From the Beginning to Plato: Routledge History of Philosophy Volume 1

ISBN-13: 9780415308731 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 520 str.

C. C. W. Taylor

Opis

From the Beginning to Plato covers one of the most remarkable periods in human thought. In the space of two and a half centuries, philosophy developed from quasi-mythological speculation to a state in which many of the most fundamental questions about the universe, the mind, and human behaviour were vigorously pursued, and where some of the most enduring masterworks of Western thought were written. The essays in this volume present the fundamental approaches and thinkers of Greek philosophy in chronological order. From an introduction to the polis to the lasting contribution of Plato, each essay takes account of the large amount of work done on Platonic and pre-Platonic philosophy.

Spis treści

Chapters:1. The Polis and its culture2. The Ionians3. Heraclitus4. Pythagoreans and Eleatics5. Empedocles6. Anaxagoras and the atomists7. The Sophists8. Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato9. Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy10. Plato: metaphysics and epistemology11. Plato: ethics and politics12. Plato: aesthetics and psychology

O autorze

C. C. W. Taylor