Offers a fresh narrative of ancient ethics that does justice to neglected perspectives on the value of human life.

The account of the best life for humans – i.e. a happy or flourishing life – and what it might consist of was the central theme of ancient ethics. But what

Hadot shows how the schools, trends, and ideas of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy strove to transform the individual's mode of perceiving and being in the wo

This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from

Provides an accessible account of the variety and subtlety of Greek and Roman philosophy of death, from Homer to Marcus Aurelius.