Listening to the Philosophers

The late Raffaella Cribiore was Professor of Classics at New York University and specialized in education, rhetoric in antiquity, and papyrology. Her books include Gymnastics of the Mind; Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt; Libanius the Sophist; and, as coauthor, Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC–AD 800.

• Introduction: Orality and Note-Taking1. Notes and Notetakers2. Taking Notes in Class3. Students' Annotations in Philosophy4. Notae of Stenographers5. Epictetus as an Educatorand a Man6. Epictetus and the World of Culture7. Introduction: AncientCommentaries8. Notes from Athens: Philodemus On Frank Criticism9. Taking Notes in the School ofDidymus the Blind10. Listening to OlympiodorusConclusion: The Authentic Philosopher's Voice

[This book] provides definitive scholarly evidence for what little we can know about the experience of ancient students of philosophy.(Choice) Listening to the Philosophers is a typical Cribiore product: fearless, insightful, lucid, and thought-provoking.(Bryn Mawr Classical Review)