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This landmark study examines the role played by the rediscovery of the writings of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius, in the articulation of the majo

Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the tw

This Companion presents both an introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism and also a critical account of the major areas o

Explores the philosophical notion of love, and argues that love is more complex than conventional thought would have us believe.