The traveller's guide to classical philosophy/ John Gaskin.
By: Gaskin, John.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2019Edition: This edition published in 2019.Description: 192 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780500294734.Subject(s): Philosophy, Ancient | Philosophy and civilization | Classical antiquities | Civilization, Classical | HellenismItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
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Includes index.
Part I - The Idea of Hellenism: What the Greeks Created:
1. The Scheme of Things Entire *
2. The Idea of Hellenism *
3. Wine, Sex and the Symposium *
4. Theatres: Festivals, Entertainments and Meetings *
5. Temples: Gods, Feasts and Safe Deposits *
Part II - The Ideal of Homer and the Ideas of the Philosophers: *
1. Troy: The Legend and the Book *
2. Troy: The Book and the Ideals *
3. Miletus: The Nature of the Universe *
4 Ionia and Western Greece: Laws, Numbers and Reality *
5. Athens: Socrates, Plato and Other Worlds *
6. Aristotle and this World: Nature, Life and Ethics *
7. Epicurus: The Garden and the Wilderness *
8. Stoicism: Duty and the Laws of Nature *
9. Neoplatonism: The Last Protest *
10. The End of Classical Antiquity *
Part III - Cities and Citizens: A Gazetteer
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