1st Edition
Routledge History of Philosophy Volume I From the Beginning to Plato
Edited By C. C. W. Taylor
Copyright 1997
520 Pages
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520 Pages
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Volume 1 of the Routledge History of Philosophy covers one of the most remarkable periods in human thought. In the space of two and a half centuries, philosophy developed from quasi-mythological speculation to a state in which many of the most fundamental questions about the universe, the mind and human conduct had been vigorously pursued, and some of the most enduring masterworks of Western... Read more
General editors' preface. Notes on contributors Chronology. Introduction C.C.W. Taylor 1. The polis and its culture Robin Osborne 2. The Ionians Malcolm Schofield 3. Heraclitus Catherine Osborne 4. Pythagoreans and Eleatics Edward Hussey 5. Empedocles M.R. Wright 6. Anaxagoras and the Atomists C.C.W. Taylor 7. The Sophists G.B. Kerferd 8. Greek arithmetic, geometry, and harmonics: Thales to Plato Ian Mueller 9. Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy Hugh H. Benson 10. Plato: metaphysics and epistemology Robert Heinaman 11. Plato: ethics and politics A.W. Price 12. Plato: aesthetics and psychology Christopher Rowe Index locorum. Index of names Index of subjects. Glossary.
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C.C.W.Taylor
