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545 jealousy, perversity, and other liabilities of loveIn Love's confusions, Harvard University Press. pp. 77-91. 2005.
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2Goat-Stags, Philosopher-Kings, and Eudaimonism in the RepublicProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 22 185-209. 2006.
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81Blindness and Reorientation: Problems in Plato's RepublicOup Usa. 2012.C. D. C. Reeve develops a powerful new account of the age-old argument over whether the just are happier than the unjust, drawing from a new understanding of Plato's conception of philosophy
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86Aristotle on the virtues of thoughtIn Richard Kraut (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 198-217. 2008.The prelims comprise: The Scientific Part of the Soul Theoretical Wisdom The Calculating Part of the Soul Deliberation and Ends Deliberation, Practical Sciences, and Perception Deliberation and Time Practical Wisdom as Political Science Practical Wisdom as Theoretical Wisdom's Steward Aristotelian Practical Reason Notes Reference Further reading.
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75Colloquium 3Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 8 (1): 89-114. 1992.
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82Colloquium 7Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 16 (1): 207-222. 2000.
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3A study in violets : Alcibiades in the symposiumIn Frisbee Sheffield (ed.), Plato's Symposium: the ethics of desire, Oxford University Press. pp. 124--146. 2006.
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135Colloquium 6: Goat-Stags, Philosopher-Kings, and Eudaimonism in the RepublicProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 22 (1): 185-219. 2007.
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284 anxiety and the ethics of intimacyIn Love's confusions, Harvard University Press. pp. 58-76. 2005.
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5Alcibiades and the Politics of Rumor in ThucydidesPhilosophic Exchange 42 (1). 2011.This is a story about Alcibiades, about Athens, and about the politics of rumor. When rumor set its claws into Alcibiades, it contributed not only to his own downfall, but to the downfall of Athens. The very traits that made Alcibiades an effective public figure also made him vulnerable to rumor. In the end, Thucydides himself excised rumor from his own histories because he came to see its destructive force.
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70Action, Contemplation, and Happiness: An Essay on AristotleHarvard University Press. 2012.The transmission of form and soul -- Desire, perception, and understanding -- Theoretical wisdom -- Virtue of character -- Practical wisdom -- Immortalizing beings -- Happiness -- The happiest life.
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115Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (edited book)Hackett Publishing Company. 2015.This concise anthology of primary sources designed for use in an ancient philosophy survey ranges from the Presocratics to Plato, Aristotle, the Hellenistic philosophers, and the Neoplatonists. The Second Edition features an amplified selection of Presocratic fragments in newly revised translations by Richard D. McKirahan. Also included is an expansion of the Hellenistic unit, featuring new selections from Lucretius and Sextus Empiricus as well as a new translation, by Peter J. Anderson, of most…Read more
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734Republic (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2008.Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the ordinary reader, who is carried along by the wit and intensity of the dialogue and by Plato's unforgettable images of the human condition. This new, lucid translation by Robin Waterfield is complemented by…Read more
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University of North Carolina, Chapel HillDepartment of Philosophy
ClassicsDelta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America