Volume 2 in a series which focuses on the history of philosophy, this book discusses such topics as Hellenistic science and mathematics, stoicism, epicureanism, and ancient scepticism, among other topics.
Volume 2 in a series which focuses on the history of philosophy, this book discusses such topics as Hellenistic science and mathematics, stoicism, epi...
From Aristotle to Augustine surveys the work of philosophers who wrote in Greek and Latin from the mid-4th century BC to the 5th century AD. This second volume opens with Aristotle's immense influence on philosophy from the beginnings of Christian philosophy in the 5th century AD.
From Aristotle to Augustine surveys the work of philosophers who wrote in Greek and Latin from the mid-4th century BC to the 5th century AD. This seco...
Furley's study presents a clear picture of the opposing views of the natural world and its contents as seen by philosophers and scientists in classical antiquity. On one side were the materialists whose world was mechanistic, evolutionary, and unbounded, lacking the focus of a natural center. The other side included teleologists, whose world was purposive, non-evolutionary, finite, and centrifocal. This volume takes the reader up to the criticisms of Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will examine Plato and Aristotle's own cosmology and follow the debate to the sixth century. Professor...
Furley's study presents a clear picture of the opposing views of the natural world and its contents as seen by philosophers and scientists in classica...
The essays in this collection represent in scholarly infrastructure to Professor Furley's major study, The Greek Cosmologists, of which volume 1 was published by the Press in 1987. They tackle the questions in ancient cosmology and the clash between the two opposing systems known as Aristotelianism and Atomism. Some essays are general reflections on the nature of the debate; others explore certain detailed questions; yet all illustrate the author's incisive approach, which cuts through irrelevancies and goes directly to the heart of an issue.
The essays in this collection represent in scholarly infrastructure to Professor Furley's major study, The Greek Cosmologists, of which volume 1 was p...
