Trundle, Robert C. (1943-)
Ancient Greek philosophy : its development and relevance to our time / Robert C. Trundle
First Edition Hardcover Aldershot; Brookfield, USA : Avebury, 1994
Author: | Trundle, Robert C. (1943-) |
Full title: | Ancient Greek philosophy : its development and relevance to our time / Robert C. Trundle |
Publisher: | Aldershot; Brookfield, USA : Avebury, 1994 |
Edition: | First Edition |
Binding: | Hardcover |
ISBN: | 1856289788 |
EAN: | 9781856289788 |
Book ID: | 391436 |
First Edition. Language: English. ISBN: 1856289788. EAN: 9781856289788.
Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Physical description: xvi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-316) and index.Contents: 1. Introduction. Enduring questions of philosophy. Philosophy: this book's approach -- 2. Pre-Socratics: the one and many things. The influence of Thales. Heraclitus. Axiomatic geometry. Parmenides. The Sophists. Atomism -- 3. Socrates: the essential nature of things. The life and times of Socrates. Socrates' thought: a transition from the Pre-Socratics. The rise of rational definitions. Rationality and Socrates' trial -- 4. Plato: from essential natures to Ideas or Forms. The life and times of Plato. Cave Allegory. The Cave Story's immediate significance. The Simile of the Divided Line. Doctrine of Ideas -- 5. Plato's moral and political theories. Plato's moral theory: morality and the individual. Plato's political theory, individual morality, and the good state. Plato's cosmology and God -- 6. Aristotle: the unity of form and matter. The life and times of Aristotle. Aristotle's logic. Aristotle's metaphysics -- 7. Aristotle's sciences, morality, and politics. The natural and human sciences. Aristotle's moral theory. Aristotle's political theory. Aristotle's theory of art -- 8. The zenith of classical philosophy and Post-Aristotelian thought. Enduring perspectives of classical philosophy. Late classical culture and philosophy. Subjects: Ancient. Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophy history.Philosophy, Ancient.Geschichte. PhilosophieRezeption. Filosofie.Relevantie. Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophy historyAncient Philosophy.
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BZDB318 Unbranded ISBN: 1856289788 EAN: 9781856289788 Trundle, Robert C. (1943-) Ancient Greek philosophy : its development and relevance to our time / Robert C. Trundle