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1 online resource (1654 pages) |
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Routledge Philosophy Companions |
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Routledge philosophy companions.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations of Principal Authors and Works; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Before Plato; 1. The World of Early Greek Philosophy; Related chapters; 2. The Early Ionian Philosophers; Thales; Anaximander; Anaximenes; Xenophanes; Heraclitus; The Ionian project; Related chapters; 3. Parmenides, Zeno, and Melissus; Parmenides I: the argument structure; Parmenides II: ways of enquiry; Parmenides III: the nature of reality; Zeno I: the purpose of his arguments; Zeno II: arguments about plurality |
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Zeno III: arguments about motionMelissus; Related chapters; 4. Anaxagoras and Empedocles in the Shadow of Elea; Parmenides; Anaxagoras; Empedocles; Related chapters; 5. Leucippus and Democritus; The foundations of atomism; Atomistic explanations; Mathematics; Knowledge and reality; Ethics; Related chapters; 6. Pythagoreans and the Derveni Papyrus; The "Pythagorean Question"; Early evidence about Pythagoras; Early Pythagorean philosophers: who are they?; Hippasus, Philolaus, Eurytus, Archytas; The Derveni papyrus; Related chapters; 7. The Sophists; What is a "Sophist"?; Teaching and thought |
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Related chapters12. Plato: Moral Psychology; Moral psychology and ethics; Virtue, happiness and Socrates' question; Socratic moral psychology; Platonic moral psychology; Related chapters; 13. Plato on Virtue and the Good Life; Desire, Eudaimonia, and the Highest Good; Virtue and knowledge; Virtue and the condition of the soul; Elitism and the scope of virtue; Reason, order and cosmos in the late dialogues; Eudaimonism and concern for others; Related chapters; 14. Plato: Philosopher-Rulers; 1 Introduction: Why philosopher-rulers?; 2 Searching for political expertise |
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3 Specifying the content and product of political expertise4 Philosopher-rulers after the Republic?; Related chapters; 15. Plato's Metaphysics; Forms; Forms and Souls; Related chapters; 16. Plato's Cosmology; Introduction; Plato's cosmology in the Timaeus; The Timaeus: literal or mythical?; Timaeus's "likely story"; Argument and explanation; Perfection and imperfection; Related chapters; 17. Plato's Poetics; Ion and Phaedrus; Republic 2: poetic beauty and truth; Republic 3: the apparent speaker of beautiful poetry; Poetic habituation; Poetic pleasure; Republic 10; Related chapters |
| Summary |
The Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy is a collection of new essays on the philosophy and philosophers of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Written by a cast of international scholars, it covers the full range of ancient philosophy from the sixth century BC to the sixth century AD and beyond. There are dedicated discussions of the major areas of the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle together with accounts of their predecessors and successors. The contributors also address various problems of interpretation and method, highlighting the particular demands and i |
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Part III: Aristotle |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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PHILOSOPHY -- General.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Philosophy, Ancient
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Philosophie
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Antike
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Römisches Reich
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Griechenland Altertum
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Warren, James
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| ISBN |
9781317975502 |
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1317975502 |
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131587136X |
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9781317975496 |
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1317975499 |
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9781315871363 |
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1306185807 |
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9781306185806 |
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