M. A. Soupios

The Greeks Who Made Us Who We Are

Eighteen Ancient Philosophers, Scientists, Poets and Others

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Produktbeschreibung

"In particular, it seeks to disclose two distinctive features of Western culture uniquely attributable to the ancient Greeks: A human-centered worldview that elevated humans to the threshold of divinity and a philosophical temperament which for the first time in history proffered unbridled operation of the human mind as a kind of cultural imperative"--Provided by publisher.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780786472734
• ISBN-10: 0786472731
• Artikelnr.: 36598147

Autorenporträt

M.A. Soupios is a professor of political philosophy at Long Island University-Post in Brookville, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface
1.
Homer (Mid to Late 8th Century b.c.): Founder of Western Humanism
5
2.
Solon (630-560 b.c.): Poet, Lawgiver, Statesman
11
3.
Thales (Early 6th Century): Father of Western Science
22
4.
Sappho (612-580 b.c.): Poet on Fire
32
5.
Pythagoras (Mid-500s-496 b.c.): Mystic Mathematician
49
6.
Parmenides (Born c. 515 b.c.): Father of Metaphysics and Logic
57
7.
Themistocles (524-459 b.c.): Savior of the Western World
66
8.
Phidias (490-430 b.c.): Lord of Western Aesthetics
70
9.
Gorgias (483-376 b.c.): Master of the Word
87 10.
Socrates (469-399 b.c.): Iconoclast and Moral Revolutionary
98 11.
Thucydides (460-399 b.c.): True Father of History
103 12.
Plato (427-347 b.c.): Fountainhead of Western Philosophy
131 13.
Aristotle (384-322 b.c.): Polymathic Genius
138 14.
Alexander the Great (356-323 b.c.): Disseminator of Greek Culture
147 15.
Epicurus (341-270 b.c.): Physicist and Ethician
159 16.
Zeno (335-263 b.c.): Stoic Sage
172 17.
Galen (a.d. 129-199): Physician, Scientist, Philosopher
192 18.
Plotinus (a.d. 205-270): Mystic Philosopher
203 Index