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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... death he lived with , but did not actually marry , a woman from Stagira named Herpyllis , thought to have been the ... death of Philip in 336 . He may have spent the remaining years before his return to Athens in Stagira . Meanwhile , in ...
... death is placed either in the 390s or in 401 B.C.E. No writings of his survive or are reported . Although he was a ... death of * Zeno of Sidon until Patron succeeded to the headship at the death of Phaedrus in 70. Phaedrus moved between ...
... death of Socrates in 399 B.C.E. several of his followers went on to pursue philosophy and found associations or schools of their own ( see SO- CRATIC CIRCLE ) . By far the most preeminent of these was Plato , who founded the * Academy ...
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