Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy

by David Sedley

Overview

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. In this volume, articles range from Heraclitus to Proclus, with several on each of Aristotle and Plato.

Editor: David Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Cambridge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199272501
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/03/2004
Series:	Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy , #26
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David Sedley is Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge

Table of Contents

1. Argumentation and Heraclitus' Book, Herbert Granger
2. Melissus and Parmenides, John Palmer
3. Calculating Machines or Leaky Jars? The Moral Psychology of Plato's Gorgias, Gabriela Roxana Carone
4. The Practice of a Philosopher, Raphael Woolf
5. What's the Good of Agreeing? Homonoia in Platonic Politics, Rachana Kamtekar
6. After the Ascent: Plato on Becoming Like God, John M. Armstrong
7. Non-Substantial Individuals in Aristotle's Categories, Mehmet M. Erginel
8. On the Use and Abuse of Non-Contradiction: Aristotle's Critique of Protagoras and Heraclitus in Metaphysics Gamma 5, Michael V. Wedin
9. The Meaning of Aristotelian Magnanimity, Michael Pakaluk
10. Egoism and Eudaimonia-Maximization in the Nicomachean Ethics, Erik J. Wielenberg
11. The Virtues and 'Becoming Like God': Alcinous to Proclus, Dirk Baltzly
12. Antiphons, Sophist and Athenian: A Discussion of Michael Gagarin, Antiphon the Athenian, and Gerard J. Pendrick, Antiphon the Sophist, Paul Woodruff
13. From Republic to Laws: A Discussion of Christopher Bobonich, Plato's Utopia Recast, Charles Kahn
Index Locorum

Editorial Reviews

"Standard reading among specialists in ancient philosophy"— Brad Inwood, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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