Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007

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• Achaemenid Culture and Local traditions in Anatolia, Southern Caucasus and Iran

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Ivantchik; Vakhtang Licheli
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  • This book contains articles concerning relationship between the ‘imperial’ culture of the Achaemenids and local traditions, including a publication of the unique painting from Tatarlı in Western Anatolia and the results of recent excavations in the Southern Caucasus and Iran. Originally published as issue 3-4 of Volume 13 (2007) of Brill's journal Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia. For more details on this journal, please click here.

• Akrasia in Greek Philosophy

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  • Editors Pierre Destrée; Christopher Bobonich
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  • The 13 contributions of this collective offer new and challenging ways of reading well-known and more neglected texts on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Plotinus).

• Ammianus after Julian

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  • Editors Jan den Boeft; Jan Willem Drijvers; Hengst; Hans Teitler
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  • The papers in this volume treat historical, historiographical and literary aspects of the last six books of Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae, which deal with the period between the death of Julian (363) and the Roman defeat at Hadrianople (378).

• Aristotle on Definition

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  • Author: M. Deslauriers
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  • This work examines Aristotle’s discussions of definition in his logical works and the Metaphysics, and argues for the importance of definitions of simple substances, drawing the connection between definitions as first principles of demonstration and as statements of essence.

• Aristotle on Memory and Recollection

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  • Author: Bloch
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  • Based on a new critical edition of Aristotle's De Memoria and two interpretive essays, this book challenges current views on Aristotle's theories of memory and recollection, and argues that these are based on misinterpretations of the text and Aristotle's philosophical goals.