From the Beginning to Plato - Routledge History of Philosophy Volume 1

Volume 1 of the Routledge History of Philosophy covers one of the most remarkable periods in human thought. The essays present the fundamental approaches and thinkers of Greek philosophy in chronological order.

List of contents

Chapters:1. The Polis and its culture2. The Ionians3. Heraclitus4. Pythagoreans and Eleatics5. Empedocles6. Anaxagoras and the atomists7. The Sophists8. Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato9. Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy10. Plato: metaphysics and epistemology11. Plato: ethics and politics12. Plato: aesthetics and psychology

About the author

C. C. W. Taylor

Summary

Volume 1 of the Routledge History of Philosophy covers one of the most remarkable periods in human thought. The essays present the fundamental approaches and thinkers of Greek philosophy in chronological order.

Product details

• Authors: C. C. W. Taylor, C.C.W. Taylor
• Assisted by: C C W Taylor (Editor), C. C. W. Taylor (Editor), C.C.W. Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2016
• EAN: 9781138136380
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13638-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Routledge History of Philosoph; Routledge History of Philosophy; Routledge History of Philosoph
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day