西洋古代哲学を代表する重要な議論（対話）と、それがどのように発展していったのかを紹介する一冊です。当時の偉大な哲学者たちの主張をただ順に紹介していくのではなく、多様なテーマとスタイルに目を向け、今日においてもみずみずしく生き続ける、古代哲学の真髄に迫ります。この新版には、新たな図版や文献の情報を追加するだけでなく、最新の学識を踏まえて全面的に改訂を行い、ギリシャ・ローマ哲学とその他の伝統との比較や、現代を生きる私たちとの関わりについての考察を加えています。
 

• Provides a lively, modern account of the nature and range of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy
• Focuses on the issues and debates that propelled the tradition, rather than a list of Great Thinkers
• The field is introduced thematically, around major areas of debate, rather than chronologically

New to this Edition:

• Fully updated to reflect developments in the field
• Text has been expanded and modernized to be more comprehensive and accessible to the general reader
• New illustrations and textboxes to aid understanding
• Fully updated further reading list

The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one. Julia Annas gives a succinct account of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy, emphasizing its freshness and variety of themes, and its approach of lively discussion and argument. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy, and of its wide variety of themes and styles.
    
This new edition has been fully updated to reflect updates in the field, with new illustrations and up to date further reading to allow further exploration of the field. The text has been expanded and modernized to be more comprehensive and accessible to the general reader, as well as exploring the relation of the tradition of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy to other traditions and to us.