This concise anthology of primary sources designed for use in an ancient philosophy survey ranges from the Presocratics to Plato, Aristotle, the Hellenistic philosophers, and the Neoplatonists.  

The Second Edition features an amplified selection of Presocratic fragments in newly revised translations by Richard D. McKirahan.

Also included is an expansion of the Hellenistic unit, featuring new selections from Lucretius and Sextus Empiricus as well as a new translation, by Peter J. Anderson, of most of Seneca's De Providentia. The selections from Plotinus have also been expanded.
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De Providentia . The selections from Plotinus have also been expanded.

Product details

ISBN
9781624663536
Published
2015-03-05
Edition
2. edition
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
536

Introduction by

Biographical note

C. D. C. Reeve is Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Patrick Lee Miller is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Duquesne University.

Lloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto.