Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy

VI
Preface
the program and were well received by the audience, it is to be hoped
that these contributions will be published in some other form.
This volume does not follow the program of the conference, where
the various sections were organized according to specific themes. This is
due not only to the fact that there are no firm boundaries between the
various topics anyway, but also because readers who are interested in
tracing the influence of individual philosophers and their schools will
undoubtedly regard a chronological order of presentation as more useful.
Special thanks are due to all of the authors whose papers are included
in this collection, not only for their individual contributions to the
success of the conference, but also for agreeing to revise their papers
for publication and making the extra effort to add bibliographical information
and indices. The editorial work for this volume was shouldered
by Stella Haffmans and Dr. Burkhard Reis; it is a pleasure to acknowledge
the care and conscientiousness with which they went about this
task. Lastly, I wish to thank the publishing company, Walter de Gruyter,
for turning the collection of manuscripts into a published volume.
Unless indicated otherwise ancient authors and works are referred to
according to the abbreviations listed in the Greek-English Lexicon of
Liddell, Scott & Jones, the Oxford Latin Dictionary and the Patristic
Greek Lexicon of Lampe.
Berkeley, March 2009
Dorothea Frede