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Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy provides a comprehensive treatment of the principal figures and movements of philosophy from its origins before Socrates, through the towering achievements of Plato and Aristotle, and into its final developments in late antiquity. Authored by a cast of distinguished philosophers, this collection offers in-depth, accessible essays on the Presocratics, the Sophistic Movement, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the principal Hellenistic schools - Epicureanism, Academic Skepticism, and Stoicism - and, finally, the often neglected Neoplatonists. Featuring a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary recommended works for each of its topics, this book is an indispensable resource for the study of ancient philosophy. Zusammenfassung * Provides a comprehensive guide to ancient philosophy from the pre--Socratics to late antiquity. * Written by a cast of distinguished philosophers. * Covers the pre--Socratics! the sophistic movement! Epicureanism! academic skepticism! stoicism! and the neo--Platonists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors vii Editor's Introduction ix Part I Philosophy before Socrates: Introduction 1 1 Presocratic Philosophy 5 Richard McKirahan 2 The Sophists 27 John Gibert Part II Socrates: Introduction 51 3 Socrates 55 Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith Part III Plato: Introduction 71 4 Plato: Metaphysics 75 Daniel Devereux Copyrighted Material 5 Plato: Epistemology 100 Nicholas White 6 Plato: Ethics 118 Gerasimos Santas 7 Plato: Psychology 130 Allan Silverman Part IV Aristotle: Introduction 145 8 Aristotle: Epistemology and Methodology 151 Robert Bolton 9 Aristotle: Metaphysics 163 Michael Loux 10 Aristotle: Ethics and Politics 184 Fred D. Miller, Jr. 11 Aristotle: Psychology 211 Gareth Matthews Part V Hellenistic Philosophy: Introduction 229 12 Epicureanism 237 David Konstan 13 Stoicism 253 Phillip Mitsis 14 Academics and Pyrrhonists 268 R. J. Hankinson Part VI Late Antique Philosophy: Introduction 301 15 Neoplatonism 303 Lloyd P. Gerson Bibliography 324 Index 329 ...
