The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy (eBook)

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).

Notes on Contributors.

Editor's Introduction.

Part I: Philosophy Before Socrates: Introduction.

1. Presocratic Philosophy.(Richard McKirahan).

2. The Sophists. (John Gibert).

Part II: Socrates: Introduction.

3. Socrates: (Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith).

Part III: Plato: Introduction.

4. Plato: Metaphysics.(Daniel Devereux).

5. Plato: Epistemology.(Nicholas White).

6. Plato: Ethics. (Gerisimos Santas).

7. Plato: Psychology. (Allan Silverman).

Part IV: Aristotle: Introduction.

8. Aristotle: Epistemology and Methodology. (Robert Bolton).

9. Aristotle: Metaphysics. (Michael Loux).

10. Aristotle: Ethics and Politics. (Fred D. Miller, Jr.).

11. Aristotle: Psychology. (Gareth Matthews).

Part V: Hellenistic Philosophy: Introduction.

12. Epicureanism. (David Konstan).

13. Stoicism. (Phillip Mitsis).

14. Academics and Pyrrhonists. (R. J. Hankinson).

Part VI: Late Abtique Philosophy: Introduction.

15. Neoplatonism. (Lloyd P. Gerson).

Bibliography.

Index.

"Beginners will find in these essays clear and helpful accounts of some of the main philosophical issues raised by the Greek philosophers. The essays display the scope and variety of Greek philosophy, from the beginnings to later Platonism, and its permanent philosophical significance." Terence Irwin, Cornell University