Books in the Companions to Ancient Thought series

This book is concerned to expound and analyse ancient theories of language. The discussions range from Plato via Aristotle and the Hellenistic philosophical schools to the work of St Augustine.

This second Companion deals with ancient theories of the psyche. The essays provide critical analyses of the ancient discussions of the nature of the psyche and its states and of such central topics as perception, subjectivity, the explanation of action, and what it is to be a person.

This collection of essays, the fourth Companion to Ancient Thought, provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. It covers the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers. A substantial introduction considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics.

This second Companion deals with ancient theories of the psyche. The essays provide critical analyses of the ancient discussions of the nature of the psyche and its states and of such central topics as perception, subjectivity, the explanation of action, and what it is to be a person.