Product Description: Boethius: His Life, Thought and Influence,,,, first edition published in 1981 by Basil Blackwell Publisher Limited

Product Description: Plotinus is the greatest philosopher in the 700 year period between Aristotle and Augustine. He thought of himself as a disciple of Plato, but in his efforts to defend Platonism against Aristotelians, Stoics, and others, he actually produced a reinvigorated version of Platonism that later came to be known as "Neoplatonism"...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Cicero's On the Commonwealth and On the Laws are his most important works of political philosophy. The present volume offers a scholarly reconstruction of the fragments of On the Commonwealth and a masterly translation of both dialogues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The resurgence of interest in Cicero's political philosophy in the last twenty years demands a re-evaluation of Cicero's ideal statesman and its relationship not only to Cicero's political theory but also to his practical politics...read more

Product Description: Cicero is best known for his political speeches. His Catilinarian orations are regularly studied in third or fourth year Latin; his self-proclaimed role as savior of the Republic is much discussed in courses on Roman history. But, however fascinating such material may be, there is another side to Cicero which is equally important and only now receiving the attention it deserves...read more

Product Description: Toward the end of the last century Cicero's work came under attack from several angles. His political stance was sharply criticized for inconsistency by Theodor Mommsen and others, his philosophical works for lack of originality. Since then scholars have come to a better understanding of the political conditions that informed the views of Mommsen and his contemporaries about Caesar and Cicero, and as a result Cicero's writings have been restored to a more appropriate position in the literature and history of the Roman Republic...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The Consolation of Philosophy is a philosophical work by Boethius written around the year 524. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity. Even though reference is often made to God, the book is not strictly religious. A link is often assumed, yet there is no reference made to Jesus Christ or Christianity or any other specific religion. God is however represented not only as an eternal and all-knowing being, but as the source of all Good. Boethius writes the book as a conversation between himself and Lady Philosophy. She consoles Boethius by discussing the transitory nature of fame and wealth ("no man can ever truly be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune"), and the ultimate superiority of things of the mind, which she calls the "one true good". She contends that happiness comes from within, and that one's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperilled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

Product Description: This monograph on the correspondance between Paul and Seneca contains facsimile reproductions of 14 letters. The delineations are based on two Latin manuscripts of the mid-9th century. The reader is therefore able to arrive at an independent judgement regarding the aesthetics of the men...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Dobbin presents a new translation of the Greek and the first ever commentary on the work in English. General background information on Epictetus, Stoicism, the writing style employed in the text, and the historical context surrounding the work is provided in this volume. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A keepsake collection of the philosopher king's private meditations is a modern translation of his perspectives on the world's forefront religions and ethical traditions that also illuminates his role at the center of second-century culture. Original.

A detailed study, designed for use in Catholic seminaries, of classical philosophy, stressing the theories of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and their followers

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