This book covers the first 500 years of the common era. These years witnessed the revivals of Aristotelianism, Epicureanism, Pyrrhonism, Cynicism, and Pythagore

Translated into English for the first time, A History of Ancient Philosophy charts the origins and development of ancient philosophical thought.

Reale's volume supplies a synthesis previously lacking—a synthesis in the historical treatment of the great philosophies of the Hellenistic Age: the Academy,

Beginning with the origins of Western philosophy, the profound creation of the Hellenic genius, Reale presents an appreciation of the Naturalists, the Sophists,

The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship.