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  • A companion to ancient philosophy>.> Gill, Mary Louise & Pellegrin, Pierre. Oxford: Blackwell Pub., 2006.
    Classmark: B 111 GIL
    Useful introduction to methods and ideas in ancient philosophy.
  • A History of Greek Philosophy. Guthrie, W.K.C. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1962-1981. 6 vols.
    Classmark: B 171 GUT V.1-5
    Still the standard work in English on Greek philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to Aristotle.
    Vol. 1. The earlier Presocratics and Pythagoreans
    Vol. 2. The Presocratic tradition from Parmenides to Democritus
    Vol. 3. The fifth-century enlightenment
    Vol. 4. Plato, the man and his dialogues
    Vol. 5. The later Plato and the academy
    Vol. 6. Aristotle, an encounter.
  • Ancient philosophy: a contemporary introduction. Shields, Christopher John. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2012]
    Classmark: B 171 SHI
    Basic introduction to ancient philosophy.
  • Ancient philosophy. Kenny, Anthony. Oxford : Clarendon, 2006.
    Classmark: B111 KEN
    Sets out some of the key issues in ancient philosophy.
  • Resources in Ancient Philosophy: An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarship in English, 1965-1989. Bell, Albert A., Jr., and James B. Allis. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
    Classmark: Z 7128.A53 BEL
    Old, but useful list of works in ancient philosophy. Sets out the importance of key works.
  • New Purchase? Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge. Brunschwig, Jacques and Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.
  • Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon. Peters, F. E. New York: New York University Press, 1967.
    Classmark: B 49 PET
    This lexicon of Greek terminology will help students understand where ancient Greek notions differ substantially from those we tend to use in English when we discuss ancient philosophy. It will also help understand the Greeks on their own terms for students who don’t know Greek.
  • Feminism and ancient philosophy. Ward, Julie K. New York; London: Routledge, 1996.
    Classmark: HQ 1190 WAR
    Explores feminist readings (and problematic readings) in ancient philosophy.
  • How to be a stoic: using ancient philosophy to live a modern life. Pigliucci, Massimo. New York : Basic Books, 2018. Classmark: B 528 PIG
    Explores the notion of lived stoicism.
  • The recovery of ancient philosophy in the Renaissance: a brief guide.
    Firenze: L.S. Olschki 2008.
    Classmark: B 181 HAN
    A guide to the western ‘rediscovery’ of ancient philosophy.
  • Readings in ancient Greek philosophy: from Thales to Aristotle. Cohen, S. Marc; Curd, P. & Reeve, C.D.C. eds. & trans. Indianapolis, Ind.: Hackett, 2011.
    Classmark: B 171 COH
    An anthology of major works of Greek philosophy.
  • Ancient Western philosophy: the Hellenic emergence. McLean, George F. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971.
    Classmark: B 171 MAC
    A dated, but instructive look at one view of the emergence of philosophy in Greece.
  • Ancient concepts of philosophy. Jordan, Robert William. London: Routledge, 1990.
    Classmark: B 178 JOR
    Attempts to build a broad context for understanding ancient philosophy. Written for 2/3rd year undergraduates in philosophy & classics.
  • Byzantine philosophy and its ancient sources. Ierodiakonou, Katerina. Oxford: Clarendon Press ; New York : O.U.P., 2002. Classmark:  B 722.B97 B98 IER
    Explores the ancient origins of Byzantine philosophy.