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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-27 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 168
Pages: 168
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-23 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
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Language: en
Pages: 145
Pages: 145
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-10-12 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces readers to
Language: en
Pages: 145
Pages: 145
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-23 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Jennifer Roberts introduces the background and writing of the 5th century Greek thinker and researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who invented the genre of his
Language: en
Pages: 192
Pages: 192
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-25 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
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