Part I. Hellenistic philosophy. Fighting over Socrates: the Hellenistic schools
Beware of the philosopher: the Cynics
Instant gratification: the Cyrenaics
The constant gardener: the principles of Epicurus
Am I bothered?: Epicurean ethics
Nothing to fear: Epicureans on death and the gods
Reaping the harvest: Lucretius
Walking on eggshells: Stoic logic
Nobody's perfect: the Stoics on knowledge
We didn't start the fire: the Stoics on nature
Like a rolling stone: Stoic ethics
You can chain my leg: Epictetus
The philosopher king: Marcus Aurelius
Beyond belief: Pyrrho and skepticism
The know-nothing party: the skeptical academy
Rhetorical questions: Cicero
Healthy skepticism: Sextus Empiricus
The joy of sects: ancient medicine and philosophy
The best doctor is a philsopher: Galen
Part II. Pagan philosophy in the Roman Empire. Caesarian section: philosophy in the Roman Empire
Middle men: the Platonic revival
To the lighthouse: Philo of Alexandria
Delphic utterances: Plutarch
Lost and found: Aristotelianism after Aristotle
Not written in stone: Alexander of Aphrodisias
Silver tongues in golden mouths: rhetoric and ancient philosophy
Sky writing: astronomy, astrology, and philosophy
A god is my co-pilot: the life and works of Plotinus
Simplicity itself: Plotinus on the one and intellect
On the horizon: Plotinus on the soul
A decorated corpse: Plotinus on matter and evil
King of animals: Porphyry
Pythagorean theorems: Iamblichus
Domestic goddesses and philosopher queens: the household and the state
The Platonic successor: Proclus
A tale of two cities: the last pagan philosophers
For a limited time only: John Philoponus
Part III. Christian philosophy in the Roman Empire. Father figures: ancient Christian philosophy
Please accept our apologies: the Greek Church Fathers
Three for the price of one: the Cappadocians
Naming the nameless: the Pseudo-Dionysius
Double or nothing: Maximus the Confessor
Practice makes perfect: Christian asceticism
Spreading the word: the Latin Church Fathers
Life and time: Augustine's Confessions
Papa don't teach: Augustine on language
Help wanted: Augustine on freedom
Heaven and earth: Augustine's City of God
Me, myself, and I: Augustine on mind and memory
Born again: Latin Platonism
Fate, hope, and clarity: Boethius.
