Anne Sheppard is Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her publications include Studies on the 5th and 6th essays of Proclus’ Commentary on the Republic (Hypomnemata 61. Göttingen 1980); Aesthetics. An introduction to the philosophy of art (Oxford 1987) and Greek and Roman Aesthetics (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Cambridge 2010). Her co-edited works include Ancient Approaches to Plato’s Timaeus (London 2003), Studies on Porphyry (London 2007), Aristotle and the Stoics reading Plato (London 2010) and Ancient Approaches to Plato’s Republic (forthcoming, London 2013).

• PrefaceIntroduction: Aristotle’s phantasia and the ancient concept of imaginationTimelineChapter 1: Visualization, vividness (enargeia) and realismChapter 2: Mathematical projection, copying and analogyChapter 3: Prophecy, inspiration and allegoryConclusion: Ancient and modern imaginationBibliographyIndex

This elegant, slim volume contributes to the vast literature on phantasia and imagination in Greek thought ... [It] is a rewarding study that should be widely consulted.

Anne Sheppard is Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her publications include Studies on the 5th and 6th essays of Proclus’ Commentary on the Republic (Hypomnemata 61. Göttingen 1980); Aesthetics. An introduction to the philosophy of art (Oxford 1987) and Greek and Roman Aesthetics (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Cambridge 2010). Her co-edited works include Ancient Approaches to Plato’s Timaeus (London 2003), Studies on Porphyry (London 2007), Aristotle and the Stoics reading Plato (London 2010) and Ancient Approaches to Plato’s Republic (forthcoming, London 2013).

• PrefaceIntroduction: Aristotle’s phantasia and the ancient concept of imaginationTimelineChapter 1: Visualization, vividness (enargeia) and realismChapter 2: Mathematical projection, copying and analogyChapter 3: Prophecy, inspiration and allegoryConclusion: Ancient and modern imaginationBibliographyIndex

This elegant, slim volume contributes to the vast literature on phantasia and imagination in Greek thought ... [It] is a rewarding study that should be widely consulted.

Anne Sheppard is Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her publications include Studies on the 5th and 6th essays of Proclus’ Commentary on the Republic (Hypomnemata 61. Göttingen 1980); Aesthetics. An introduction to the philosophy of art (Oxford 1987) and Greek and Roman Aesthetics (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Cambridge 2010). Her co-edited works include Ancient Approaches to Plato’s Timaeus (London 2003), Studies on Porphyry (London 2007), Aristotle and the Stoics reading Plato (London 2010) and Ancient Approaches to Plato’s Republic (forthcoming, London 2013).

• PrefaceIntroduction: Aristotle’s phantasia and the ancient concept of imaginationTimelineChapter 1: Visualization, vividness (enargeia) and realismChapter 2: Mathematical projection, copying and analogyChapter 3: Prophecy, inspiration and allegoryConclusion: Ancient and modern imaginationBibliographyIndex

This elegant, slim volume contributes to the vast literature on phantasia and imagination in Greek thought ... [It] is a rewarding study that should be widely consulted.