The Hellenistic Philosophers, Vol. 2: Greek and Latin Texts with Notes and Bibliography

by Anthony A. Long, David N. Sedley

This comprehensive sourcebook makes available in the original Latin and Greek the principal extant texts required for the study of the Stoic, Epicurean and skeptical schools of philosophy. The material is organized by schools, and within each school topics are treated thematically. The volume presents the same texts, with some additional passages, as are translated in Volume 1. A large annotated bibliography is also included.

Genres: Philosophy, History

512 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 200

About the author

Anthony Arthur Long FBA (born 17 August 1937) is a British-American classical scholar who is the Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Classics, Irving Stone Professor of Literature Emeritus, and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews

[Richard Degenne]

The book is certainly very interesting, but as a reader with little to no background in philosophy, it is very dense. I might have to read it again in a few years to get more out of it.

In any case, the combination of original texts grouped by theme with analysis from modern commenters gives the book a nice sense of progression, with every chapter building on the ideas introduced in the previous one.