Encyclopedia of Classical PhilosophyDonald J. Zeyl, Daniel Devereux, Phillip Mitsis The only encyclopedia in English specific to the field of Classical Philosophy, this work presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity. The articles present not only succinct historical accounts of their subject matter, but they introduce readers to issues of interpretation and debate in the contemporary scholarly study of the philosophy of the Classical period. Scholars, students, and interested lay persons will find this volume useful in gaining a comprehensive view of the field. The contributors, representing three continents, are themselves leading scholars of international stature. |
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... Epicurean women , including Hedeia , Nikidion , and Mammarion , also appear in the texts of the later Epicurean Philodemus , who had a serious interest in Epicurean biography . Few slaves or women are associated with subsequent ...
... Epicurean texts . Among the better - known Epicureans who were born further from Athens , Diogenes Laertius mentions in particular * Diogenes of Tarsus , the two Ptolemaei of Alexandria , and Zeno of Sidon . Zeno , who was head of the ...
... Epicurean doctrine ; and scholars disagree as to whether Lucretius ' expo- sition of Epicureanism ought to be regarded as strictly orthodox or specifically Roman . Some of Lucretius ' presentations of Epicureanism seem to be engaged ...
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