Essays from a diverse group of experts providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher.

Fourteen new essays discuss Plato's views about knowledge, reality, mathematics, politics, ethics, love, poetry, and religion in a convenient, accessible guide that analyzes the intellectual and social background of his thought as well.

A 1999 Companion to Greek philosophy, invaluable for new readers, and for specialists.

This book provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general.

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The most accessible and comprehensive guide to Aristotle currently available.

A comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of ancient Greek ethical thought, investigating the figures, movements, and themes of this branch of philosophy.