Author: John Philips PotterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Characteristics of the Greek Philosophers
Author: John Philips PotterThe Greek Philosophers
Author: W.K.C. GuthriePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135196222
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
W.K.C. Guthrie has written a survey of the great age of Greek philosophy - from Thales to Aristotle - which combines comprehensiveness with brevity. Without pre-supposing a knowledge of Greek or the Classics, he sets out to explain the ideas of Plato and Aristotle in the light of their predecessors rather than their successors, and to describe the characteristic features of the Greek way of thinking and outlook on the world. Thus The Greek Philosophers provides excellent background material for the general reader - as well as providing a firm basis for specialist studies.
The Geography of Thought
Author: Richard NisbettPublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1857884191
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
When Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made observations about the background environment...and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound underlying cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As Professor Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought people actually think - and even see - the world differently, because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China, and that have survived into the modern world. As a result, East Asian thought is "holistic" - drawn to the perceptual field as a whole, and to relations among objects and events within that field. By comparison to Western modes of reasoning, East Asian thought relies far less on categories, or on formal logic; it is fundamentally dialectic, seeking a "middle way" between opposing thoughts. By contrast, Westerners focus on salient objects or people, use attributes to assign them to categories, and apply rules of formal logic to understand their behaviour.
Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Author: Georgios AnagnostopoulosPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400760043
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This distinctive collection of original articles features contributions from many of the leading scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. They explore the concept of reason and the method of analysis and the central role they play in the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. They engage with salient themes in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political theory, as well as tracing links between each thinker’s ideas on selected topics. The volume contains analyses of Plato’s Socrates, focusing on his views of moral psychology, the obligation to obey the law, the foundations of politics, justice and retribution, and Socratic virtue. On Plato’s Republic, the discussions cover the relationship between politics and philosophy, the primacy of reason over the soul’s non-rational capacities, the analogy of the city and the soul, and our responsibility for choosing how we live our own lives. The anthology also probes Plato’s analysis of logos (reason or language) which underlies his philosophy including the theory of forms. A quartet of reflections explores Aristotelian themes including the connections between knowledge and belief, the nature of essence and function, and his theories of virtue and grace. The volume concludes with an insightful intellectual memoir by David Keyt which charts the rise of analytic classical scholarship in the past century and along the way provides entertaining anecdotes involving major figures in modern academic philosophy. Blending academic authority with creative flair and demonstrating the continuing interest of ancient Greek philosophy, this book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of all those studying and researching the origins of Western philosophy.
The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers
Author: Werner JaegerPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1592443214
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
The new and revolutionizing ideas which the early Greek thinkers developed about the nature of the universe had a direct impact upon their conception of what they called, in a new sense, 'God' or 'the Divine.' The history of the philosophical theology of the Greeks is thus the history of their rational approach to the nature of reality itself in its successive phases. The late Professor Jaeger's classic book traces this development from the first intimations in Hesiod of the theology that was to come, through the heroic age of Greek cosmological thought, down to the time of the Sophists of the fifth century B.C.
Personality in Greek Epic, Tragedy, and Philosophy
Author: Christopher GillPublisher:
ISBN: 9781383004809
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This study explores conceptions of personality and the self in three key areas of ancient Greek thought: epic; tragedy; and philosophy. It is an original contribution to the history of ideas about the self, and combines this with new interpretations of Greek literature and philosophy.
Stolen Legacy
Author: George G. M. JamesPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627930159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
For centuries the world has been misled about the original source of the Arts and Sciences; for centuries Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have been falsely idolized as models of intellectual greatness; and for centuries the African continent has been called the Dark Continent, because Europe coveted the honor of transmitting to the world, the Arts and Sciences. It is indeed surprising how, for centuries, the Greeks have been praised by the Western World for intellectual accomplishments which belong without a doubt to the Egyptians or the peoples of North Africa.
Ancient Greek Philosophers
Author: Editors of Canterbury ClassicsPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684125618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1489
Book Description
"Philosophy begins in wonder." —Plato Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of Ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of enlightened exploration into ethics, morality, law, medicine, and more. With an introduction by a distinguished scholar of classic literature, this Canterbury Classics volume is sure to be a favorite.
