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107Plato 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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550Pyrrho on the CriterionAncient Philosophy 18 (2): 417-434. 1998.I argue that Pyrrho was an epistemological skeptic, rather than the possessor of a positive metaphysical view.
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27De Caelo S. Leggatt (ed., tr.): Aristotle: On the Heavens I and II (Classical Texts). Pp. vii + 273. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1995. £35/$49.95 (Paper, £14.95/$24.00). ISBN: 0-85668-662-X (0-85668-663-8) (review)The Classical Review 47 (02): 282-284. 1997.
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576The Nature of the Spirited Part of the Soul and Its ObjectIn Rachel Barney, Tad Brennan & Charles Brittain (eds.), Plato and the Divided Self, Cambridge University Press. pp. 102--127. 2012.
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61Grammatica 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 (02): 432-. 2000.
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Commentary on Sauve MeyerProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 20 244-262. 2004.
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4Aristotle'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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Sextus on NumberIn Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium Hellenisticism, Cambridge University Press. 2012.
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80Ethics and Epistemology in Sextus EmpircusRoutledge. 1999.This book defends the consistency, plausibility, and interest of the brand of Ancient Skepticism described in the writings of Sextus Empiricus, both through detailed exegesis of the original texts, and through sustained engagement with an array of modern critics
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20Book Review. Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom by David Sedley (review)Mind 109 (433): 176-79. 2000.
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666The Stoic life: emotions, duties, and fateOxford University Press. 2005.Tad Brennan explains how to live the Stoic life--and why we might want to. Stoicism has been one of the main currents of thought in Western civilization for two thousand years: Brennan offers a fascinating guide through the ethical ideas of the original Stoic philosophers, and shows how valuable these ideas remain today, both intellectually and in practice. He writes in a lively informal style which will bring Stoicism to life for readers who are new to ancient philosophy. The Stoic Life will al…Read more
Princeton University
PhD, 1993
Ithaca, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
History of Western Philosophy |