John Cooper, the Henry Putnam University Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, and renowned interpreter of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, died at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center on Aug. 8 ...

That is why it is surprising to discover that in a regime as autocratic as the Roman Empire, where the Senate’s functions were sidelined, a peculiar opposition movement emerged in the 1st century AD, ...

As a scholar of ancient philosophy and a practicing stoic, I have found great solace in the works of Roman stoic philosophers such as Marcus Aurelius, emperor of Rome, and Epictetus, teacher of ...

Scott LaBarge is a specialist in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, offering both survey courses on the ancient Western tradition in general and more focused courses on specific topics and figures, ...

The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom ... too and there was a sophisticated debate between philosophers about eating animals. We know this from Porphry's book ...

Epictetus’ example of the Roman bath could be adapted to a contemporary ... In all this, what these philosophers are reminding us is that to live in accord with nature is to recognize that ...