Ancient Greek Philosophy: Its Development and Relevance to Our TimeThis is a study of how the thinkingof the Ancient Greek philosophers has a relevance to society today. The book looks at individual philosophers and explores their thoughts, the problems with their ideas, and the implication of these ideas for morality and politics, human nature, education and art and science. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are examined in depth. |
Contents
the one and many things | 10 |
Our place in the cosmos and science | 22 |
the essential nature of things | 64 |
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ancient ancient Greek animals argument Aristotle Aristotle says Aristotle's assertion Atomists atoms beauty behavior belief bodies categorical syllogism causal Cave Story changing things citizens concept conclusion contemporary context culture deductive democracy Democritus dialogues Doctrine of Ideas element epistemology essence essential natures eternal Ethics example false formal cause geometric Gorgias grasp Greek Heraclitus holds human nature hypotheses imply inconsistent individual induction influence intellectual intelligible involves knowledge laws logic material matter metaphysics mind moral Nicomachean Ethics notion objects observation oligarchy Parmenides particular things perception persons philosophers physics Plato Plotinus political Pre-Socratic philosophy predictable premises principle propositions Protagoras question rational reality reason reference reflects relativism relevant Republic rule scientific sense experience Socrates Sophism Sophists sort soul substance syllogism Thales theory thinking thought Thrasymachus true truth ultimate unchanging underscores understanding understood universal Unmoved Mover various virtue virtuous visible things wisdom women
References to this book
Philosophers and Religious Leaders: An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed ... Christian D. von Dehsen No preview available - 1999 |