Table of Contents

Katerina Ierodiakonou: Introduction: The Study of Stoicism: Its Decline and Revival
1: Jonathan Barnes: Aristotle and Stoic Logic
2: Mario Mignucci: The Liar Paradox and the Stoics
3: Michael Frede: On the Stoic Conception of the Good
4: Brad Inwood: Rules and Reasoning in Stoic Ethics
5: David Sedley: The Stoic-Platonist Debate on Kathekonta
6: Philip Mitsis: The Stoic Origin of Natural Rights
7: Dirk Obbink: The Stoic Sage in the Cosmic City
8: Susanne Bobzien: Chrysippus' Theory of Causes
Select Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Katerina Ierodiakonou is Tutor in Philosophy at the National Technical University of Athens and at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

Reviews

None of the authors undertakes a systematic comparison between Stoic theories and modern ones. Yet readers may gain enormously from studying these essays. Learning how different these theories are from modern ones cannot but help us put in perspective some of our own preconceptions on particular problems and, hence, expand our philosophical imagination. Mind The two essays on Stoic political philosophy - 'The Stoic Origin of Natural Rights' by Philip Mitsis and 'The Stoic Sage in the Cosmic City' by Dirk Obbink - are significant contributions to the subject. Mind A welcome contribution to 'the still ongoing attempt to reappraise all parts of Stoic philosophy' ... all the essays are polemic and constitute valuable contributions to the topics they tackle. Mind