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020			_a9780198728023 _q(hardback)
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035			_a(OCoLC)915325307 _z(OCoLC)918924504 _z(OCoLC)919895553
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100	1		_aAdamson, Peter, _d1972- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPhilosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds / _cPeter Adamson.
246	1	8	_aPhilosophy in the Hellenistic & Roman worlds
250			_aFirst edition.
300			_axxiv, 428 pages : _bmap ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aHistory of philosophy without any gaps ; _vvolume 2
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 408-418) and index.
520	8		_aPeter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all schools of thought were formed: from the third century BC to the sixth century AD. He introduces us to Cynics and Skeptics, Epicureans and Stoics, emperors and slaves, and traces the development of Christian and Jewish philosophy and of ancient science. Chapters are devoted to such major figures as Epicurus, Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, and Augustine. But in keeping with the motto of the series, the story is told 'without any gaps, ' providing an in-depth look at less familiar topics that remains suitable for the general reader. For instance, there are chapters on the fascinating but relatively obscure Cyrenaic philosophical school, on pagan philosophical figures like Porphyry and Iamblichus, and extensive coverage of the Greek and Latin Christian Fathers who are at best peripheral in most surveys of ancient philosophy. A major theme of the book is in fact the competition between pagan and Christian philosophy in this period, and the Jewish tradition also appears in the shape of Philo of Alexandria. Ancient science is also considered, with chapters on ancient medicine and the interaction between philosophy and astronomy. Considerable attention is paid also to the wider historical context, for instance by looking at the ascetic movement in Christianity and how it drew on ideas from Hellenic philosophy. From the counter-cultural witticisms of Diogenes the Cynic to the subtle skepticism of Sextus Empiricus, from the irreverent atheism of the Epicureans to the ambitious metaphysical speculation of Neoplatonism, from the ethical teachings of Marcus Aurelius to the political philosophy of Augustine, the book gathers together all aspects of later ancient thought in an accessible and entertaining way.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Ancient.
650		0	_aPhilosophy _xHistory.
650		0	_aChristianity _xPhilosophy _xHistory.
800	1		_aAdamson, Peter, _d1972- _tHistory of philosophy without any gaps ; _vv. 2.
942			_2ddc _cE-BOOK