Ancient Philosophy: A Companion to the Core Readings

ISBN-13: 9781554813926 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Andrew Stumpf

Opis

A guide to the most important and influential works of ancient Greek philosophy. The book begins with mythology and the pre-Socratics, then proceeds to examine a number of the most important works from Plato and Aristotle, including Euthyphro, Meno, Republic the Categories, the Physics and the Nicomachean Ethics.

Spis treści

• Introduction: Why Study Ancient Philosophy?
• Chapter I: Greek Myth and the Rise of Philosophy
• 1. Greek Religion and Mythological Explanation
• 2. The First Philosophers
• 3. Socrates, Plato and the Sophists
• Chapter II: Defining Virtue: Plato’s Euthyphro and Meno
• 1. The Euthyphro: Socratic Method in Action
• 2. The Meno: Socrates, the Teacher of Virtue
• Chapter III: Plato’s Phaedo and the Immortality of the Soul
• 1. The Structure and Content of Plato’s Phaedo
• 2. The Soul in Aristotle and in Later Thinkers
• Chapter IV: Justice and the Good in Plato’s Republic
• 1. Republic I & II: Is Justice Socially Constructed?
• 2. Justice in the State and in the Individual
• 3. The Philosopher Kings and Their Education
• Chapter V: Logic and Science in Aristotle
• 1. Logic and Reality in the Categories
• 2. Science and Learning in the Posterior Analytics
• Chapter VI: Nature and First Philosophy
• 1. Aristotle’s Physics
• 2. Aristotle’s Metaphysics
• Chapter VII: Good People and Good Cities: Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics
• 1. Practical Philosophy
• 2. Key Teachings and Arguments from the Nicomachean Ethics
• 3. Politics: The Master Science
• Chapter VIII: Hellenistic Philosophy, Christianity and Neoplatonism
• 1. Hellenistic Philosophy
• 2. Christianity and Neoplatonism
• Conclusion: The Road to the Middle Ages