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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... Stoic philoso- phy among Roman nobles . More importantly , he became the prototype of a new kind of Stoic teacher , the house philosopher , supported by and responsible to a single aristocratic patron ... Stoic 532 STOA , The , and STOICISM.
... Stoic education in any country or province . The advanced study of Stoic logic , physics , and ethics , now based chiefly on the study of classic Stoic texts by Chrysip- pus , Antipater , and * Archedemus , was available from a limited ...
... Stoics are not well documented . There are a few clues , however , that Stoic philosophical discussion , as distinct from Stoic education , did not diminish as much as the surviving Roman literature might suggest . When Seneca was ...
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