Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

by Julia Annas

Overview

Julia Annas gives a succinct account of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy, emphasizing its freshness and variety of themes, and its approach of lively discussion and argument.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192528469
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	10/24/2023
Series:	Very Short Introductions
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Julia Annas is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona. She is an Honorary Fellow of St. Hugh's College, Oxford, a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was President of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association 2004-5. She was the founding editor of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. She has published 16 books (8 edited or translations) and many articles, mainly on ethics in the ancient Greco-Roman world, and contemporary ethics, especially virtue ethics.

Table of Contents

1. How to live a happy life2. Humans and beasts: understanding ourselves3. Reason, knowledge and scepticism4. Logic and reality5. When did it begin? (and what is it anyway?)

Editorial Reviews

"Summarizing so much in so short a space is a truly Heraclean task, especially given Annas' including Greek culture and the relevance of Ancient Greek philosophy for philosophers today. Readers will learn so much and be prompted to question so much more, which I suspect is precisely what Annas intended." — Christopher Martin, Religious Studies Review

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