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Author: Sean D Kirkland ,
Eric Sanday ,
John Russon ,
Drew Hyland
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Imprint: Northwestern University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780810137868
ISBN 10: 0810137860
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 30 October 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Long overdue, A Companion to Ancient Philosophy showcases the work of top continental philosophers discussing fundamental themes, central philosophical terms, and methods in ancient Greek texts. It is both accessible and sophisticated, providing entree to the texts and deepening readers' understanding of them. The essays provide a guide for seeing the texts in their own historical and cultural context, often disrupting received and anachronistic narratives about these ancient texts' meaning and significance. -Jill Gordon, author of Plato's Erotic World: From Cosmic Origins to Human Death A companion in the best sense of the word, Kirkland and Sanday's volume invites us to tarry with and encounter anew the philosophers of antiquity. Careful, rigorous, even provocative, the essays collected here show us what it means to think with the ancients. -Emanuela Bianchi, author of The Feminine Symptom: Aleatory Matter in the Aristotelian Cosmos A Companion to Ancient Philosophy introduces ancient texts with a hermeneutic that is both historically grounded and contemporary. It contains twenty concise yet deep essays on issues fundamental to Greek thought by some leading scholars in continental philosophy. It is a fresh, insightful introduction to the essential questions of ancient Greek philosophy and why they are still alive for us today. --Marina McCoy, author of Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy
A companion in the best sense of the word, Kirkland and Sanday's volume invites us to tarry with and encounter anew the philosophers of antiquity. Careful, rigorous, even provocative, the essays collected here show us what it means to think with the ancients. -Emanuela Bianchi, author of The Feminine Symptom: Aleatory Matter in the Aristotelian Cosmos A Companion to Ancient Philosophy introduces ancient texts with a hermeneutic that is both historically grounded and contemporary. It contains twenty concise yet deep essays on issues fundamental to Greek thought by some leading scholars in continental philosophy. It is a fresh, insightful introduction to the essential questions of ancient Greek philosophy and why they are still alive for us today. --Marina McCoy, author of Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy
Author Information
Sean D. Kirkland is an associate professor of philosophy at DePaul University and the author of The Ontology of Socratic Questioning in Plato's Early Dialogues. Eric Sanday is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Kentucky and the author of A Study of Dialectic in Plato's """"Parmenides.""""
