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Aristotle's Physics and Its Medieval Varieties
Häftad, 1992
487 kr
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This book considers the concepts that lay at the heart of natural philosophy and physics from the time of Aristotle until the fourteenth century. The first part presents Aristotelian ideas and the second part presents the interpretation of these ideas by Philoponus, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, …
Masks of Dionysos
A Commentary on Plato's Symposium
Häftad, 1993
463 kr
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The metaphysical center of Plato's work has traditionally been taken to be his Doctrine of Forms; the epistemological center, the Doctrine of Recollection. The Symposium has been viewed as one of the clearest explanations of the first and Meno as one of the clearest explanations of the other. The …
Political Dimensions of Aristotle's Ethics
Häftad, 1993
463 kr
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A study in the best tradition of classical scholarship, showing mastery of commentary and scholarship in eight languages, this book argues that the Ethics is integral to a series of politically oriented philosophical addresses aimed at morally mature political leaders. Bodeus's critical review of …
Symposium and the Phaedrus
Plato's Erotic Dialogues
Av Plato
Häftad, 1993
463 kr
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The Symposium and the Phaedrus are combined here because of their shared theme: a reflection on the nature of erotic love, the love that begins with sexual desire but can transcend that origin and reach even the heights of religious ecstasy. This reflection is carried out explicitly in the speeches …
Aristotle's Philosophy of Friendship
Inbunden, 1995
1286 kr
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Presents the major issues in Aristotle's writings on Friendship.
Aristotle's Philosophy of Friendship
Häftad, 1995
463 kr
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Presents the major issues in Aristotle's writings on Friendship.
Inventing the Universe
Plato's Timaeus, the Big Bang, and the Problem of Scientific Knowledge
Av Luc Brisson, F. Walter Meyerstein
Häftad, 1995
455 kr
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A parallel investigation of both Plato's Timaeusand the contemporary standard Big Bang model of the universe shows that any possible scientific knowledge of the universe is ultimately grounded in irreducible and undemonstrable propositions. These are inventions of the human mind. The scientific …
Plato's Charmides and the Socratic Ideal of Rationality
Häftad, 1998
463 kr
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Interprets Plato's Charmides as a microcosm of Socratic philosophy that presents Plato's vision of the life of critical reason and of its uneasy relation to political life in the ancient city.In this book, W. Thomas Schmid demonstrates that the Charmides-a platonic dialogue seldom referenced in …
Action and Contemplation
Studies in the Moral and Political Thought of Aristotle
Av Robert C. Bartlett, Susan D. Collins
Häftad, 1999
487 kr
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European and North American scholars explore the political philosophy of Aristotle, with particular attention to questions arising from the Politics and the Nicomachean Ethics.This wide-ranging collection of essays by European and American scholars presents some of the most interesting and …
Aristotle on Artifacts
A Metaphysical Puzzle
Häftad, 1999
371 kr
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Investigates Aristotle's views on the ontological status of artifacts in the Metaphysics, with implications for a variety of metaphysical problems.Previous commentators on the Metaphysics have attributed to Aristotle the belief that all living beings are substances. This book challenges the …
Plato's Socrates as Educator
Häftad, 2000
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Examines and evaluates Socrates' role as an educator in Plato's dialogues.Despite his ceaseless efforts to purge his fellow citizens of their unfounded opinions and to bring them to care for what he believes to be the most important things, Plato's Socrates rarely succeeds in his pedagogical …
Aristotle and the Theology of the Living Immortals
Häftad, 2000
422 kr
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Argues that Aristotle used the most traditional Greek ideas about the gods to develop and defend his physical, metaphysical, and ethical teachings.This book argues that Aristotle used "the most traditional Greek ideas about the gods" to develop and defend his physical, metaphysical, and ethical …
Anaximander and the Architects
The Contributions of Egyptian and Greek Architectural Technologies to the Origins of Greek Philosophy
Av Robert Hahn
Häftad, 2001
487 kr
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Uses textual and archaeological evidence to argue that emerging Egyptian and Greek architectural technologies were crucial to the origins and development of Greek philosophy.Anaximander and the Architects opens a previously unexplored avenue into Presocratic philosophy-the technology of monumental …
Ontology and the Art of Tragedy
An Approach to Aristotle's Poetics
Häftad, 2001
376 kr
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Argues for a reading of the Poetics in light of the Metaphysics.Ontology and the Art of Tragedy is a sustained reflection on the principles and criteria from which to guide one's approach to Aristotle's Poetics. Its scope is twofold: historical and systematic. In its historical aspect it develops …
Anaximander in Context
New Studies in the Origins of Greek Philosophy
Av Dirk L. Couprie, Robert Hahn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1286 kr
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Places the development of Anaximander's thought within social, political, cosmological, astronomical, and technological contexts.Promoting a new, broadly interdisciplinary horizon for future studies in early Greek philosophy, Dirk L. Couprie, Robert Hahn, and Gerard Naddaf establish the cultural …
Anaximander in Context
New Studies in the Origins of Greek Philosophy
Av Dirk L. Couprie, Robert Hahn m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
487 kr
