Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience. Comprising seventy essays, written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of ancient Greece.
Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience. Comprising seventy essays, written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of ancient Greece.
Patricia F. O'Grady is Adjunct Research Associate of Philosophy at Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
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Contents: Foreword. Part I Introductory Essays: Introduction Alan Chalmers; What is philosophy? Trevor Curnow; What Greek philosophy means to us today Ian Hunt. Part II The Precursors of Philosophy: Homer Seamus Sweeney; Hesiod Aude Engel; Aesop Leo Groarke. Part III The Pre-socratics and Socrates: Thales of Miletus Patricia O'Grady; Anaximander of Miletus Dirk L. Couprie and Heleen J. Pott; Sappho Christina Clark; Pythagoras Thomas Kiefer; Xenophanes Hye-kyung Kim; Aeschylus Seamus Sweeney; Anaxagoras Patricia O'Grady; Heraclitus G. S. Bowe; Parmenides Allan F. Randall; Empedocles James M. Magrini; Protagoras of Abdera and Plato's Protagoras Jonathan Lavery; The Sophists Jonathan Lavery; Zeno of Elea Doukas Kapantais; Sophocles James M. Magrini; Euripides Seamus Sweeney; Herodotus of Halicarnassus Christine Farmer; Diotima of Mantineia Melanie B. Mineo; Hippocrates of Cos Andrew Gregory; Socrates Hope May; Thucydides Matthew Usher; Democritus Alan Chalmers. Part IV The Classical Period: Aristophanes Robert Phiddian; Plato Gerasimos Santas; Plato's Symposium Steven R. Robinson; The Anonymous Iamblichi Louis Groarke; Diogenes of Sinope Marjolein Oele; Eudoxus of Cnidos Andrew Gregory; Aristotle Hope May. Part V The Hellenistic Philosophers: Theophrastus of Eresus Irene Svitzou; Pyrrho Leo Groarke; Epicurus Dirk Baltzly; Zeno of Citium Maria Protopapas-Marneli; Archimedes Suzanne Roux; Aristarchus of Samos Andrew Gregory; Carneades G.S. Bowe; Lucretius Tim O'Keefe; Seneca the Younger Kartika Panwar; Apollonius of Tyana Gabriele Cornelli. Part VI The Roman Period: Epictetus Keith Seddon; Apuleius of Madauros Bruce J. MacLennan; Marcus Aurelius William O. Stephens; Plotinus David J. Yount; Sextus Empiricus Sabatino Dibernardo; Imablichus of Chalcis Bruce J. MacLennan; Anthony of Egypt and The Desert Fathers Louis Groarke; Eusebius Bishop of Caesarea Linos G. Benakis; Hypatia of Alexandria Virginia Haddad; Proclus Dirk Baltzly; John Philoponus Antonia Kakavelaki; The Closure of the Academy of Athens George Arabatzis. Part VII Archaeological Sites: The Athenian Acropolis Evanthia Speliotis; The Athenian Agora Kevin Glowacki; Corinth G. S. Bowe; Delphi Deborah Nash Peterson; Didyma Peter Sommer; Eleusis Anne Farrell; Epidaurus Glenn Rawson; Marathon Trevor Curnow; Miletus Patricia O'Grady; Ancient Olympia: athletic games and intellectual contests Glenn Rawson; Piraeus Daniel Silvermintz; Samos Tim O'Keefe and Patricia O'Grady; Syracuse Phillip Meade; Troy and Henry Schliemann Patricia O'Grady. Glossary Glenn Rawson; Time Line Andrew Gregory.
Contents: Foreword. Part I Introductory Essays: Introduction Alan Chalmers; What is philosophy? Trevor Curnow; What Greek philosophy means to us today Ian Hunt. Part II The Precursors of Philosophy: Homer Seamus Sweeney; Hesiod Aude Engel; Aesop Leo Groarke. Part III The Pre-socratics and Socrates: Thales of Miletus Patricia O'Grady; Anaximander of Miletus Dirk L. Couprie and Heleen J. Pott; Sappho Christina Clark; Pythagoras Thomas Kiefer; Xenophanes Hye-kyung Kim; Aeschylus Seamus Sweeney; Anaxagoras Patricia O'Grady; Heraclitus G. S. Bowe; Parmenides Allan F. Randall; Empedocles James M. Magrini; Protagoras of Abdera and Plato's Protagoras Jonathan Lavery; The Sophists Jonathan Lavery; Zeno of Elea Doukas Kapantais; Sophocles James M. Magrini; Euripides Seamus Sweeney; Herodotus of Halicarnassus Christine Farmer; Diotima of Mantineia Melanie B. Mineo; Hippocrates of Cos Andrew Gregory; Socrates Hope May; Thucydides Matthew Usher; Democritus Alan Chalmers. Part IV The Classical Period: Aristophanes Robert Phiddian; Plato Gerasimos Santas; Plato's Symposium Steven R. Robinson; The Anonymous Iamblichi Louis Groarke; Diogenes of Sinope Marjolein Oele; Eudoxus of Cnidos Andrew Gregory; Aristotle Hope May. Part V The Hellenistic Philosophers: Theophrastus of Eresus Irene Svitzou; Pyrrho Leo Groarke; Epicurus Dirk Baltzly; Zeno of Citium Maria Protopapas-Marneli; Archimedes Suzanne Roux; Aristarchus of Samos Andrew Gregory; Carneades G.S. Bowe; Lucretius Tim O'Keefe; Seneca the Younger Kartika Panwar; Apollonius of Tyana Gabriele Cornelli. Part VI The Roman Period: Epictetus Keith Seddon; Apuleius of Madauros Bruce J. MacLennan; Marcus Aurelius William O. Stephens; Plotinus David J. Yount; Sextus Empiricus Sabatino Dibernardo; Imablichus of Chalcis Bruce J. MacLennan; Anthony of Egypt and The Desert Fathers Louis Groarke; Eusebius Bishop of Caesarea Linos G. Benakis; Hypatia of Alexandria Virginia Haddad; Proclus Dirk Baltzly; John Philoponus Antonia Kakavelaki; The Closure of the Academy of Athens George Arabatzis. Part VII Archaeological Sites: The Athenian Acropolis Evanthia Speliotis; The Athenian Agora Kevin Glowacki; Corinth G. S. Bowe; Delphi Deborah Nash Peterson; Didyma Peter Sommer; Eleusis Anne Farrell; Epidaurus Glenn Rawson; Marathon Trevor Curnow; Miletus Patricia O'Grady; Ancient Olympia: athletic games and intellectual contests Glenn Rawson; Piraeus Daniel Silvermintz; Samos Tim O'Keefe and Patricia O'Grady; Syracuse Phillip Meade; Troy and Henry Schliemann Patricia O'Grady. Glossary Glenn Rawson; Time Line Andrew Gregory.
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