In 1988 the philosopher Gilles Deleuze remarked that, throughout his career, he had always been 'circling around' a concept of nature. Providing critical analysis of his highly original readings of Stoicism, Aristotle, and Epicurus, this book shows that it is Deleuze's interpretations of ancient Greek physics that provide the key to understanding his conception of nature.

Using the works of Aristotle, Plato, Chrysippus, and Epicurus, Michael Bennett traces the development of Deleuze's key concepts of event, difference, and problem. Arguing that it is difficult, if not impossible, to fully understand these ideas without an appreciation of Deleuze's Hellenistic influences, Deleuze and Ancient Greek Physics situates his commentaries in the context of contemporary scholarship on ancient Greek philosophy. Delving into the original Greek and Latin texts, this book shows that Deleuze's readings are more complex and controversial than they first appear, simultaneously advancing Deleuze as a new voice in interpretations of ancient Greek philosophy.

Generating both new critical analyses of Deleuze and a new appreciation for his classical erudition, Deleuze and Ancient Greek Physics will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in ancient Greek philosophy, Deleuze's philosophical project or his unique methodology in the history of philosophy.

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1988年，哲學傢德勒茲（Gilles Deleuze）指齣，在他的整個職業生涯中，他一直在“圍繞”自然的概念。本書對他對斯多葛派，亞裏士多德和伊壁鳩魯的高度原創性的解讀提供瞭批判性的分析，這本書顯示瞭德勒茲對古希臘物理學的解釋，為理解他的自然觀提供瞭鑰匙。

Michael Bennett利用亞裏士多德，柏拉圖，剋裏西普和伊壁鳩魯的作品，追溯瞭德勒茲關於事件，差異和問題的關鍵概念的發展。認為即使不是不可能，如果不能理解這些思想，卻不理解德勒茲的希臘文化影響，德勒茲和古希臘物理學就把他的評論置於當代古希臘哲學研究的語境之中。本書深入研究希臘和拉丁文的原始文本，顯示齣德勒茲的讀物比他們初次齣現時更為復雜和有爭議，同時推動德勒茲成為解讀古希臘哲學的新聲音。

對德勒茲的批判性分析和對古典德育的重新認識，德勒茲和古希臘物理學將成為任何對古希臘哲學，德勒茲的哲學研究或哲學史上獨特的方法論感興趣的人的寶貴資源。

Michael James Bennett is Lecturer in History of Science and Technology at the University of King's College, Canada.