This book collects a series of important new studies on one of the richest and most influential intellectual traditions of antiquity. Leading scholars combine careful analytical attention to the original texts with historical sensitivity and philosophical acuity to point the way to a better understa
Topics in Stoic Philosophy
β Scribed by Katerina Ierodiakonou
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 268
- Category
- Library
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