Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume I
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-01937-6 (ISBN)
Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the philosophical essay. Many of these pieces are now considered to be classics in the field. Perhaps more than any other modern scholar, Gregory Vlastos was responsible for raising standards of research, analysis, and exposition in classical philosophy to new levels of excellence. His essays have served as paradigms of scholarship for several generations. Available for the first time in a comprehensive collection, these contributions reveal the author's ability to combine the skills of a philosopher, philologist, and historian of ideas in addressing some of the most difficult problems of ancient philosophy. Volume I collects Vlastos's essays on Presocratic philosophy. Wide-ranging concept studies link Greek science, religion, and politics with philosophy.
Individual studies illuminate the thought of major philosophers such as Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and Democritus. A magisterial series of studies on Zeno of Elea reveals the author's power in source criticism and logical analysis. Volume II contains essays on the thought of Socrates, Plato, and later thinkers and essays dealing with ethical, social, and political issues as well as metaphysics, science, and the foundations of mathematics.
At the time of his death, Gregory Vlastos was Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley. He was the author of the well-known book Platonic Studies (Princeton). Daniel Graham is Professor of Philosophy at Brigham Young University and is the author of Aristotle's Two Systems.
PREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii INTRODUCTION xv NOTE ON TEXTUAL CONVENTIONS xxv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xxvii PART ONE: CONCEPT STUDIES 1. Theology and Philosophy in Early Greek Thought 3 2. Solonian Justice 32 3. Equality and Justice in Early Greek Cosmologies 57 4. Isonomia 89 5. Cornford's Principium Sapientiae 112 PART TWO: HERACLITUS 6. On Heraclitus 127 PART THREE: THE ELEATICS 7. Parmenides' Theory of Knowledge 153 8. Frankel's Wege und Formen fruhgriechischen Denkens 164 9. Raven's Pythagoreans and Eleatics 180 10. Zeno's Race Course: With an Appendix on the Achilles 189 11. A Note on Zeno's Arrow 205 12. A Zenonian Argument Against Plurality 219 13. Zeno of Elea 241 14. Plato's Testimony Concerning Zeno of Elea 264 PART FOUR: THE PLURALISTS 15. The Physical Theory of Anaxagoras 303 16. Ethics and Physics in Democritus 328 17. On the Pre-History in Diodorus 351 INDEX LOCORUM 359 GENERAL INDEX 381
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.1.1997 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 4 tables |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 595 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-01937-1 / 0691019371 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-01937-6 / 9780691019376 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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