps to restore the balance between two different philosophical traditions philosophy as a theoretical discipline concerned with getting things right and philosophy as a practical discipline that shapes how we ought to live our lives.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509505741

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Emotion and Peace of Mind

From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation

By: Richard Sorabji

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Emotion and Peace of Mind

From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation

By: Richard Sorabji

Richard Sorabji presents a ground-breaking study of ancient Greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and Christian. The key questions are ones that concern everyone: what is emotion, and how does one cope with one's own emotions and establish peace of mind? The central focus of the book is the Stoics, but Sorabji draws on a vast range of texts to give a rich historical survey of how Western thinking about this central aspect of human nature developed. The result is a magisterial work of scholarship which will be fascinating for anyone with an interest in the emotions from a historical or contemporary perspective.

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Clarendon Press

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0191544035

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9780191544033

Book's by Richard Frede

The Sea Battle and the Master Argument

The Sea Battle and the Master Argument

Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines

Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines

The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England

The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England

Principles and Practices in Ancient Greek and Chinese Science

Principles and Practices in Ancient Greek and Chinese Science

Epiphanius of Cyprus

Epiphanius of Cyprus

Jesus and the God of Israel

Jesus and the God of Israel

Perception, Conscience and Will in Ancient Philosophy

Perception, Conscience and Will in Ancient Philosophy

Martin Heidegger's Being and Time

Martin Heidegger's Being and Time

Animal Minds and Human Morals

Animal Minds and Human Morals

Ethics at 3:AM

Ethics at 3:AM

Pyrrho, His Antecedents, and His Legacy

Pyrrho, His Antecedents, and His Legacy

How to Be a Pyrrhonist

How to Be a Pyrrhonist

The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Logic and metaphysics

The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Logic and metaphysics

Aristotle's Metaphysics

Aristotle's Metaphysics

Ironic Life

Ironic Life

Emotion and Peace of Mind

Emotion and Peace of Mind

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