Series: BCPaperbacks

Ancient philosophy was conceived as a way of life or an art of living. If ancient philosophers did think that philosophy should transform an individual’s way of life, then what conception of philosophy stands behind this claim? Dr John Sellars explores this question through a detailed account of ancient Stoic ideas about the nature and function of philosophy. He considers...

This introductory history of Sparta gives readers an accessible overview of the intense and brilliant history of the great Greek city-state. It covers the gradual expansion of Sparta's authority in the Peloponnese, her leadership of the Greeks against the Persians, the rivalry with Athens, her short period of complete supremacy in Greece until 371, and the collapse which followed down...