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133Grammatica triumphans D. L. blank: Sextus empiricus: Against the grammarians. (Clarendon later ancient philosophers). Pp. xlix + 436. Oxford: Clarendon press, 1998. Cased, £55. Isbn: 0-19-824470- (review)The Classical Review 50 (2): 432. 2000.
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89Criterion and Appearance in Sextus Empiricus: the Scope of Sceptical Doubt, the Status of Sceptical BeliefBulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 39 151-169. 1994.
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162Plato and the Divided Self (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2012.Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse - and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational' part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each shapes our agency and how they are affect…Read more
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Sextus on NumberIn Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium Hellenisticism, Cambridge University Press. 2012.
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101Ethics and Epistemology in Sextus EmpircusRoutledge. 2015.This book defends the consistency, plausibility, and interest of the brand of Ancient Skepticism described in the writings of Sextus Empiricus (c. 150 AD), both through detailed exegesis of the original texts, and through sustained engagement with an array of modern critics.
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116Stoic Moral PsychologyIn Brad Inwood (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics, Cambridge University Press. 2003.
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1Commentary on Sauve MeyerProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 20 244-262. 2004.
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7Aristotle's Modal Syllogistic. A Discussion of R. Patterson, Aristotle's Modal Logic,'Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 15 207-231. 1997.
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68Stoic Philosophy of ReligionIn Graham Oppy & Nick Trakakis (eds.), Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2, Routledge. pp. 3--105. 2009.A survey of Stoic views on religion, with an emphasis on their proofs of the existence and nature of Zeus.
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173Review. Aristotle: On the Heavens I and II. S LeggattThe Classical Review 47 (2): 282-284. 1997.
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2238Epicurus on sex, marriage, and childrenClassical Philology 91 346-52. 1996.Epicurus strongly discouraged sex, marriage, and the rearing of children. This paper looks at some of the primary evidence for these claims, clears up a translation of one passage, and emends another passage. (The emendation has been accepted into Dorandi's new edition of Diogenes Laertius).
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55Book Review. Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom by David Sedley (review)Mind 109 (433): 176-79. 2000.
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57Simplicius: on Epictetus' Handbook 1-26 (edited book)Duckworth & Cornell. 2002.Originally published by Duckworth in 2002.
Princeton University
PhD, 1993
Ithaca, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
| Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
| History of Western Philosophy |