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Unity and the good: Platonists against oikeiosis (2014)
Book Chapter
Boys-Stones, G. (2014). Unity and the good: Platonists against oikeiosis. In B. Collette-Dučić, & S. Delcomminette (Eds.), Unité et origine des vertus dans la philosophie ancienne (297-320). Ousia

Antiochus' Metaphysics (2012)
Book Chapter
Boys-Stones, G. (2012). Antiochus' Metaphysics. In D. Sedley (Ed.), The Philosophy of Antiochus (220-236). Cambridge University Press

Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul: Polemon's Physiognomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam (2007)
Book
Swain, S., Boys-Stones, G., Elsner, J., Ghersetti, A., Hoyland, R., & Repath, I. (2007). S. Swain (Ed.), Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul: Polemon's Physiognomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam. Oxford University Press

Polemon of Laodicea (near modern Denizli, south-west Turkey) was a wealthy Greek aristocrat and a key member of the intellectual movement known as the Second Sophistic. Among his works was the Physiognomy , a manual on how to tell character from appe... Read More about Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul: Polemon's Physiognomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam.

Alcinous, Didaskalikos 4: In Defence of Dogmatism (2005)
Book Chapter
Boys-Stones, G. (2005). Alcinous, Didaskalikos 4: In Defence of Dogmatism. In M. Bonazzi, & V. Celluprica (Eds.), L'eredità platonica : Studi sul platonismo da Arcesilao a Proclo (201-234). Bibliopolis

Phaedo of Elis and Plato on the Soul (2004)
Journal Article
Boys-Stones, G. (2004). Phaedo of Elis and Plato on the Soul. Phronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy, 49(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1163/156852804773617389

Phaedo of Elis was well-known as a writer of Socratic dialogues, and it seems inconceivable that Plato could have been innocent of intertextuality when, excusing himself on the grounds of illness, he made him the narrator of one of his own: the Phaed... Read More about Phaedo of Elis and Plato on the Soul.

The Stoics’ Two Types of Allegory (2003)
Book Chapter
Boys-Stones, G. (2003). The Stoics’ Two Types of Allegory. In G. Boys-Stones (Ed.), Metaphor, allegory and the classical tradition : ancient thought and modern revisions (189-216). Oxford University Press

Post-Hellenistic philosophy : study of its development from the Stoics to Origen (2001)
Book
Boys-Stones, G. (2001). Post-Hellenistic philosophy : study of its development from the Stoics to Origen. Oxford University Press

This book traces, for the first time, a revolution in philosophy which took place during the early centuries of our era. It reconstructs the philosophical basis of the Stoics' theory that fragments of an ancient and divine wisdom could be reconstruct... Read More about Post-Hellenistic philosophy : study of its development from the Stoics to Origen.