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Uses and Abuses of the Classics Western Interpretations of Greek Philosophy
212 Pages
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Routledge
211 Pages
by
Routledge
211 Pages
by
Routledge
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From very early on, Western philosophers have been obsessed with the understanding of a relatively few works of philosophy which have played a disproportionately large and fundamental role in developing the Western philosophical canon, dominating the curriculum in the past and in the present; there is no indication that they will not do so in the future. Uses and Abuses of the Classics examines... Read more
Contents: Preface; Interpretation of the philosophical classics, Jorge J.E. Gracia; Plato on the Pre-Socratics, Livio Rossetti; Aristotle and the Pre-Socratics, Thomas M. Robinson; Neitzsche on the beginnings of western philosophy, Gareth B. Matthews; Aristotle's reading of Plato, Daniel W. Graham; Augustine and Platonism: the rejection of divided-soul accounts of Akrasia, Scott MacDonald; Heidegger's hermeneutic reading of Plato, Kah Kyung Cho; Maimonides on Aristotle: Judaism and science reconsidered, Tamar M. Rudavsky; Averroës on Aristotle, Alfred Ivry; Thomas Aquinas' commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics, John F. Wippel; MacIntyre's interpretation of Aristotle's ethics, Jiyuan Yu; Bibliography; Indexes.
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Jorge J. E. Gracia, Jiyuan Yu
