Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy IV

Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy IV
Author: John Peter Anton
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1971-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780791406540

Papers originally presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Seventeen essays demonstrate a shared and strikingly high regard for Plato as a major thinker in the western philosophical tradition, a recognition that the dialogues he wrote continue to exert influence as well as attract theoretical attention. Paper edition ($18.95) not seen. The essays in this collection have been selected from a much larger set of papers on Aristotle's ethics, presented before the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy during the past decade. The essays are arranged (roughly) according to several unifying themes: methodology, ergon, virtue and character, moral reasoning, and persons and property. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy III

Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy III
Author: John Peter Anton
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780887069161

The Plato who emerges from these essays is the seminal thinker, the profound philosopher, the master of dialectic who offers, together with his insights into reality and human values, a systematically developed set of powerful devices for the articulation and defence of his ideas. In each case the discussion unfolds not as advocacy of Platonic doctrines but as critical assessment of argument, and is meant as judicious explication of the logical form of significant theses often believed, during centuries of Platonic commentary, to be cornerstones of a monumental speculative system. It demonstrates a shared and strikingly high regard for Plato as a major thinker in the western philosophical tradition, a recognition that the dialogues he wrote continue to exert influence as well as attract theoretical attention. Taken together with the material on Plato in Volume II, Volume III displays a definite continuity in direction, scope, and quality, strengthening the conviction that Platonic scholarship has entered a new and different phase and has consolidated the approach that this new movement introduced.

Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy

Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Author: Georgios Anagnostopoulos
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2013-06-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9400760043

This distinctive collection of original articles features contributions from many of the leading scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. They explore the concept of reason and the method of analysis and the central role they play in the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. They engage with salient themes in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political theory, as well as tracing links between each thinker’s ideas on selected topics. The volume contains analyses of Plato’s Socrates, focusing on his views of moral psychology, the obligation to obey the law, the foundations of politics, justice and retribution, and Socratic virtue. On Plato’s Republic, the discussions cover the relationship between politics and philosophy, the primacy of reason over the soul’s non-rational capacities, the analogy of the city and the soul, and our responsibility for choosing how we live our own lives. The anthology also probes Plato’s analysis of logos (reason or language) which underlies his philosophy including the theory of forms. A quartet of reflections explores Aristotelian themes including the connections between knowledge and belief, the nature of essence and function, and his theories of virtue and grace. The volume concludes with an insightful intellectual memoir by David Keyt which charts the rise of analytic classical scholarship in the past century and along the way provides entertaining anecdotes involving major figures in modern academic philosophy. Blending academic authority with creative flair and demonstrating the continuing interest of ancient Greek philosophy, this book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of all those studying and researching the origins of Western philosophy.

Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy

Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Author: George L. Kustas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1989
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780585075105

Annotation. Papers originally presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Seventeen essays demonstrate a shared and strikingly high regard for Plato as a major thinker in the western philosophical tradition, a recognition that the dialogues he wrote continue to exert influence as well as attract theoretical attention. Paper edition ($18.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics
Author: Aristotle
Publisher: SDE Classics
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781951570279

Happy Lives and the Highest Good

Happy Lives and the Highest Good
Author: Gabriel Richardson Lear
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2009-01-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 140082608X

Gabriel Richardson Lear presents a bold new approach to one of the enduring debates about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: the controversy about whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation. Many scholars oppose this reading because the bulk of the Ethics is devoted to various moral virtues--courage and generosity, for example--that are not in any obvious way either manifestations of philosophical contemplation or subordinated to it. They argue that Aristotle was inconsistent, and that we should not try to read the entire Ethics as an attempt to flesh out the notion that the best life aims at the "monistic good" of contemplation. In defending the unity and coherence of the Ethics, Lear argues that, in Aristotle's view, we may act for the sake of an end not just by instrumentally bringing it about but also by approximating it. She then argues that, for Aristotle, the excellent rational activity of moral virtue is an approximation of theoretical contemplation. Thus, the happiest person chooses moral virtue as an approximation of contemplation in practical life. Richardson Lear bolsters this interpretation by examining three moral virtues--courage, temperance, and greatness of soul--and the way they are fine. Elegantly written and rigorously argued, this is a major contribution to our understanding of a central issue in Aristotle's moral philosophy.

Evil in Aristotle

Evil in Aristotle
Author: Pavlos Kontos
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1107161975

Provides the first full study of Aristotle's notion of evil and sheds light on its content, potential, and influence.

Dewey and the Ancients

Dewey and the Ancients
Author: Christopher C. Kirby
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2014-07-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1472510550

Dewey's students at Columbia saw him as "an Aristotelian more Aristotelian than Aristotle himself." However, until now, there has been little consideration of the influence Greek thought had on the intellectual development of this key American philosopher. By examining, in detail, Dewey's treatment and appropriation of Greek thought, the authors in this volume reveal an otherwise largely overlooked facet of his intellectual development and finalized ideas. Rather than offering just one unified account of Dewey's connection to Greek thought, this volume offers multiple perspectives on Dewey's view of the aims and purpose of philosophy. Ultimately, each author reveals ways in which Dewey's thought was in line with ancient themes. When combined, they offer a tapestry of comparative approaches with special attention paid to key contributions in political, social, and pedagogical philosophy.