Ancient Philosophy: Essential Readings with Commentary

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Nick Smith (Lewis & Clark College) Fritz Allhoff (Western Michigan University, The Nanoethics Group)

Ancient Philosophy

Essential Readings with Commentary

Nick Smith (Lewis & Clark College), Fritz Allhoff (Western Michigan University, The Nanoethics Group), Anand Jayprakash Vaidya (San José State University)

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Wiley-Blackwell
29 February 2008

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Non-Western philosophy

Series: Blackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy

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

Edited by: Nick Smith (Lewis & Clark College), Fritz Allhoff (Western Michigan University, The Nanoethics Group), Anand Jayprakash Vaidya (San José State University)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 971g
ISBN: 9781405135627
ISBN 10: 140513562X
Series: Blackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy
Pages: 468
Publication Date: 29 February 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.