Essays on Plato and Aristotle

Zusatztext a volume which will hardly need recommendation...These open-minded, carefully argued essays are models of their kind Klappentext J.L. Ackrill's work on Plato and Aristotle has had a considerable influence upon ancient philosophical studies in the late twentieth century. This volume collects the best of Ackrill's essays on the two greatest philosophers of antiquity. With philosophical acuity and philological expertise he examines a wide range of texts and topics--from ethics and logic to epistemology and metaphysics--that continue to be in the focus of debate. Zusammenfassung The distinguished scholar of ancient philosophy J.L. Ackrill here presents the best of his essays on Plato and Aristotle from the past forty years. He brings philosophical acuity and philological expertise to a range of texts and topics in ancient thought - from ethics and logic to epistemology and metaphysics - which continue to be widely discussed today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Anamnesis in the Phaedo: Remarks on 73c--75c Language and Reality in Plato's Cratylus Plato on False Belief: Theaetetus 187--200 Sumploke Eidon Plato and the Copula: Sophist 251--259 In Defence of Platonic Division Aristotle's Theory of Definition: Some Questions on Posterior Analytics Change and Aristotle's Theological Argument Aristotle's Distinction between Energeia and Kinesis Aristotle's Definitions of Psuche Aristotle on Eudaimonia Aristotle on 'Good' and the Catagories Aristotle on Action An Aristotelian Argument about Virtue

Produktdetails

• Autoren: J L Ackrill, J. L. Ackrill, J. L. (Emeritus Professor of the History Ackrill, J.L. Ackrill, Ackrill J. L.
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 13.03.1997
• EAN: 9780198236412
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823641-2
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge