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	Ancient Greek Philosophy 2Nd Edition by Vijay Tankha
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This book discusses the principal fragments of the early Greek thinkers like Anaximander, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Parmenides and many others, who predate Plato and Aristotle. The author contends that pre-Platonic Greek philosophy is not to be looked at as a matter of mere historical interest. Although their work survives only in fragments, they have been the subject of study and reflection by the whole western philosophical tradition.

Therefore the second edition of Ancient Greek Philosophy: Thales to Socrates covers the gamut of western thought from the pre-Socratic to the Socratic in order to provide us with an in-depth introduction to the whole of classical Greek philosophy.

Contents

PART I: THE IONIANS
Chapter 1. The Milesians 1
Thales of Miletus
Water
Soul and Motion
The Gods Anaximander
Apeiron as Arche
The Elements
Cosmic Justice
World Formation Anaximenes
Air as Arche
The Stability of the Earth
Change as Alteration
Meteorology
The Soul
Divinity
Postscript to Milesian Thought: Philosophy as Science
Chapter 2. Heraclitus of Ephesus 48
Characteristics of His Style
Interpreting Heraclitus
Doctrines
A Logos of theLogos
PART II: THE ITALIANS
Chapter 3. Pythagoreans 89
Pythagoras and Pythagoreans
Immortality and Transmigration
Animal Sacrifice and Vegetarianism
Philosophy as Contemplation
Mathematics and Music
Things are Numbers
Pythagorean Cosmology
Chapter 4. Philolaus of Croton 120
Philolaus
The Argument of B2
The Soul
Chapter 5. Parmenides of Elea 128
Life and Work
The One
Is or Is Not
Thinking and Being
The Signs
Aristotle`s Criticism
Parmenides` Influence
Chapter 6. Zeno of Elea 166
Zeno and Parmenides
Arguments against Plurality
Arguments against Motion
Zeno`s Influence
PART III: THE PLURALISTS
Chapter 7. Empedocles of Acragas 187
Life and Works
Nature: The Roots
The Cosmic Cycle
Mixture
Purifications
Empedocles` Dualism
Chapter 8. Anaxagoras of Clazomenae 224
Life and Works
Matter
Mind
Cosmogony and Cosmology
Physiological Doctrines
Anaxagoras and Empedocles
Chapter 9. The Atomists 254
The Founders and their Doctrines
Atoms
The Void
Formation of Compounds
Chance and Necessity
Democritean Ethics
Ethics and Physics
PART IV: THE SOPHISTS
Chapter 10. Protagoras and Gorgias 291
Protagoras, Gorgias and the Sophistic Movement
The Art of Rhetoric
Nature versus Culture
Epistemology
Protagoras on Truth Gorgias
Existence and Non-existence
The Influence of the Sophists
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Chapter 11. Socrates 329
Life and Works
The Socratic Dialogues
The Ethical Turn
Care of the Self
The Search for Defi nitions
The Need for Experts
What is ---? Examples in Epistemology
Socratic Ignorance
Socratic Dialectic
Socrates Dissatisfi ed
Virtue and the Soul
The Socratic Paradoxes
The Medical Analogy
Philosopher Friend and Guide
Therapeutic Arguments
Socrates and the Sophists
Care of the Self and the Platonic DialoguesISBN - 9789332530263

Pages : 408