Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy

Christopher Shields is Professor of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is author of Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle (1999).

"Beginners will find in these essays clear and helpful accounts of some of the main philosophical issues raised by the Greek philosophers. The essays display the scope and variety of Greek philosophy, from the beginnings to later Platonism, and its permanent philosophical significance." Terence Irwin, Cornell University

• Notes on Contributors viiEditor’s Introduction ixPart I Philosophy before Socrates: Introduction 11 Presocratic Philosophy 5Richard McKirahan2 The Sophists 27John GibertPart II Socrates: Introduction 513 Socrates 55Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. SmithPart III Plato: Introduction 714 Plato: Metaphysics 75Daniel Devereux Copyrighted Material5 Plato: Epistemology 100Nicholas White6 Plato: Ethics 118Gerasimos Santas7 Plato: Psychology 130Allan SilvermanPart IV Aristotle: Introduction 1458 Aristotle: Epistemology and Methodology 151Robert Bolton9 Aristotle: Metaphysics 163Michael Loux10 Aristotle: Ethics and Politics 184Fred D. Miller, Jr.11 Aristotle: Psychology 211Gareth MatthewsPart V Hellenistic Philosophy: Introduction 22912 Epicureanism 237David Konstan13 Stoicism 253Phillip Mitsis14 Academics and Pyrrhonists 268R. J. HankinsonPart VI Late Antique Philosophy: Introduction 30115 Neoplatonism 303Lloyd P. Gerson Bibliography 324Index 329