Source Book in Ancient Philosophy

by Charles Montague Bakewell

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Genres: Philosophy

420 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1907

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Except for the prefaces, introductions, footnotes and index, this book consists of quotations from the Greek and Roman philosophers cited in the appended table of contents or of quotations from other ancient writers about these philosophers. I picked it up and read through the thing while taking Peter Maxwell's course, 'The History of Ancient Philosophy', at Loyola University Chicago during the first semester of 1981/82.

[Christopher Cagle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still reading as a reference (so bouncing around as needed). This is not a book you ever really finish reading. My copy is a hardback “revised edition” published in 1907 by “Charles Scribner’s Sons.”
As someone else mentioned it is mostly translated quotes of the Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers listed in the contents.

[Andrew Volpe]

Ancient Philosophy course book, Westfield State College, 1999