Hellenic philosophy : origin and character /

Hellenic philosophy : origin and character /

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Author / Creator:	Evangeliou, Christos.
Imprint:	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 231 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophy, Ancient. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11191539

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ISBN:	9780754684022 0754684024 0754658473 9780754658474
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Radical and revisionary in nature, this work challenges many of the long cherished myths about the influence of Classical Hellenic philosophy on the tradition of Western thought. Tracing the historical origin and the critical development of Hellenic philosophy from vague beginnings to its classical maturity and fruition, this book argues that dignified nobility, critique and freedom of expression defined the character of Classical Hellenic philosophy.
Other form:	Print version: Evangeliou, Christos. Hellenic philosophy. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2006

Table of Contents:

Origin and maturity of Hellenic philosophy
The origin of Hellenic philosophy
Three basic questions
The way from Hellas to the Nile
The origin of Hellenic philosophy
Modern Europeans vs. ancient Hellenes
Plato and European philosophy
Plato and Platonism
Two versions of Platonism
Augustine vs. Porphyry the Platonist
Platonism in the Italian Renaissance
Adventures of Platonic philosophy
Aristotle and western rationality
The scope of this study
Aristotles move from logos to nous
Aristotle on divine and human beings
Distinguishing between ontology and ousiology
Perfecting the Aristotelian political animal
Possible post-modern objections to Aristotle
Critique and character of Hellenic philosophy
Aristotles critique of Plato's polity
The nature of the problem
Community of women and children
Community of property
Pletho's critique of Aristotelian novelties
Innovations in theology and ontology
The Aristotelian homonymy of being
Innovations in psychology, ethics and cosmology
Critique of Aristotle's theories of art and cause
Critique of Aristotle's critique of the theory of ideas
The character of Hellenic philosophy
The ambiguity of the appellation "western"
Hellenic philosophy delineated
Hellenic philosophy and "European philosophy."