This first volume in the series traces the development of philosophy over two-and-a-half centuries, from Thales at the beginning of the sixth century BC to the death of Plato in 347 BC.
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This volume is the first in a series published by Routledge covering the history of Philosophy from its beginnings in Greece until the 20th century.The volume contains about 20 essays from leading scholars in Ancient Philosophy covering the historical and cultural background to ancient Greece as well as essays on the main streams of thought from various Philosophers, including the Pre-Socratics, Socrates, and Plato. The volume also contains essays covering ancient Greek religion, science and mathematics and how these influenced philosophy. This series is essential background reading for any student of ancient Greek philosophy.
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'We love wisdom without becoming soft', Thucydides has the Athenian politician Pericles claim, using the verb philosophein. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eristic brothers, fundamental concords, unmoving heart, elenctic mission, definitional knowledge, figurate numbers, sensible equals, recollection theory, arguments against plurality, greatest common measure, view that virtue, verb einai, indifference theory, conflicting appearances, folk morality, early dialogues, facing translation, middle dialogues, folk view, appetitive part, political expertise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cambridge University Press, Ancient Philosophy, Clarendon Press, Diogenes Laertius, New York, Oxford Studies, Oxford University Press, Hippias Major, Princeton University Press, Hippolytus Refutation, Simplicius Physics, Classical Quarterly, Clement Miscellanies, Euclid's Elements, Kegan Paul, Harvard University Press, Principle of Sufficient Reason, Sophistic Movement, Gregory Vlastos, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Hippias Minor, Plato's Republic, Theon of Smyrna, Asia Minor, Dissoi Logoi New!
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'We love wisdom without becoming soft', Thucydides has the Athenian politician Pericles claim, using the verb philosophein. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eristic brothers, fundamental concords, unmoving heart, elenctic mission, definitional knowledge, figurate numbers, sensible equals, recollection theory, arguments against plurality, greatest common measure, view that virtue, verb einai, indifference theory, conflicting appearances, folk morality, early dialogues, facing translation, middle dialogues, folk view, appetitive part, political expertise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cambridge University Press, Ancient Philosophy, Clarendon Press, Diogenes Laertius, New York, Oxford Studies, Oxford University Press, Hippias Major, Princeton University Press, Hippolytus Refutation, Simplicius Physics, Classical Quarterly, Clement Miscellanies, Euclid's Elements, Kegan Paul, Harvard University Press, Principle of Sufficient Reason, Sophistic Movement, Gregory Vlastos, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Hippias Minor, Plato's Republic, Theon of Smyrna, Asia Minor, Dissoi Logoi New!
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- Hippias Major by Paul Woodruff on 8 pages
- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 8 pages
- Aristotle: On the Heavens (Loeb Classical Library No. 338) by Aristotle on 8 pages
- Works and Days (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) by Hesiod on 6 pages
- Iliad and Odyssey by Homer on 4 pages
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