A Companion to Ancient Philosophy

Mary Louise Gill is Professor of Philosophy and Classics atBrown University. She is the author of Aristotle on Substance:The Paradox of Unity (1989), Unity, Identity, andExplanation in Aristotle's Metaphysics (co-edited withTheodore Scaltsas and David Charles, 1994), Self-Motion: FromAristotle to Newton (co-edited with James G. Lennox, 1994), andPlato: Parmenides (with Paul Ryan, 1996).

Pierre Pellegrin is Director of Research at the CentreNational de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. His authored worksinclude Aristotle's Classification of Animals (1986), andAristote: Le Philosophe et les Savoirs (2002).

“This Companion does a good job of introducingstudents to the study of ancient philosophy…This book willgive students a sense of what working in the area of ancientphilosophy involves and may encourage them to develop some of therequisite skills themselves rather than simply furnish anothersource for regurgitation.” (The Classical Review, Vol58 No. 1 2008)

"[T]he Companion draws together a wealth of material, presentedin accordance with the most recent scholarly standards for theinterpretation of ancient philosophical texts. The Companion willbe an excellent source-book for students interested in the study ofancient philosophy, as well as for scholars who are rethinkingtheir views on well-known problems by considering the newperspectives offered." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)