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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    11 September 2026
    03 December 2026
    ISBN:
    9781009664547
    9781009664523
    9781009664509
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009664547
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    348 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    348 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
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    This volume offers a sustained examination of ancient Greek philosophical accounts of truth. Thinkers from the Sophists and Presocratics to the Hellenistic schools gave substantial attention to the nature of truth, to what kinds of things are capable of being true, and to how truth may vary with perspective, context, or standards of assessment. A distinguished cast of world-leading scholars examine these diverse positions, showing how ancient philosophers grappled with questions that remain central today: whether truth is absolute or relative, how faultless disagreement is possible, and what it is for a statement to be correct relative to different parameters of assessment. The result is a rich historical and philosophical account showing the complexity of ideas about truth in Greek antiquity.

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