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Concerning embryos, Porphyry takes an original view on issues that had been left undecided by his teacher Plotinus and earlier by the doctor Galen. What role is played in the development of the embryo by the souls or the natures of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world

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Concerning embryos, Porphyry takes an original view on issues that had been left undecided by his teacher Plotinus and earlier by the doctor Galen. What role is played in the development of the embryo by the souls or the natures of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world

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Originally published: London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1997.

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The Greek Stoics made notable contributions to logic, metaphysics, theory of knowledge and ethics. This volume offers a detailed analysis of theories which exhibit the Stoics' philosophical significance and originality.

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An English translation of a major work by the great Neoplatonist philosopher, whose commentary greatly influenced later medieval and Renaissance thought. It comprises a full account of Proclus's own metaphysical system, disguised in the form of commentary.

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The description for this book, Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, will be forthcoming.

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The volumes of ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. "Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Cratylus" is only ancient commentary on this work to have come down to us. This work consists of excerpts from Proclus' commentary.

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15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle constitute one of the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings. This work looks at Proclus' reply, which is one of the remarkable discussions on fate, providence and free choice in Late Antiquity. This work is an English translation that brings the arguments he formulates.

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Proclus' "On the Existence of Evils" is not a commentary, but helps to compensate for the dearth of Neoplatonist ethical commentaries. The central question addressed in the work is: how can there be evil in a providential world

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A volume in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, a path breaking enterprise which for the first time translates the commentaries of the Neoplatonic commentators on the works of Aristotle into English.

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A volume in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, a pathbreaking enterprise which for the first time translates the commentaries of the Neoplatonic commentators on the works of Aristotle into English.

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No topic could be more relevant in these times than tyranny, the greatest sickness of the soul. The Charmides of Plato gives us an opportunity to look deeply into the soul or cognitive structure of one of Athenss most notorious tyrants, Critias, and looks deeply into its dialectical opposite, the soul and cognitive structure of Socrates.

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No topic could be more relevant in these times than tyranny, the greatest sickness of the soul. The Charmides of Plato gives us an opportunity to look deeply into the soul or cognitive structure of one of Athenss most notorious tyrants, Critias, and looks deeply into its dialectical opposite, the soul and cognitive structure of Socrates.

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A reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life - and not simply an intellectual discipline. It traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studied or even used to solve particular practical problems.

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A highly original monograph exploring the ways in which the concept of transmigration represents the fundamental meaning of Pythagorean thought.

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A monograph that explores the ways in which the concept of transmigration represents the fundamental meaning of Pythagorean thought. It explores the ways in which the concept of transmigration is a central motif in Pythagoras' philosophy, representing its fundamental meaning.

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Much recent work has been done on Platos notion of the female Guardian, but examples are limited. Jane Duran argues that aristocratic women of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are indeed exemplary and embody the concept of Guardianship.

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Contributors to this volume focus on the character of Socrates as the embodiment of philosophy, employing this as a starting point for exploring various themes in the Apology. These include the relation of philosophy to democracy, rhetoric, politics, or society in general, and the overarching question of what comprises the philosophic life.

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In a novel interpretation of Platos Phaedrus, Tiago Lier argues that Socrates defense of rhetoric stems from a tension between the desires that motivate speech and the limited power of speech to realize those desires. This tension culminates in a philosophical ethic that Socrates and Plato cultivate through their respective forms of rhetoric.

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In a novel interpretation of Platos Phaedrus, Tiago Lier argues that Socrates defense of rhetoric stems from a tension between the desires that motivate speech and the limited power of speech to realize those desires. This tension culminates in a philosophical ethic that Socrates and Plato cultivate through their respective forms of rhetoric.

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Erudite exploration of Republicanism as a political ideology and as an oppositional force to the emperors in Rome during the first century AD.