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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... cent . ) , David ( late 6th and early 7th cent . , sometimes identified with the Armenian David the Invincible ) , and Stephanus ( early 7th cent . ) . ( iii ) Early Latin Aristotelian Commentators . Marius Victorinus ( active in the ...
... cent . B.C.E. ) and Attic * tragedy ( 5th cent . B.C.E. ) , poetic genres that had a special status in Greek education and artistic life from the fifth century B.C.E. onward . These genres present , in narrative and dramatic form ...
... cent . B.C.E. ) and * Menelaus ( early 2nd cent . C.E. ) . At best Theodosius ' treatise pro- vides only preliminary and partial results toward these ends . On this account , as noted by some modern critics , the older contribu- tions ...
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