Apuleius on the Cosmos
$568.38
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2026
Summary
Apuleius’ De Mundo: A New Translation and Philosophical Exploration
Apuleius’ De Mundo (‘On the Cosmos’) receives its first English translation in this volume, offering fresh insights into a work often overlooked as a mere translation of the Aristotelian Peri Kosmou. This edition challenges that view, highlighting the ideological implications inherent in translation and the nuanced philosophical debates of the 2nd century CE.
This volume presents the Latin …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198896340 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198896344 |
| Author: | George Boys-Stones |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
George Boys-Stones
George Boys-Stones read Classics at Christ’s College Cambridge, and wrote his doctoral dissertation (on Plutarch and the Stoics) under the supervision of Michael Frede at St John’s College, Oxford. From 1995 to 1998 as a Junior Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford he started working on philosophy in the Roman Mediterranean during the period 100 BCE to 200 CE. He taught in the Classics Department at Durham University for 20 years from 1999 (serving as Head of Department in 2009–2012). In 2019 he moved to the University of Toronto, where he is currently Chair of the Classics Department.
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