Bücher der Reihe Companions to Ancient Thought

This book is concerned to expound and analyse ancient theories of language. The discussions range from Plato via Aristotle and the Hellenistic philosophical schools to the work of St Augustine.

This second Companion deals with ancient theories of the psyche. The essays provide critical analyses of the ancient discussions of the nature of the psyche and its states and of such central topics as perception, subjectivity, the explanation of action, and what it is to be a person.

This collection of essays, the fourth Companion to Ancient Thought, provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. It covers the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers. A substantial introduction considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics.

This second Companion deals with ancient theories of the psyche. The essays provide critical analyses of the ancient discussions of the nature of the psyche and its states and of such central topics as perception, subjectivity, the explanation of action, and what it is to be a person.

This volume deals with Epistemology. The period from the sixth century BC to the second and third centuries AD was one of the most fertile for the theory of knowledge, and the range of 'epistemic states' explored in the ancient texts is much wider than those to be found in contemporary discussions of epistemology or cognition. Greek philosophers approached these problems in a great variety of ways, from the extreme relativism of Protagoras to the scepticism of the Pyrrhonists, and the contributors demonstrate both the familiarity and novelty of this range of views in their critical essays.