Introduction to Ancient Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780765602169 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 236 str.

Jr. Don E. Marietta

Opis

This survey of the history of Western philosophy, from Thales to Augustine, introduces the central tenets of each philosopher or school within the cultural and historical aspect of the particular time. Topics covered include metaphysics, ethics and politics, and Epicureanism.

Spis treści

Introduction, 1 Greek Cultural Background 2 The Primary Stuff and Structure of the World: The Milesians and Pythagoreans 3 Change, Stability, and Permanence: Heraclitus and the Eleatics 4 Reconciliation of Eleaticism and Experience: The Pluralists and Atomists 5 The Sophists 6 Socrates 7 Plato: Metaphysics and Theology 8 Plato: Theory of Knowledge 9 Plato: Ethics and Politics 10 Aristotle: Metaphysics 11 Aristotle: Physics, Biology, and Psychology 12 Aristotle: Knowledge and Logic, 13 Aristotle: Ethics and Politics 14 Hellenistic Cultural Background 15 Epicureanism 16 Stoicism 17 Skepticism 18 Neo-Platonism 19 Augustine

O autorze

Don E. Marietta Jnr