{"product_id":"early-greek-ethics-9780198758679","title":"Early Greek Ethics","description":"\u003cem\u003eEarly Greek Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e is devoted to Greek philosophical ethics in its formative period, from the last decades of the sixth century BCE to the beginning of the fourth century BCE. It begins with the inception of Greek philosophical ethics and ends immediately before the composition of Plato's and Aristotle's mature ethical works \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNicomachean Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e. The ancient contributors include Presocratics such as Heraclitus, Democritus, and figures of the early Pythagorean tradition such as Empedocles and Archytas of Tarentum, who have previously been studied principally for their metaphysical, cosmological, and natural philosophical ideas. Socrates and his lesser known associates such as Antisthenes of Athens and Aristippus of Cyrene also feature, as well as sophists such as Gorgias of Leontini, Antiphon of Athens, and Prodicus of Ceos, and anonymous texts such as the Pythagorean \u003cem\u003eAcusmata\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDissoi Logoi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnonymus Iamblichi\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOn Law and Justice\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to chapters on these individuals and texts, the volume explores select fields and topics especially influential to ethical philosophical thought in the formative period and later, such as early Greek medicine, music, friendship, justice and the afterlife, and early Greek ethnography. Consisting of thirty chapters composed by an international team of leading philosophers and classicists, \u003cem\u003eEarly Greek Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume in any language devoted to philosophical ethics in the formative period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Conan Wolfsdorf, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Philosophy, Temple University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Conan Wolfsdorf is Professor of Philosophy at Temple University in Philadelphia. Previously he taught at Fairfield University in Connecticut. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eOn Goodness\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2019), \u003cem\u003ePleasure in Ancient Greek Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge, 2012), and \u003cem\u003eTrials of Reason\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2008).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859333681426,"sku":"9780198758679","price":198.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_afbd54c7-50a9-494f-a922-9105eba39218.jpg?v=1737555880","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/early-greek-ethics-9780198758679","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}