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The Greek Philosophers: from Thales to Aristotle book cover

1st Edition

The Greek Philosophers from Thales to Aristotle

By W. K. C. Guthrie Copyright 2013
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge
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With an new foreword by James Warren Long renowned as one of the clearest and best introductions to ancient Greek philosophy for non-specialists, W.K.C Guthrie’s The Greek Philosophers offers us a brilliant insight into the hidden foundations of Greek philosophy – foundations that underpin Western thought today. Guthrie explores the great age of Greek Philosophy – from Thales to... Read more

1. Greek ways of thinking  2. Matter and Form (Ionians and Pythagoreans)  3. The Problem of Motion (Heraclitus, Parmenides and the Pluralists)  4. The Reaction towards Humanism (The Sophists and Socrates)  5. Plato (I) The Doctrine of Ideas  6. Plato (II) Ethical and Theological Answers to the Sophists  7. Aristotle (I) The Aristotelian Universe  8. Aristotle (II) Human Beings  Suggestions for Further Reading.  Index

Biography

W. K. C. Guthrie　(1906-1981) was formerly Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and one of the leading classical scholars of his generation. A gifted orator,　he was called upon to deliver Latin encomia in honour of figures such as Winston Churchill, Nehru, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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