In this study, Bethany Somma argues for a dichotomous interpretation of human desire developed by late ancient Greek and
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Discussions on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy have been particularily vivid and inte
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The 13 contributions of this collective offer new and challenging ways of reading well-known and more neglected texts on
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Aesthetics & the Philosophy of Spirit examines the aesthetics of Plotinus, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, a
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This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as
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Whilst aesthetics as a discipline did not exist before the modern age, ancient philosophers give many insights about bea
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As the title says it's a launching point into the philosophy of Plotinus. A very short and to the point book which
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Professor Deck has undertaken a reappraisal of Plotinus' thought from the standpoint of a central doctrine in the E
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