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Retrieving the Ancients : An Introduction to Greek Philosophy by David Roochnik (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-101405108622
ISBN-139781405108621
eBay Product ID (ePID)6062047
Product Key Features
Number of Pages246 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRetrieving the Ancients : an Introduction to Greek Philosophy
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorDavid Roochnik
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight12.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2003-024555
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"David Roochnik offers a well-paced and highly accessible narrative of ancient Greek thought. Retrieving the Ancients is a much-needed primer for teaching undergraduates the value of early philosophy." Daryl McGowan Tress, Fordham University"This is a jewel of a book ... A must for everyone." Journal of Classics Teaching, "David Roochnik offers a well-paced and highly accessible narrative of ancient Greek thought. Retrieving the Ancients is a much-needed primer for teaching undergraduates the value of early philosophy." Daryl McGowan Tress, Fordham University "This is a jewel of a book... A must for everyone." Journal of Classics Teaching "The best written and most lucidly argued single volume survey of ancient Greek philosophy... a book that manages to be bothe philosophically sophisticated yet accessible to undergraduates" Journal of Ancient Philosophy, David Roochnik offers a well-paced and highly accessible narrative of ancient Greek thought. Retrieving the Ancients is a much-needed primer for teaching undergraduates the value of early philosophy." Daryl McGowan Tress, Fordham UniversityThis is a jewel of a book... A must for everyone." Journal of Classics TeachingThe best written and most lucidly argued single volume survey of ancient Greek philosophy... a book that manages to be bothe philosophically sophisticated yet accessible to undergraduates" Journal of Ancient Philosophy
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal180
Table Of ContentIntroduction. Two Reasons to Study Ancient Greek Philosophy. The Organization and Strategy of This Book. 1: The Presocratics. Preliminaries. Before the Beginning: Hesiod. The Ionian Philosophers of the Sixth Century. a) The Beginning: Thales of Miletus. b) The First Debate: Anaximander v. Anaximenes. c) Sixth-Century Rationalism: Xenophanes and Pythagoras. d) The Crisis of Sixth-Century Philosophy . Heraclitus and Parmenides: Extreme Solutions. a) Heraclitus: Lover of Flux. b) Parmenides: Champion of Being . Fifth-Century Elementalism. a) Democritus: Atomic Theory. b) Empedocles: Evolution. c) Anaxagoras . 2: The Sophists and Socrates. A New Beginning: The Sophists. Protagoras. Gorgias. Socrates. 3: Plato. Preliminaries. Plato's Critique of the Presocratics. Plato's Critique of the Sophists. a) The "Self-Reference" Argument . b) The Reductio ad Absurdum. c) "What is it?". d) "The Old Quarrel:" Philosophy v. Sophistry . Recollection. a) The Phaedo. b) The Meno. The Divided Line and the Form of the Good. a) The Divided Line. b) The Form of the Good . Eros. The Political Implications of the Forms. 4: Aristotle. Preliminaries. Aristotle's Conception of Nature. a) "By Nature". b) Form and Matter. c) The Four Causes . Aristotle's Psychology. Teleological Ethics. a) Moral Virtue. b) Intellectual Virtue . Natural Politics. a) The Political Animal. b) Best Life; Best City . Conclusion. References. Index
SynopsisRetrieving the Ancients tells the story of the first philosophers in the West. Beginning with Thales, who correctly predicted an eclipse in 585 BC, and culminating in a discussion of the works of Aristotle, who died in 322 BC, Roochnik s work provides a clear and engaging introduction to one of the most fertile periods in the history of human thought. The author presents the history of Greek philosophy as an unfolding conversation, with the key thinkers engaged with and responding to their predecessors. Elegantly and compellingly written, Roochnik demonstrates the abiding relevance of this conversation to the modern reader. In retrieving the ancients, he argues, we help to illuminate ourselves., Retrieving the Ancients tells the story of the first philosophers in the West. ∗ A clear and engaging introduction to ancient Greek philosophy. ∗ Tells the story of the first philosophers in the West, from Thales to Aristotle. ∗ Has a strong sense of narrative drive., Retrieving the Ancients tells the story of the first philosophers in the West. A clear and engaging introduction to ancient Greek philosophy. Tells the story of the first philosophers in the West, from Thales to Aristotle. Has a strong sense of narrative drive. Treats the history of ancient Greek philosophy dialectically, as a conversation in which each thinker responds to and moves beyond his predecessors. Argues that the works of the ancients are as valuable today as ever.
LC Classification NumberB171.R66 2004
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