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<p>Notes on Contributors viii</p> <p>Acknowledgments xiv</p> <p>Abbreviations xv</p> <p>Chronology xvi</p> <p>Maps xxvi</p> <p>Introduction xxix</p> <p><b>Part I: Early Greek Philosophy</b></p> <p>1. The Beginnings of Science and Philosophy in Archaic Greece 3<br /> <i>Edward Hussey</i></p> <p>2. Ancient Philosophy and the Doxographical Tradition 20<br /> <i>Jørgen Mejer</i></p> <p>3. Parmenides and After: Unity and Plurality 34<br /> <i>Patricia Curd</i></p> <p>4. The Concept of the Universal in Some Later Pre-Platonic Cosmologists 56<br /> <i>Alexander P. D. Mourelatos</i></p> <p>5. The Sophistic Movement 77<br /> <i>Rachel Barney</i></p> <p><b>Part II: Socrates, the Socratics, and Plato</b></p> <p>6. Socrates 101<br /> <i>Donald R. Morrison</i></p> <p>7. Minor Socratics 119<br /> <i>Fernanda Decleva Caizzi</i></p> <p>8. The Platonic Dialogue 136<br /> <i>Christopher Gill</i></p> <p>9. Plato’s Ethics: Early and Middle Dialogues 151<br /> <i>Terry Penner</i></p> <p>10. Plato’s Political Philosophy: The Republic, the Statesman, and the Laws 170<br /> <i>Melissa Lane</i></p> <p>11. Plato’s Metaphysics and Dialectic 192<br /> <i>Noburu Notomi</i></p> <p>12. Plato’s Natural Philosophy and Metaphysics 212<br /> <i>Luc Brisson</i></p> <p><b>Part III: Aristotle</b></p> <p>13. The Aristotelian Way 235<br /> <i>Pierre Pellegrin</i></p> <p>14. Aristotle’s Logic and Theory of Science 245<br /> <i>Wolfgang Detel</i></p> <p>15. Aristotle’s Physics and Cosmology 270<br /> <i>István Bodnár and Pierre Pellegrin</i></p> <p>16. Aristotle’s Biology and Aristotle’s Philosophy 292<br /> <i>James G. Lennox</i></p> <p>17. Aristotle’s Psychology 316<br /> <i>Victor Caston</i></p> <p>18. First Philosophy in Aristotle 347<br /> <i>Mary Louise Gill</i></p> <p>19. Aristotle’s Ethics 374<br /> <i>Michael Pakaluk</i></p> <p>20. Aristotle’s Political Philosophy 393<br /> <i>David Keyt</i></p> <p><b>Part IV: Philosophy in the Hellenistic Age</b></p> <p>21. Philosophic Schools in Hellenistic and Roman Times 415<br /> <i>Thomas Bénatouïl</i></p> <p>22. The Problem of Sources 430<br /> <i>Robert W. Sharples</i></p> <p>23. The New Academy and its Rivals 448<br /> <i>Carlos Lévy</i></p> <p>24. Pyrrhonism 465<br /> <i>Jacques Brunschwig</i></p> <p>25. Epicureanism 486<br /> <i>Pierre-Marie Morel</i></p> <p>26. Stoic Logic 505<br /> <i>Katerina Ierodiakonou</i></p> <p>27. Stoic Ethics 530<br /> <i>Richard Bett</i></p> <p>28. Hellenistic Cosmopolitanism 549<br /> <i>Eric Brown</i></p> <p><b>Part V: Middle and Late Platonism</b></p> <p>29. Middle Platonism 561<br /> <i>Marco Zambon</i></p> <p>30. Plotinus 577<br /> <i>Luc Brisson and Jean-François Pradeau</i></p> <p>31. What was Commentary in Late Antiquity? The Example of the Neoplatonic Commentators 597<br /> <i>Philippe Hoffmann</i></p> <p><b>Part VI: Culture, Philosophy, and the Sciences</b></p> <p>32. Greek Philosophy and Religion 625<br /> <i>Gábor Betegh</i></p> <p>33. Philosophy of Language 640<br /> <i>Deborah K. W. Modrak</i></p> <p>34. Ancient Medicine and its Contribution to the Philosophical Tradition 664<br /> <i>Pierre Pellegrin</i></p> <p>35. Greek Mathematics to the Time of Euclid 686<br /> <i>Ian Mueller</i></p> <p>Index Locorum 719</p> <p>General Index 756</p>

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<b>Mary Louise Gill</b> is Professor of Philosophy and Classics at Brown University. She is the author of <i>Aristotle on Substance: The Paradox of Unity</i> (1989), <i>Unity</i>, <i>Identity, and Explanation in Aristotle's M</i>e<i>taphysics</i> (co-edited with Theodore Scaltsas and David Charles, 1994), <i>Self-Motion: From Aristotle to Newton</i> (co-edited with James G. Lennox, 1994), and <i>Plato: Parmenides</i> (with Paul Ryan, 1996). <p><b>Pierre Pellegrin</b> is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. His authored works include <i>Aristotle's Classification of Animals</i> (1986), and <i>Aristote: Le Philosophe et les Savoirs</i> (2002).</p>

<i>A Companion to Ancient Philosophy</i> provides a comprehensive and current overview of the history of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy from its origins until late antiquity. <p>This volume of newly contributed papers is distinctive in including contributions from both rising stars and senior scholars, and in integrating what were until recently characterized as two conflicting traditions, analytic and continental. The papers treat central topics in ancient philosophy, such as the problem of sources or the practice of ancient philosophical commentary, and also explore the development of various disciplines, including mathematics, logic, grammar, physics, and medicine, in their relation to ancient philosophy. Each paper informs the reader of the current state of debate concerning its topic, and pushes the dialogue further by expressing the views of its author.</p> <p>The volume features a lively introduction, bibliographies, chronology, maps, and two indexes, making this book an excellent resource for students and scholars alike. Non-specialists will find this Companion accessible and rewarding, while specialists will be inspired to revisit controversial questions anew.</p>

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