Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

ストア派　第2版
Sellars, John, Stoicism. 2nd ed. (Ancient Philosophies) 176 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-27>
ISBN 978-1-032-78150-1 hard ¥38,016.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-032-78149-5 paper ¥7,036.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99

This new edition of Stoicism provides an introduction to one of the most influential schools of philosophy in antiquity, the influence of which has persisted to the present day.Originating in Athens around 300 BCE, Stoicism flourished for some five hundred years and has remained a constant presence throughout the history of Western philosophy. This new revised edition takes into account the wealth of scholarship that has been published in the last twenty years and the explosion of interest in Stoicism as a practical guide for living today. It begins with a complete introduction to the ancient Stoics, their works, and how they formulated their own philosophical system. The chapters then thoroughly examine the three core branches of Stoic philosophical doctrine - logic, physics, and ethics - while the final chapter provides an account of the Stoic legacy from later antiquity to now. The book also includes a chronology, useful glossaries, and a guide to further reading.This accessible, authoritative guide is an ideal introduction to the philosophy of Stoicism that stands behind much of the practical advice offered by Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, suitable for students and general readers.

Thein, Karel, Plato on Soul and Agency. (Brill's Plato Studies Series 20) 260 pp. 2025:5 (Brill, NE) <744-28>
ISBN 978-90-04-72705-2 hard ¥32,261.- (税込) EUR 139.00

Giving souls strong individuality is one of Plato's most influential but also most controversial innovations. This book addresses such souls' agency, which is a prerequisite of their many functions not only in human life but in the universe at large. Its conclusion is that the agency proper to the soul stands apart from other Platonic causes as the only full-blooded agent whose actions and passions organize our short moral and civic life, all the while participating, thanks to the soul's immortal existence and repeated reincarnation, in the maintenance of the cosmos as a home to innumerable living species. Together with treating this multitude of the soul's tasks, the book pays attention to the unavoidable personification of the soul and to the carefully constructed images that impress on the reader its complexity.

Trompeter, Julia, Galen on Ethics and Human Nature. (Philosophia Antiqua 174) 299 pp. 2025:7 (Brill, NE) <744-29>
ISBN 978-90-04-72780-9 hard ¥38,296.- (税込) EUR 165.00

This monograph presents a full picture of Galen's ethics. It expounds his view on human character and morality as based on his account of human nature (including his reception of Plato and Aristotle). This book reveals Galen's substantial contribution to the philosophical debate on the parts and powers of our soul and their connection with the body. Thereby, it also delves into the lively academic debate on the best handling of emotions like anger or distress including their medical implications. Paying attention also to the religious side of Galen's moral thought, the monograph contributes to a complete recollection of Galen-not only as the doctor but also as the ethical philosopher he was.

Zarepour, Mohammad Saleh, Medieval Finitism. (Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics) 80 pp. 2025:1 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <744-30>
ISBN 978-1-009-61843-4 hard ¥14,076.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *
ISBN 978-1-009-04850-7 paper ¥4,787.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00 *

Discussing various versions of two medieval arguments for the impossibility of infinity, this Element sheds light on early stages of the evolution of the notion of INFINITIES OF DIFFERENT SIZES. The first argument is called 'the Equality Argument' and relies on the premise that all infinities are equal. The second argument is called 'the Mapping Argument' and relies on the assumption that if one thing is mapped/ superposed upon another thing and neither exceeds the other, the two things are equal to each other. Although these arguments were initially proposed in the context of discussions against the possibility of infinities, they have played pivotal roles in the historical evolution of the notion of INFINITIES OF DIFFERENT SIZES.

Zingano, Marco, Aristotle and the Rehabilitation of Homonymy: A Metaphysical Journey through Words and Things. (Philosophia Antiqua 173) 587 pp. 2025:6 (Brill, NE) <744-31>
ISBN 978-90-04-71218-8 hard ¥57,792.- (税込) EUR 249.00

Aristotle argued that scientific investigation depends on well-established genera, from which it reveals fundamental properties. However, the core elements of his philosophy are based on non-generic unities. Being is not a genus; it is divided into ten categories or supreme genera. Being serves as the primary concept in metaphysics, also known as first philosophy. Motion, on the other hand, is categorized into four types and is the central concept in physics, or second philosophy. Similarly, the concept of the good can be understood in multiple categories, just like being, and it forms the central idea of practical philosophy. Aristotle must confront the issue of homonymy at the very foundation of his philosophy. The stakes are high, as he believes that it is things, not words, that are homonymous. This study explores the intriguing route Aristotle takes to justify attributing homonymy to things.

