Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers

Höfundur: Thomas A. Blackson (Útgáfa: 1)
Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers

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Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philosophical traditions that developed in ancient Greece from 585 BC to 529 AD.

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Útgefandi
Wiley Global Research (STMS)
ISBN
9781118296516
Print ISBN
9781444335736
Format
Page Fidelity (PDF)
Útgáfa
1
Höfundar
Thomas A. Blackson
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
02/2011
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
2

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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Text Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Presocratics
  • Time Line
  • 1 The Milesian Revolution
  • 1.1 The Milesians Turn to Nature
  • 1.2 Parmenides
  • 1.3 A Defense of the Inquiry into Nature
  • Further Reading for Part I
  • Part II: Socrates
  • Time Line
  • 2 The Good Life
  • 2.1 Definitions
  • 2.2 The Love of Wisdom
  • 2.3 Intellectualism
  • 3 Against the Sophists
  • 3.1 The Sophists Come to Athens
  • 3.2 The Sophist Sells Teachings for the Soul
  • 3.3 Rhetoric is Blind to the Good
  • Further Reading for Part II
  • Part III: Plato
  • 4 Three Platonic Theories
  • 4.1 The Theory of Recollection
  • 4.2 The Theory of Forms
  • 4.3 The Tripartite Theory of the Soul
  • 5 Justice and its Reward
  • 5.1 The Opening Conversation
  • 5.2 Justice
  • 5.3 The Just Life is Better
  • Further Reading for Part III
  • Part IV: Aristotle
  • 6 Second Philosophy
  • 6.1 Natural Bodies and their Specific Behaviors
  • 6.2 Natures are Forms
  • 6.3 Teleology in Nature
  • 7 Psychology
  • 7.1 The Soul is the Form of the Body
  • 7.2 Induction
  • 7.3 Becoming Like the Unmovable First Mover
  • 8 First Philosophy
  • 8.1 The Science of Being
  • 8.2 Substances are Forms
  • 8.3 No Universal is a Substance
  • 9 Ethics
  • 9.1 The Function Argument
  • 9.2 Theoretical Wisdom
  • 9.3 Practical Wisdom
  • Further Reading for Part IV
  • Part V: Hellenistic Philosophers
  • Time Line
  • 10 Reaction to the Classical Tradition
  • 10.1 Epicureanism
  • 10.2 Stoicism
  • 10.3 Skepticism
  • Further Reading for Part V
  • References
  • Index of Passages
  • General Index