278 Pages
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Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
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Routledge
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This collection of essays showcases the most important and influential philosophical works of the ancient and medieval period, roughly from 600 BC to AD 1600. Each chapter takes a particular work of philosophy and discusses its proponent, its content and central arguments. These are: Plato's Republic; Aristotle' Nichomachean Ethics; Lucretius' On the Nature of the Universe; Sextus Emperiicus' Outlines of Pyrrhonism; Plotinus' The Enneads; Augustine's City of God; Anselm's Proslogion; Aquinas' Summa Theologia; Duns Scotus' Ordinatio; William of Ockham's Summa Logicae .
Contributors Preface Introduction: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy John Shand 1. Plato: Republic Hugh H. Benson 2. Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics Paula Gottlieb 3. Lucretius: On the Nature of the Universe Harry Lesser 4. Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Pyrrhonism R. J. Hankinson 5. Plotinus: The Enneads Stephen R. L. Clark 6. Augustine: City of God Christopher Kirwan 7. Anselm: Proslogion John Marenbon 8. Aquinas: Summa Theologiae Paul O'Grady 9. Duns Scotus: Ordinatio Richard Cross 10. Ockham: Summa Logicae Peter King Index
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John Shand