Shields The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75656-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Philosophy Guides

The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy provides acomprehensive treatment of the principal figures and movements ofphilosophy from its origins before Socrates, through the toweringachievements of Plato and Aristotle, and into its finaldevelopments in late antiquity.
* * Provides a comprehensive guide to ancient philosophy from thepre-Socratics to late antiquity.
* Written by a cast of distinguished philosophers.
* Covers the pre-Socratics, the sophistic movement, Epicureanism,academic skepticism, stoicism, and the neo-Platonists.
* Features an index and a comprehensive bibliography of bothprimary and secondary works.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shields, Christopher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Editor's Introduction.
Part I: Philosophy Before Socrates: Introduction.
1. Presocratic Philosophy.(Richard McKirahan).
2. The Sophists. (John Gibert).
Part II: Socrates: Introduction.
3. Socrates: (Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith).
Part III: Plato: Introduction.
4. Plato: Metaphysics.(Daniel Devereux).
5. Plato: Epistemology.(Nicholas White).
6. Plato: Ethics. (Gerisimos Santas).
7. Plato: Psychology. (Allan Silverman).
Part IV: Aristotle: Introduction.
8. Aristotle: Epistemology and Methodology. (Robert Bolton).
9. Aristotle: Metaphysics. (Michael Loux).
10. Aristotle: Ethics and Politics. (Fred D. Miller, Jr.).
11. Aristotle: Psychology. (Gareth Matthews).
Part V: Hellenistic Philosophy: Introduction.
12. Epicureanism. (David Konstan).
13. Stoicism. (Phillip Mitsis).
14. Academics and Pyrrhonists. (R. J. Hankinson).
Part VI: Late Abtique Philosophy: Introduction.
15. Neoplatonism. (Lloyd P. Gerson).
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Shields is Professor of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is author of Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle (1999).