Essays on Plato and Aristotle

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-19-924496-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

J. L. Ackrill's work on Plato and Aristotle has had a considerable influence upon ancient philosophical studies in the late twentieth century. In his writings the rigour and clarity of contemporary analytical philosophy are brought to bear upon ancient thought; in many cases he has provided the first analytic treatment of a key issue. Gathered now in this volume are the best of Ackrill's essays on the two greatest philosophers of antiquity. Here he examines a wide range of texts and topics -- from ethics and logic to epistemology and metaphysics -- which continue to be the focus of debate today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ackrill, J. L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Anamnesis in the Phaedo: Remarks on 73c-75c

- Language and Reality in Plato's Cratylus

- Plato on False Belief: Theaetetus 187-200

- Sumploke Eidon

- Plato and the Copula: Sophist 251-259

- In Defence of Platonic Division

- Aristotle's Theory of Definition: Some Questions on Posterior Analytics

- Change and Aristotle's Theological Argument

- Aristotle's Distinction between Energeia and Kinesis

- Aristotle's Definitions of Psuche

- Aristotle on Eudaimonia

- Aristotle on 'Good' and the Catagories

- Aristotle on Action

- An Aristotelian Argument about Virtue

Über Autor(innen)

J. L. Ackrill is Emeritus Professor of History of Philosophy in the University of Oxford, and an Emeritus Fellow of Brasenose College.