| Description | | - A new title in the successful Very Short Introductions series, publishing alongside other philosophy titles
- Julia Annas is one of the most important scholars working in the field
- Annas Introduction to Platos Republic (Oxford, 1981) has sold 19,000 copies in paperback
- Published along with other new philosophy titles in the Very Short Introductions series
| | 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 aims to introduce readers to some ancient debates and to get them 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 aims to give readers a sense of the
freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy, and of its wide variety of themes and styles. |
Readership: General readers interested in the history of philosophy or of the classical world; undergraduate students of ancient philosophy or classics.
| Contents |
Introduction; 1 Humans and beasts: understanding ourselves; 2 Why do we read Platos Republic
?; 3 The happy life, ancient and modern; 4 Reason, knowledge and scepticism; 5 Logic and reality; 6 When did it all begin? (and what is it anyway?); Further Reading; Notes; Index.
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Julia Annas, Regents Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona
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