Costache, Doru, Nature Contemplation in Clement of Alexandria: Elements of the Method. 224 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-18>
ISBN 978-1-032-78554-7 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book examines Clement of Alexandria's interdisciplinary approach to nature contemplation-which he terms "physiology" and "physics"-showing its internal consistency even in the absence of a clear methodological outline.It reconstructs Clement's method of nature contemplation, which, while discernible throughout his writings, does not feature as such in one place. Yet it exists within the second stage of the broader threefold roadmap of spiritual advancement, which progresses from ethics to physics to divine vision ("epoptics"). Specifically, Clement's physics itself has three steps: analysis, interpretation, and the spiritual vision of the world. To advance through the three stages of physics, one must acquire virtue, contemplative skills, and sound information regarding the nature of things. But only transformed people, whom Clement calls "holy gnostics," saintly sages, have access to the final stage, "gnostic physiology." This third step amounts to an insightful-"noetic"-perception of nature irreducible to either keen observation or the information gathered and processed by way of analysis and interpretation. This book presents Clement's method against the backdrop of ancient disciplines of nature contemplation-and as paving the way for contemporary science-engaged theology.The volume is suitable for postgraduate students and scholars of the history of science and religion, religious studies, early Christian and late antique studies, and patristic studies, particularly those working on Clement of Alexandria.

Delaurenti, Beatrice, Emotional Contagion: The Aristotelian Compassio in Medieval Medicine and Philosophy. (Artes Liberales) 320 pp. 2025:3 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <744-19>
ISBN 978-1-5261-6888-7 hard ¥25,344.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00 *

Yawning makes one yawn, crying makes one cry. In the same way, a shiver, appetite, sexual desire and confidence are transmitted from one person to another. These examples capture the contagion-like dimension of emotion, spreading rapidly among people with tangible behavioural manifestations. Emotional contagion still challenges scientific explanation, and philosophical, scientific and anthropological topics converge around this issue. In Medieval Latin, there is a specific name for this contagion: compassio ('compassion'). Etymologically, 'compassion' means the co-experience of a 'passion', involving an involuntary reaction of the soul or the body imitating the reactions of others. The book investigates how these topics were treated in medieval learned texts, and illuminates the twofold enigma, that of the trajectory of the term compassio, and that of explaining the phenomenon it denoted.

Foster, Reginald / McCarthy, Daniel, Os Praesens Ciceronis Epistularis: The Immediate Mouth of Cicero in His Letters. 958 pp. 2025:8 (Catholic U. America Pr., US) <744-20>
ISBN 978-0-8132-3960-6 paper ¥9,652.- (税込) US$ 45.00

The Immediate Mouth of Cicero in His Letters consists of two books. An audio book presents the integral Latin and English texts of 51 letters Cicero wrote to family and close associates all recited by Reginald Foster. A printed book presents the teaching method of Reginald exemplified by 160 imagined dialogues between a teacher and students working with original thoughts of Cicero to learn the Latin language from the first encounter.This companion volume to The Bones' Meats Abundant analyses how Cicero expressed himself in the Latin of these same 51 letters, with cross references to fuller explanations in The Mere Bones of Latin.Audio bookLISTEN to Cicero writing to family and close associates recited by Reginald Foster who embodies that living voice of the master Latinist. READ along while listening and RECITE together with the audio. CONSULT the English text of our translations.Printed bookLEARN from the first encounter with the Latin language by reading from Cicero's letters and COMPLETE your understanding through regular readings. Teach the Latin language using excerpts from Cicero's letters from the first day. Understand how Reginald taught the Latin language using solid, unmodified, original Latin texts. Learn to teach from Reginald.

Futter, Dylan B., Socrates' Search for Wisdom: An Exegetical Theory. 352 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-21>
ISBN 978-0-367-40863-3 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Socrates recommends that we live examined lives, but what exactly does that mean? Should we criticise and dismantle our moral convictions? Or construct theories of virtue and the good? This book argues that the answer is neither-the best human life is one of moral learning in which we actualise our potential for wisdom.Readers will gain a fresh perspective on the Socratic method of philosophy-not as a form of argument, but as a process of inquiry. The author develops and defends a model of exegetical dialogue, situates the account within the scholarly literature, and uses it to illuminate several puzzling features of Socrates' approach in Plato's definitional dialogues. In the last section of the book, he shows that the account aligns with Socrates' life and teachings as presented in the Apology. The model of exegetical inquiry sheds significant light on Socrates' method of dialogue and enables a deeper appreciation of his philosophical life.Socrates' Search for Wisdom: An Exegetical Theory will appeal to scholars, students of Greek philosophy, and general readers, reflecting the Socratic tradition of engaging both specialists and non-specialists alike.

