Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction/ (Record no. 187264)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415896603 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 180 |
| Item number | SHI/A |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Shields, Christopher |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd Edn. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 245 P |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 Philosophy before Socrates<br/>1.1 Thales and the earliest natural philosophers<br/>1.2 Xenophanes<br/>1.3 Heracleitus<br/>1.4 Parmenides and Zeno<br/>1.5 Democritus and fifth-century atomism<br/>1.6 Protagoras and the Sophistic Movement<br/>1.7 Challenges from the Presocratics and Sophists<br/><br/>Suggestions for additional readings<br/>2 Socrates<br/>2.1 The Socratic elenchus<br/>2.2 The failures of Meno and Euthyphro<br/>2.3 Socratic ignorance and Socratic irony<br/>2.4 Socratic conviction and the Socratic paradoxes<br/>2.5 Socrates on trial and in prison<br/>2.6 Conclusions<br/><br/>Suggestions for additional readings<br/>3 Plato<br/>3.1 From Socrates to Plato<br/>3.2 Meno's paradox of inquiry; Plato's response<br/>3.3 Tv^o functions of Plato's theory of Forms<br/>3.4 Plato's rejection of relativism<br/>3.5 Three arguments for Forms<br/>3.6 Plato's general characterizations of Forms<br/>3.7 Platonic analysis: a case study<br/>3.8 The special role of the Form of the Good<br/>3.9 Plato's line and cave: our epistemic prospects<br/>3.10 Problems about Forms<br/>3.1 I Conclusions<br/><br/>Suggestions for additional readings<br/>4 Aristotle<br/>4.1 From Plato to Aristotle<br/>4.2 Aristotle's introduction of category theory<br/>4.3 The four causes introduced<br/>4.4 The four causes defended<br/>4.5 The four causes applied: soul and body<br/>4.6 The four causes applied: happiness and the human<br/>function<br/>4.7 The virtues of a happy person<br/>4.8 Aristotle's treatment of a Socratic paradox; akrasia<br/>4.9 Aristotle on philosophical analysis: homonymy<br/>4.10 Conclusions<br/><br/>Suggestions for additional readings<br/>5 Hellenistic philosophy<br/>5.1 The Hellenistic period<br/>5.2 The Epicureans<br/>5.3 The Stoics<br/>5.4 Skepticism<br/>5.5 Conclusions<br/><br/> |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 180 SHI/A | P42298 | 14/07/2018 | 14/07/2018 | General Books |