ABSTRACT

The Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy is a collection of new essays on the philosophy and philosophers of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Written by a cast of international scholars, it covers the full range of ancient philosophy from the sixth century BC to the sixth century AD and beyond. There are dedicated discussions of the major areas of the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle together with accounts of their predecessors and successors.

The contributors also address various problems of interpretation and method, highlighting the particular demands and interest of working with ancient philosophical texts. All original texts discussed are translated into English.

part |129 pages

Plato

chapter |16 pages

Reading Plato

chapter |14 pages

Plato on Philosophical Method

Enquiry and Definition

chapter |14 pages

Plato

Moral Psychology

chapter |14 pages

Plato

Philosopher-Rulers

part |136 pages

Aristotle

part |148 pages

Hellenistic Philosophy

chapter |6 pages

Hellenistic Philosophy

Places, Institutions, Character

chapter |10 pages

Cynics

chapter |14 pages

The Cyrenaics

chapter |15 pages

The Stoic System

Ethics and Nature

chapter |17 pages

The Stoic System

Logic and Knowledge

chapter |14 pages

Epicurus' Garden

Physics and Epistemology

chapter |13 pages

Epicurus' Garden

Ethics and Politics

chapter |15 pages

Early Pyrrhonism

Pyrrho to Aenesidemus

part |150 pages

Philosophy in the Empire and Beyond