Studies in Greek Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, and their tradition

Studies in Greek Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, and their tradition
Title Studies in Greek Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, and their tradition PDF eBook
Author Gregory Vlastos
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 380
Release 1995
Genre Philosophy, Ancient
ISBN 9780691019383

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Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume II

Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume II
Title Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume II PDF eBook
Author Gregory Vlastos
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 375
Release 2022-02-08
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0691241899

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Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the philosophical essay. Many of these pieces are now considered to be classics in the field. Perhaps more than any other modern scholar, Gregory Vlastos was responsible for raising standards of research, analysis, and exposition in classical philosophy to new levels of excellence. His essays have served as paradigms of scholarship for several generations. Available for the first time in a comprehensive collection, these contributions reveal the author's ability to combine the skills of a philosopher, philologist, and historian of ideas in addressing some of the most difficult problems of ancient philosophy. Volume I collects Vlastos's essays on Presocratic philosophy. Wide-ranging concept studies link Greek science, religion, and politics with philosophy. Individual studies illuminate the thought of major philosophers such as Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and Democritus. A magisterial series of studies on Zeno of Elea reveals the author's power in source criticism and logical analysis. Volume II contains essays on the thought of Socrates, Plato, and later thinkers and essays dealing with ethical, social, and political issues as well as metaphysics, science, and the foundations of mathematics.

The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy

The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy
Title The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy PDF eBook
Author André Laks
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 150
Release 2019-06-04
Genre History
ISBN 0691191484

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When we talk about Presocratic philosophy, we are speaking about the origins of Greek philosophy and Western rationality itself. But what exactly does it mean to talk about “Presocratic philosophy” in the first place? How did early Greek thinkers come to be considered collectively as Presocratic philosophers? In this brief book, André Laks provides a history of the influential idea of Presocratic philosophy, tracing its historical and philosophical significance and consequences, from its ancient antecedents to its full crystallization in the modern period and its continuing effects today. Laks examines ancient Greek and Roman views about the birth of philosophy before turning to the eighteenth-century emergence of the term “Presocratics” and the debates about it that spanned the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He analyzes the intellectual circumstances that led to the idea of Presocratic philosophy—and what was and is at stake in the construction of the notion. The book closes by comparing two models of the history of philosophy—the phenomenological, represented by Hans-Georg Gadamer, and the rationalist, represented by Ernst Cassirer—and their implications for Presocratic philosophy, as well as other categories of philosophical history. Other figures discussed include Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Diogenes Laertius, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Nietzsche, Max Weber, and J.-P. Vernant. Challenging standard histories of Presocratic philosophy, the book calls for a reconsideration of the conventional story of early Greek philosophy and Western rationality.

Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher

Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher
Title Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher PDF eBook
Author Gregory Vlastos
Publisher Cornell University Press
Pages 356
Release 1991
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9780801497872

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"The author shows us a Socrates who, though he has been long overshadowed by his successors Plato and Aristotle, represented the true turning point in Greek philosophy, religion and ethics. In his quest for the historical Socrates, the author focuses on Plato's earlier dialogues, setting the Socrates we find there in sharp contrast to the Socrates of later dialogues, in which he is used as a mouthpiece for Plato's own doctrines, many of them anti-Socratic in nature." [Back cover].

Ancient Greek Philosophy

Ancient Greek Philosophy
Title Ancient Greek Philosophy PDF eBook
Author Thomas A. Blackson
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 317
Release 2011-01-06
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1444396080

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Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philosophical traditions that developed in ancient Greece from 585 BC to 529 AD. Provides coverage of the Presocratics through the Hellenistic philosophers Moves beyond traditional textbooks that conclude with Aristotle A uniquely balanced organization of exposition, choice excerpts and commentary, informed by classroom feedback Contextual commentary traces the development of lines of thought through the period, ideal for students new to the discipline Can be used in conjunction with the online resources found at http://tomblackson.com/Ancient/toc.html

The Sacrifice of Socrates

The Sacrifice of Socrates
Title The Sacrifice of Socrates PDF eBook
Author Wm. Blake Tyrrell
Publisher MSU Press
Pages 322
Release 2012-10-01
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1609173384

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When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public’s blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as René Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato’s Apology depicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his Crito shows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a pharmakos figure, the human drug through whom Plato can dispense his philosophical remedies. With tremendous insight and satisfying complexity, this book analyzes classical texts through the lens of Girard’s mimetic mechanism.

Stolen Legacy

Stolen Legacy
Title Stolen Legacy PDF eBook
Author George G. M. James
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 226
Release 2013-04-08
Genre History
ISBN 1627930159

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For centuries the world has been misled about the original source of the Arts and Sciences; for centuries Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have been falsely idolized as models of intellectual greatness; and for centuries the African continent has been called the Dark Continent, because Europe coveted the honor of transmitting to the world, the Arts and Sciences. It is indeed surprising how, for centuries, the Greeks have been praised by the Western World for intellectual accomplishments which belong without a doubt to the Egyptians or the peoples of North Africa.