George, Marie I., Plants, Animals, People, Aliens: An Aristotelian-Thomist Perspective on Life in the Universe. 424 pp. 2025:7 (Catholic U. America Pr., US) <744-22>
ISBN 978-0-8132-3956-9 paper ¥7,496.- (税込) US$ 34.95

Aristotle famously maintains in his treatise On the Soul that there are three kinds of living things-- plants, animals, and humans--and he speaks of each kind as having a soul. St. Thomas Aquinas adopts these same views. Nowadays, however, many thinkers reject them on the grounds that they are incompatible with modern science. Molecular biology is seen as affording a superior way of categorizing life forms. Evolutionary biology appears to have established that humans are simply primates with adaptations somewhat different from other primates. Plant physiology, uncovering plants' directional responses to a wide variety of different stimuli, provides reason to think that plants sense light, pressure, odor, pathogens, etc., in which case plants are simply non-mobile animals, similar to coral. Neuroscience, by showing the dependency of thought, choice, perception, and emotion on the central nervous system, especially on the brain, seems to have eliminated any need to posit a soul.Plants, Animals, People, Aliens addresses these and a variety of other science-based claims about living things by bringing Aristotelian-Thomistic teachings to bear upon them. While not a systematic work, it both treats some of the most hotly debated philosophical questions concerning living things, such as what it means to be alive, as well as treating questions less often raised by philosophers, such as whether animals have a theory of mind. Though geared primarily to those conversant with the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition, many of its key concepts are traced back to experiences that we all share in common, thus rendering these concepts intelligible, if not convincing, to those with scientific and other backgrounds who are curious about this philosophical approach to living things. The author strives to show how Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy and science complement one another by sketching out the fuller understanding of the living realm that the two together provide.The book's final section considers the possibility and the likelihood that embodied rational beings exist elsewhere in our universe. Here, theological arguments drawn from the Christian faith are presented alongside philosophical and scientific arguments. This section closes with a theological discussion of the disputed question of whether extraterrestrials, were they to exist, should be baptized.

Greig, Jonathan / Robinson, Joshua / Calma, D. (eds.), Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium: Context and Legacy. (History of Metaphysics: Ancient, Medieval, Modern 7) 446 pp. 2025:7 (Brill, NE) <744-23>
ISBN 978-90-04-51289-4 hard ¥46,187.- (税込) EUR 199.00

This volume is the first complete study of the 12th-century CE Byzantine philosopher Nicholas of Methone, offering a critical examination of a key moment in 11th-12th-century Byzantine philosophy. Although traditionally regarded as a polemical commentator on the late Neoplatonist Proclus, this study highlights Nicholas' substantial contribution to metaphysics and philosophical theology. It also situates his work within the broader intellectual context where Neoplatonism and its relation to Byzantine Christian theology were actively debated. This work is of particular significance for those interested in the Byzantine afterlife of late antique Neoplatonism and its legacy in the later Byzantine tradition and the Renaissance.

ビザンツの哲学－体系的視点
Kapriev, Georgi, Byzantine Philosophy: A Systematic Perspective. (Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters 138) 416 pp. 2025:6 (Brill, NE) <744-24>
ISBN 978-90-04-72896-7 hard ¥31,333.- (税込) EUR 135.00

The book is the result of thirty years of Georgi Kapriev's work in the field of Byzantine philosophy. Contrary to long-held opinions that no authentic philosophy existed in Byzantium, the fullness and complexity of this philosophical tradition are offered. The subject is its context and its main themes, presented in their systematic framework. The areas in which this tradition differs from the Latin tradition and which constitute its contribution are highlighted. Among these are the focus on being as a dynamic network, on teachings on natural and creative activities, on divine logoi and the self-existence of things, and on freedom.

アリストテレスとヘーゲルの実体の本質論
Scheeff, Bianca, Denken und Wirklichkeit: Aristoteles und Hegel ueber das Wesen der Substanz. (Critical Studies in German Idealism 36) 215 pp. 2025:5 (Brill, NE) <744-25>
ISBN 978-90-04-72787-8 hard ¥43,866.- (税込) EUR 189.00

Was ist Wirklichkeit? Diese Frage wird unter Bezug auf den dritten Abschnittes Die Wirklichkeit der Wesenslogik von G.W.F. Hegel thematisiert. Hegels reines Denken wird als Neubelebung einer von Aristoteles gepraegten Theorie der reinen Wirksamkeit (energeia) ausgewiesen. What is reality? This question is addressed with reference to the third section, Reality, of G.W.F. Hegel's Science of Logic. Hegel's concept of pure thought is identified as a revival of Aristotle's theory of pure actuality (energeia).

Scott, Dominic, Contemplation and Civic Happiness in Plato and Aristotle. (Elements in Ancient Philosophy) 74 pp. 2024:12 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <744-26>
ISBN 978-1-009-53932-6 hard ¥14,076.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *
ISBN 978-1-009-37259-6 paper ¥4,787.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00 *

This Element concerns the civic value of contemplation in Plato and Aristotle: how does intellectual contemplation contribute to the happiness of the ideal state? The texts discussed include the Republic, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Politics, works in which contemplation is viewed from a political angle. The Element concludes that in the Republic contemplation has purely instrumental value, whereas in the Politics and Nicomachean Ethics it has purely intrinsic value. To do justice to the complexity of the issues involved, the author addresses a broader question about the nature of civic happiness: whether it is merely the aggregate of individual happiness or an organic quality that arises from the structure of the state. Answering this question has implications for how contemplation contributes to civic happiness. The Element also discusses how many citizens Plato and Aristotle expected to be engaged in contemplation in the ideal state.