Cambridge University Press 0521772850 - The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy Edited by David Sedley Frontmatter More information The Cambridge Companion to GREEK AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY Editedby David Sedley UniversityofCambridge © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521772850 - The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy Edited by David Sedley Frontmatter More information the cambridge companion to GREEK AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philoso- phy is a wide-ranging introduction to the study of philos- ophy in the ancient world. A team of leading specialists surveysthedevelopmentsoftheperiodandevaluatesacom- prehensiveseriesofmajorthinkers,rangingfromPythagoras toEpicurus.Therearealsoseparatechaptersonhowphilos- ophyintheancientworldinteractedwithreligion,literature andscience,andafinalchaptertracestheseminalinfluence of Greek and Roman philosophy down to the seventeenth century. 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SystemLATEX2ε [tb] AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN-13 978-0-521-77285-3 hardback ISBN-10 0-521-77285-0 hardback ISBN-13 978-0-521-77503-8 paperback ISBN-10 0-521-77503-5 paperback Transferred to digital printing 2005 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521772850 - The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy Edited by David Sedley Frontmatter More information contents List of illustrations and charts page ix List of contributors x Acknowledgements xiv Map of the Greek world xv Introduction 1 david sedley 1 Argument in ancient philosophy 20 jonathan barnes 2 The Presocratics 42 malcolm schofield 3 The Sophists and Socrates 73 sarah broadie 4 Plato 98 christopher rowe 5 Aristotle 125 john m. cooper 6 Hellenistic philosophy 151 jacques brunschwig and david sedley 7 Roman philosophy 184 a. a. long 8 Philosophy and literature 211 martha c. nussbaum vii © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521772850 - The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy Edited by David Sedley Frontmatter More information viii Contents 9 Late ancient philosophy 242 frans a. j. de haas 10 Philosophy and science 271 r. j. hankinson 11 Philosophy and religion 300 glenn w. most 12 The legacy of ancient philosophy 323 jill kraye Bibliography 353 Glossary 373 Index 386 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521772850 - The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy Edited by David Sedley Frontmatter More information illustrations and charts Map of the Greek world page xv The Athenian philosophical schools 10 Transmission of a text: Plato, Phaedo 83b4–7 15 Presocratic philosophers 45 Socrates in conversation with sophists 90 The Platonic dialogues 99 The Aristotelian corpus 127 The Aristotelian syllogism 136 Roman philosophical writers 187 Philosophical commentaries 246 ix © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org