This book reconstructs the theories of matter and space of the mutakallimun of the tenth and eleventh centuries AD. It uses texts which have only recently become available.The book presents material w
Scholars of philosophy from the Americans and Europe explore what classical Greek philosophers said about akrasia (lack of control) which they attributed to a deficiency either of the knowledge or of
Scholars of ancient philosophy or classics explore the complex relationship between Plato and the poets and poetry, which he both discusses often and criticizes harshly. To make the essays easy for no
This collection of twenty essays explores the relevance of myth and literary form in Plato's philosophy and by extension philosophy in general. They reflect on Plato's use of myth as and its importanc