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Voices of Ancient Philosophy: An Introductory Reader
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Julia Annas (Editor)
This topically organized collection is intended as an introduction to the many varied voices of ancient philosophy that involves the reader directly in the issues. Rather than proceeding chronologically through different systems, the student engages with a variety of contributions to issues of continuing relevance. A wide diversity of areas, ...
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An Introduction to Plato's Republic
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Julia Annas
This book aims to make the `Republic' accessible and intelligible to those coming to it for the first time, or with little or no philosophical background, but it also contains much of interest to the more advanced student.
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Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism
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Julia Annas (Editor), Empiricus Sextus, Sextus Empiricus
Outlines of Scepticism, by the Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus, is a work of major importance for the history of Greek philosophy. It is the fullest extant account of ancient scepticism, and it is also one of our most copious sources of information about the other Hellenistic philosophies. Its first part contains an elaborate exposition of the ...
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Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
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Julia Annas
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces readers to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives ...
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Platonic Ethics, Old and New
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Julia Annas
Julia Annas here offers a fundamental reexamination of Plato's ethical thought by investigating the Middle Platonist perspective, which emerged at the end of Plato's own school, the Academy. She highlights the differences between ancient and modern assumptions about Plato's ethics-and stresses the need to be more critical about our own. One of ...
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Cicero: On Moral Ends
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, Julia Annas (Editor), Desmond M Clarke (Editor)
This new translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy freshly available to modern readers. Cicero is increasingly being appreciated as an intelligent and well-educated amateur philosopher, and in this work he presents the major ethical theories of his time in a way designed to get the reader philosophically engaged in ...
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The Morality of Happiness
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Julia Annas
To understand ancient ethics, we must examine the basic structure of ancient ethical theory. This treatise presents the results of a wide-ranging study of ancient ethical philosophy, and makes it accessible to anyone with an interest in ancient or modern ethical studies. Her examination of the basic concepts and arguments of ancient ethics ...
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Plato: A Very Short Introduction
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Julia Annas
This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in the outer court of introduction and background information, but leads directly into Plato's ...
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Standard of Care: The Law of American Bioethics
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Julia Annas, George J Annas
Using courtroom resolutions of real bioethical disputes as its focus, this work explores the fundamental value conflicts confronting medicine and society. This case-based approach illuminates the value choices with which the power of modern medicine confronts us. The author urges health professionals to go beyond the minimalist legal "standard of ...
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Plato: The Statesman
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Julia Annas (Editor), Plato, Robin A Waterfield (Editor)
The Statesman is Plato's neglected political work, but it is crucial for an understanding of the development of his political thinking. In its presentation of the statesman's expertise, The Statesman modifies, as well as defending in original ways, this central theme of the Republic. This new translation makes the dialogue accessible to students ...
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
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Julia Annas (Editor)
This special supplementary volume of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy contains the proceedings of the Colloquium on Ancient Philosophy held at Oberlin, Ohio in 1986. The exceptionally high quality of the papers, and the format of speaker, reply, and speaker's reply, has resulted in a volume which furthers some issues which are currently the ...
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Volume 10
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Julia Annas (Editor)
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles, which may be of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books. Contributors to this volume; Jonathan Barnes, Roger Crisp, T.H. Irwin, Christopher Janaway, Richard J. Ketchum, Voula Tsouna ...
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Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
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Julia Annas
This is a survey of Stoic and Epicurian ideas about the soul - an introduction to two ancient schools whose belief in the soul's physicality offer parallels to modern approaches in the philosophy of mind. Annas incorporates recent thinking on Hellenistic philosophy of mind. In part, the Hellenistic epoch was a "scientific" period that broke with ...
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The Modes of Scepticism: Ancient Texts and Modern Interpretations
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Julia Annas
The Modes of Scepticism is one of the most important and influential of all ancient philosophical texts. The texts made an enormous impact on Western thought when they were rediscovered in the 16th century and they have shaped the whole future course of Western philosophy. Despite their importance, the Modes have been little discussed in recent ...
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On moral ends
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, Julia Annas (Editor), Raphael Woolf (Translator)
This new translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy freshly available to modern readers. Cicero is increasingly being appreciated as an intelligent and well-educated amateur philosopher, and in this work he presents the major ethical theories of his time in a way designed to get the reader philosophically engaged in ...
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume VI: 1988
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Julia Annas (Editor)
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles, some of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books. Contributors include Mary Margaret Mackenzie, Aryeh Finkelberg, Charles H. Kahn, Christopher Shields, Paul Woodruff, Christopher Gill, ...
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Volume VIII 1990
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Julia Annas (Editor)
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles, which may be of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books.
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy - Vol VII 1989
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Julia Annas (Editor)
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles, which may be of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books.
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The Oxford Handbook of Plato
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Gail Fine (Editor), Julia Annas (Contributions by), Christopher Bobonich (Contributions by)
The Oxford Handbook of Plato offers 20 chapters, newly commissioned and written by leading scholars, on Plato's dialogues and the basic philosophical issues of interest to Plato which remain central in philosophy to this day.
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Aristotle's Metaphysics Books M and N
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Julia Annas (Translator), Aristotle
M and N, the last two books of the Metaphysics, are Aristotle's only sustained venture into the philosophy of mathematics. In them, he criticizes Plato's theories and suggests alternatives of his own. This commentary concentrates on the continuing philosophical interest of these books rather than on scholarly controversies, and will provide a ...
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume IX: 1991
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles, which may be of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books. This volume presents the published version of the Nellie Wallace Lectures in Ancient Philosophy, delivered at the University of ...
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philsophy
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Julia Annas (Editor), Dr. Michael Woods (Editor)
The fourth volume of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is devoted to essays in honor of Professor John Ackrill on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Contributors include: David Wiggins, Colin Strand, Julius Moravcsik, Lesley Brown, Gail Fine, Julia Annas, David Charles, Michael Woods, Christopher Kirwan, Bernard Williams, Jonathan Barnes, and ...
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume 1
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Aristotle's Metaphysics : Books [mu] and [nu]
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Aristotle, Julia Annas
The commentary to these books concentrates on their continuing philosophical interest of rather than on scholarly controversies.
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Outlines of Scepticism
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Julia Annas (Editor), Sextus Empiricus, Jonathan Barnes (Editor)
Outlines of Scepticism, by the Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus, is a work of major importance. It is the fullest extant account of ancient Scepticism, and also one of our most copious sources of information about the other Hellenistic philosophies. Moreover, the rediscovery of Sextus in the sixteenth century brought about a revolution in ...
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