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3The Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 2, Greek and Latin Texts with Notes and BibliographyCambridge University Press. 1989.This comprehensive sourcebook makes available in the original Latin and Greek the principal extant texts required for the study of the Stoic, Epicurean and sceptical schools of philosophy. The material is organised by schools, and within each school topics are treated thematically. The volume presents the same texts as are translated in The Hellenistic Philosophers, Volume 1. The authors provide their own critical apparatus, and also supply detailed notes on the more difficult texts. This volume…Read more
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32The Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 1, Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical CommentaryCambridge University Press. 1987.Volume 1 presents the texts in new translations by the authors, and these are accompanied by a philosophical and historical commentary designed for use by all readers, including those with no background in the classical world. With its glossary and indexes, this volume can stand alone as an independent tool of study.
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Les philosophes hellénistiques, 3 volRevue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 192 (2): 248-248. 2002.
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96The midwife of Platonism: text and subtext in Plato's TheaetetusOxford University Press. 2004.Plato's Theaetetus is an acknowledged masterpiece, and among the most influential texts in the history of epistemology. Since antiquity it has been debated whether this dialogue was written by Plato to support his familiar metaphysical doctrines, or represents a self-distancing from these. David Sedley's book offers a via media, founded on a radical separation of the author, Plato, from his main speaker, Socrates. The dialogue, it is argued, is addressed to readers familiar with Plato's mature d…Read more
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The Cambridge companion to Greek and Roman philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2003.This wide-ranging introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world surveys the period's developments and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus. Tables, illustrations, and extensive advice on further reading contribute to an ideal book for survey courses on the history of ancient philosophy. It will be an invaluable guide for those interested in the philosophical thought of a rich and formative period.
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18Lucretius and the transformation of Greek wisdomCambridge University Press. 1998.This book is designed to appeal both to those interested in Roman poetry and to specialists in ancient philosophy. In it David Sedley explores Lucretius ' complex relationship with Greek culture, in particular with Empedocles, whose poetry was the model for his own, with Epicurus, the source of his philosophical inspiration, and with the Greek language itself. He includes a detailed reconstruction of Epicurus' great treatise On Nature, and seeks to show how Lucretius worked with this as his sole…Read more
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17Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume Xix Winter 2000 (edited book)Clarendon Press. 2000.Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. From 2000 OSAP is being published not once but twice yearly, to keep up with the abundance of good material submitted; and it is being made available in paperback as well as hardback, in response to demand from scholars wishing to purchase it. This volume, the second of 2000, features contributors from …Read more
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8Teleology and myth in the PhaedoProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 5 359-83. 1989.
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26A Socratic Interpretation of Plato's TheaetetusProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 18 (1): 277-325. 2003.
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50Les origines des preuves stoïciennes de l'existence de dieuRevue de Métaphysique et de Morale 4 (4): 461-487. 2005.Le chapitre 4 du premier livre des Mémorables de Xénophon était quasiment un texte canonique pour la théologie des premiers stoïciens : il contient la première version de « la preuve par la providence » (the Argument from Design) et constitue un témoignage capital et négligé concernant la théologie de Socrate. Les idées qui y sont exposées ne dérivent en effet pas de Diogène d'Apollonie, dont le rôle dans l'histoire de la pensée téléologique a été largement surestimé. Je défends la thèse que le …Read more
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38Polistrato, Sul disprezzo irrazionale delle opinioni popolari. Edizione, traduzione e commento (review)The Classical Review 33 (2): 335-336. 1983.
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26From the Pre-Socratics to the Hellenistic AgeIn Stephen Bullivant & Michael Ruse (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Atheism, Oxford University Press. pp. 139. 2013.‘Atheism’ is a term that has historically carried a wide range of meanings and connotations. Popular speech, in particular, admits of a range of definitions, but the same is true of contemporary scholarly usage also. This chapter therefore surveys the sheer variety of ways of defining ‘atheism’, before outlining the pressing need for a generally agreed-upon usage in the growing—and, thus far, Babel-like—field of scholarship on atheism. It then outlines and explains the precise definition used th…Read more
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25Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume Xxi: Winter 2001 (edited book)Clarendon Press. 2001.Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. Contributions in this volume range from Sarah Broadie on Plato's Timaeus, to Voula Tsouna on Philodemus. 'standard reading among specialists in ancient philosophy' Brad Inwood, Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
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2Epicurus and his professional rivalsIn J. Bollack & A. Laks (eds.), Études sur l'Epicurisme antique, . pp. 121-59. 1976.
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7Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Xxix: Winter 2005 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2005.Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. This volume features essays on Empedocles, Xenophon, and Socrates, with several on each of Plato and Aristotle. 'unique value as a collection of outstanding contributions in the area of ancient philosophy.' Sara Rubinelli, Bryn Mawr Cla…Read more
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32The Philosophy of Antiochus (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2012.Antiochus of Ascalon was one of the seminal philosophers of the first century BC, an era of radical philosophical change. Some called him a virtual Stoic, but in reality his programme was an updated revival of the philosophy of the 'ancients', meaning above all Plato and Aristotle. His significance lies partly in his enormous influence on Roman intellectuals of the age, including Cicero, Brutus and Varro, and partly in his role as the harbinger of a new style of philosophy, which thereafter rema…Read more
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2Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume 23 Winter 2002 (edited book)Oxford University Press UK. 2002.Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics are the focuses of discussion in this volume.Editor: David Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Cambridge.'standard reading among specialists in ancient philosophy' Brad Inwood, Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
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34Colloquium 6: Aristotle on PlaceProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 27 (1): 183-210. 2012.
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1Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume Xxiv: Summer 2003 (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2003.Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. Aristotle and the Stoics receive particular attention in this volume.
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196 Hellenistic philosophyIn David Sedley (ed.), The Cambridge companion to Greek and Roman philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 151. 2003.