Greek Philosophy - Thales to Plato
Author: John BurnetPublisher: Burnet Press
ISBN: 1443730599
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Text extracted from opening pages of book: GREEK PHILOSOPHY THALES TO PLATO BY JOHN BURNET MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1950 PREFACE THE preparation of this volume was undertaken some years ago, but was interrupted by my work on the Lexicon Platonicum which has proved a more formidable task than was at first anticipated. I have to thank the editor of this series and the publishers for their generous indulgence in the circumstances. It is unfortunate in some respects that I have been obliged to deal with certain parts of the subject in a form which does not admit of detailed argument and still less of controversy. The second edition of my Early Greek Philosophy ( referred to as E. Gr. P/ z. 2 ) makes this in large measure unnecessary in Book I., but there are certain parts of Book III. where I have had to state my conclusions baldly in the hope that I may have a later opportunity of discussing their grounds. My chief aim for the present has been to assist students who wish to acquire a firsthand knowledge of what Plato actually says in the dialogues of his maturity. So long as they are content to know some thing of the Republic and the earlier dialogues, Platonism must be a sealed book to them. I have not thought it well to present Greek names in a Latin dress. I see no advantage, and many disadvantages, in writing Herakleitos as Heraclitus. It often leads to his being called out of his name, as the Emperor Herakleios vi PREFACE usually is when disguised as Heraclius. On the other hand, the Latin titles of Plato's dialogues are English words. Theaitetos of Athens is best left with the beautiful name chosen for him by his father Euphronios, but the Th& aetetus isas much English as TJmsakniam, We shall never, it seems, reach agreement on this matter; I only wish to explain my own practice. I have to thank my friend and former colleague, Sir Henry Jones, for many valuable suggestions and, above all, for his constant encouragement. Mr. Hetherington of Glasgow University was good enough to verify most of my references, and the proofs have been carefully read by Mr. W. L. Lorimer, Lecturer in Greek at the Univer sity of St. Andrews. For the imperfections which remain I am solely responsible. J. B. CONTENTS PACK INTRODUCTION--------i BOOK I. THE WORLD CHAPTER I THE IONIANS 17 Miletos 17 The Breakdown of Ionian Civilisation 28 Religion - - - - - - - - 3 1 Enlightenment -------32 CHAPTER II PYTHAGORAS --------37 The Problem - 37 Life and Doctrine ------38 Music ..------45 Medicine --------49 Numbers -----.-. 51 CHAPTER III HERAKLEITOS AND PARMENIDES 57 Herakleitos -------' 57 Parmenides --------63 viii CONTENTS CHAPTER IV PACK THE PLURALISTS - ..... - 69 Empedokles--------yj Anaxagoras -------. 76 CHAPTER V ELEATICS AND PYTHAGOREANS ... 82 Zeno - ........ 82 Melissos ----.... 85 The Later Pythagoreans - - - - * 87 CHAPTER VI LEUJCIPPOS - ...... - 94 BOOK II. KNOWLEDGE AND CONDUCT CHAPTER VII THE SOPHISTS ....... - 105 Law and Nature - - - - - - - 105 The Sophists ....... 107 Protagoras - - - - - - - - no Hippias and Prodikos - - - - - - 118 Gorgias ........ n 9 Eclectics and Reactionaries - - - - - 122 CHAPTER VIII THE LIFE OF SOKRATES ----.. 126 The Problem - - - - - - - 126 The Platonic Sokrates - - - - - - 128 Aristophanes and Xenophon - - - - - 144 CONTENTS ix CHAPTER IX PA. GB THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOKRATES - - - - 151 The Associates of Sokrates - - -- - 151 The Forms 154 Goodness - - - - - - - 170 CHAPTER X THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF SOKRATES 180 The Condemnation - - - - - - 180 The Alleged Offence 182 The Real Offence 185 The Pretext 189 The Death of Sokrates * 9 X CHAPTER XI DEMOKRITOS - - J 93 Theory of Knowledge 19 Theory of Conduct 199 BOOK III. PLATO CHAPTER XII PLATO AND THE ACADEMY .... - 205 Plato's Early Life 205 Foundation of the Academy - - 213 Plato and Isokrates - - - - - - 215 The Methods of the Academy - - - 219 The Programme of Studies -----223 Eukleides and Plato ------230 CONTENTS CHAPTER X
The Presocratics
Author: Philip WheelwrightPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781973730576
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The PresocraticsBy Philip Wheelwright