INTRODUCTION. THE present lecture on The Ethics of the Greek Philosophers is one of a course on The Evolution of Ethics delivered before the Brooklyn Ethical Association in the years 1896 and 1897. Some of these lectures were also given at the Cambridge Conferences at " The Studio House" of Mrs. Ole Bull in Cambridge, Mass., of which conferences the late Dr. Lewis G. Janes was then director, having been previously President of The Brooklyn Ethical Association for several terms. The full list of these lectures is as follows:- Origin of Ethical Ideas, Dr. Lewis G. Janes, M. A. Ethical Ideas of the Hindus, Swami Saradananda of India. Ethics of Zoroaster and the Parsis, Mr. Jehanghile Dossabhoy Cola, of Bombay, India. Ethics of Buddhism, Anagarika H. Dharmapala, of Colombo, Ceylon. Ethics of The Chinese Sages, Prof. F. Huberty James, Imperial University, Peking 0)
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CONTENTS; PAGB; Introduction, i-xi; Prelude-" Foretastes and Keynotes from the Great Pagan Prophets," being choice texts from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, illustrating some of their best thoughts on Religion, Ethics and Politics xu xxiv; Preface, xxv; Greek Philosophy-Its study a constant charm Its spontaneity, naturalness and penetration Philosophers preceding the age of Socrates, Pythagoras, Thales, Democritus, Anaxagoras and others, and their influence on Socrates Their cosmic speculations, moral and religious doctrines Conceptions of morality, harmony with natural law, similar to views of Herbert Spencer and the Evolutionists, 1-13; Socrates, 430 bc-His environment, personality, method, doctrines, and influence Opposition to Skeptics and Sophists His sagacious assertion of Ignorance and his ingenious and misunderstood doctrine of Knowledge as the basis of Virtue- A marvelous conversationalist and profound reasoner A great moral philosopher, opposed to all cosmic speculation or abstract science, putting the stress on practical eth
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CONTENTS; PAGB; Introduction, i-xi; Prelude-" Foretastes and Keynotes from the Great Pagan Prophets," being choice texts from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, illustrating some of their best thoughts on Religion, Ethics and Politics xu xxiv; Preface, xxv; Greek Philosophy-Its study a constant charm Its spontaneity, naturalness and penetration Philosophers preceding the age of Socrates, Pythagoras, Thales, Democritus, Anaxagoras and others, and their influence on Socrates Their cosmic speculations, moral and religious doctrines Conceptions of morality, harmony with natural law, similar to views of Herbert Spencer and the Evolutionists, 1-13; Socrates, 430 bc-His environment, personality, method, doctrines, and influence Opposition to Skeptics and Sophists His sagacious assertion of Ignorance and his ingenious and misunderstood doctrine of Knowledge as the basis of Virtue- A marvelous conversationalist and profound reasoner A great moral philosopher, opposed to all cosmic speculation or abstract science, putting the stress on practical eth