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Places the development of Anaximander's thought within social, political, cosmological, astronomical, and technological contexts.Promoting a new, broadly interdisciplinary horizon for future studies in early Greek philosophy, Dirk L. Couprie, Robert Hahn, and Gerard Naddaf establish the cultural …
Aristotle
Häftad, 2003
371 kr
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A comprehensive introduction to the life and work of Aristotle.Aristotle belongs to the small class of philosophers who were not only influential in a particular field of philosophy but also shaped the profile of every philosophical discipline. In this book Otfried Höffe provides a comprehensive …
Greek Concept of Nature
Häftad, 2006
463 kr
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Explores the origin and evolution of the Greek concept of nature up until the time of Plato.In The Greek Concept of Nature, Gerard Naddaf utilizes historical, mythological, and linguistic perspectives to reconstruct the origin and evolution of the Greek concept of phusis. Usually translated as …
Aristotle's Politics Today
Av Lenn E. Goodman, Robert B. Talisse
Inbunden, 2007
1286 kr
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Examines the implications of Aristotle's political thought for contemporary political theory.According to Aristotle, man's essential sociality implies a distinctive conception of politics, one in which all political associations exist for the sake of the moral perfection of human beings. This …
Erotic Wisdom
Philosophy and Intermediacy in Plato's Symposium
Av Gary Alan Scott, William A. Welton
Inbunden, 2008
1018 kr
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A lively and highly readable commentary on one of Plato's most beloved dialogues.Erotic Wisdom provides a careful reading of one of Plato's most beloved dialogues, the Symposium, which explores the nature and scope of human desire (erôs). Gary Alan Scott and William A. Welton engage all of the …
Logos and Muthos
Philosophical Essays in Greek Literature
Häftad, 2010
463 kr
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Explores the philosophical dimensions present in the works of ancient Greek poets and playwrights.What are the connections between ancient Greek literary and philosophical texts? Are they in fact two rival forms of discourse mutually opposed to one another? Concentrating on literary authors such as …
Eros and the Intoxications of Enlightenment
On Plato's Symposium
Av Steven Berg
Häftad, 2011
455 kr
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Provocative reinterpretation of Plato's Symposium.An original analysis of one of Plato's most well-known and pivotal dialogues, this study is based upon the effort to think together the most manifest themes of the Symposium (the nature of eros and the relation between poetry and philosophy) with …
Archaeology and the Origins of Philosophy
Av Robert Hahn
Häftad, 2011
487 kr
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Detailed study of how Anaximander's cosmological and philosophical conceptions were affected by architectural technologies.Promoting a new way to study and illuminate early Greek philosophy, Archaeology and the Origins of Philosophy explores archaeological resources and art historical evidence to …
Aristotle's Concept of Chance
Accidents, Cause, Necessity, and Determinism
Av John Dudley
Häftad, 2013
504 kr
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The first exhaustive study of Aristotle's concept of chance.This landmark book is the first to provide a comprehensive account of Aristotle's concept of chance. Chance is invoked by many to explain order in the universe, the origins of life, even human freedom and happiness. An understanding of …
Ontology of Socratic Questioning in Plato's Early Dialogues
Häftad, 2013
463 kr
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A provocative close reading revealing a radical, proto-phenomenological Socrates.Winner of the 2013 Symposium Book Award, presented by the Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy Modern interpreters of Plato's Socrates have generally taken the dialogues to be aimed at working out …
Contemplating Friendship in Aristotle's Ethics
Av Ann Ward
Inbunden, 2016
1258 kr
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Examines how Aristotle posits political philosophy and the experience of friendship as a means to bind strictly intellectural virtue with morality.In this book, Ann Ward explores Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, focusing on the progressive structure of the argument. Aristotle begins by giving an …
Metaphysics of the Pythagorean Theorem
Thales, Pythagoras, Engineering, Diagrams, and the Construction of the Cosmos out of Right Triangles
Av Robert Hahn
Häftad, 2018
487 kr
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Explores Thales's speculative philosophy through a study of geometrical diagrams.Bringing together geometry and philosophy, this book undertakes a strikingly original study of the origins and significance of the Pythagorean theorem. Thales, whom Aristotle called the first philosopher and who was an …
Plato's Laughter
Socrates as Satyr and Comical Hero
Häftad, 2018
619 kr
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Counters the long-standing, solemn interpretation of Plato's dialogues with one centered on the philosophical and pedagogical significance of Socrates as a comic figure.Plato was described as a boor and it was said that he never laughed out loud. Yet his dialogues abound with puns, jokes, and …
Aristotle on God's Life-Generating Power and on Pneuma as Its Vehicle
Häftad, 2019
648 kr
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Proposes an innovative rethinking of Aristotle's work as a system that integrates his theology with his doctrine of reproduction and life.In this deep rethinking of Aristotle's work, Abraham P. Bos argues that scholarship on Aristotle's philosophy has erred since antiquity in denying the connection …
Parthenon and Liberal Education
Av Geoff Lehman, Michael Weinman
Inbunden, 2018
1595 kr
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Discusses the importance of the early history of Greek mathematics to education and civic life through a study of the Parthenon and dialogues of Plato.The Parthenon and Liberal Education seeks to restore the study of mathematics to its original place of prominence in the liberal arts. To build this …
