Peter 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 forme

This book offers an assessment of the content, structures and significance of education in Greek and Roman society. Drawing on a wide range of evidence, includi

Readership: Anyone interested in philosophy, the history of ideas, or the ancient Greek world

A full account of the philosophy of the Greek and Roman worlds from the last days of Aristotle (c.320 BC) until 100 BC. Hellenistic philosophy, for long relativ

The Hellenistic period was a rich and exciting time for philosophy. It saw the birth of two new schools of thought, Epicureanism and Stoicism, and important dev