Ancient philosophy : a contemporary introduction /
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| Author / Creator: | Shields, Christopher John. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2012. |
| Description: | xii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy. |
| Subject: | Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophy, Ancient. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8760458 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction Acknowledgments
- Part 1. Philosophy Before Socrates
- 1.1. Thales and the Earliest Natural Philosophers
- 1.2. Xenophanes
- 1.3. Heracleitus
- 1.4. Parmenides and Zeno
- 1.5. Democritus and Fifth-Century Atomism
- 1.6. Protagoras and the Sophistic Movement
- 1.7. Challenges from the Presocratics and Sophists
- Part 2. Socrates
- 2.1. The Socratic Elenchus
- 2.2. The Failures of Meno and Euthyphro
- 2.3. Socratic Ignorance and Socratic Irony
- 2.4. Socratic Conviction and the Socratic Paradoxes
- 2.5. Socrates on Trial and in Prison
- 2.6. Conclusions
- Part 3. Plato
- 3.1. From Socrates to Plato
- 3.2. Meno's Paradox of Inquiry; Plato's Response
- 3.3. Two Functions of Plato's Theory of Forms
- 3.4. Plato's Rejection of Relativism
- 3.5. Three Arguments for Forms
- 3.5.1. Aristotle's Introduction to Platonic Forms
- 3.5.2. Equality Itself: An Argument from the Phaedo
- 3.5.3. Knowledge and Belief: An Existence Argument from Republic V
- 3.6. Plato's General Characterizations of Forms
- 3.7. Platonic Analysis: A Case Study
- 3.8. The Special Role of the Form of the Good: The Sun
- 3.9. Plato's Line and Cave
- 3.10. Problems about Forms
- 3.11. Conclusions
- Part 4. Aristotle
- 4.1. From Plato to Aristotle
- 4.2. Aristotle's Introduction to Category Theory
- 4.3. The Four Causes Introduced
- 4.4. The Four Causes Defended
- 4.4.1. Aristotle's Defence of Matter and Form
- 4.4.2. The Efficient Cause
- 4.4.3. The Final Cause
- 4.5. The Four Causes at Work I: Soul and Body
- 4.6. The Four Causes at Work II: Happiness and the Human Function
- 4.7. The Virtues of a Happy Person
- 4.8. Aristotle's Treatment of a Socratic Paradox: Akrasia
- 4.9. Aristotle on Philosophical Analysis
- 4.10. Conclusions
- Part 5. Hellenistic Philosophy
- 5.1. The Hellenistic Period
- 5.2. Epicureanism
- 5.2.1. The Sources and Core Doctrines of Epicureanism
- 5.2.2. Epicurean Hedonism
- 5.2.3. Fearing Death: For the Uninitiated
- 5.2.4. Fearing Death: For the Initiated
- 5.3. Stoicism
- 5.3.1. The Sources and Core Doctrines of Stoicism
- 5.3.2. Stoic Virtue: Oikeosis and Living in Accordance with Nature
- 5.3.3. Stoic Freedom
- 5.3.4. Value Monism: Stoic Emotions and Preferred Indifferents
- 5.4. Scepticism
- 5.4.1. Sources of Scepticism and Core Approaches
- 5.4.2. The Character of Pyrhhonism
- 5.4.3. Sceptical Tropes
- 5.4.4. Sceptical Challenges
- 5.5. Conclusions
- Suggestions for Further Reading