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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449817103321

Autore

Jordan Robert William

Titolo

Ancient concepts of philosophy / / William Jordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-87840-0

1-280-14409-2

0-203-97943-5

Edizione

[New edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Issues in ancient philosophy

Disciplina

180.938

Soggetti

Philosophy, Ancient

Methodology - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES TO ANCIENT TEXTS; INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY ANCIENT AND MODERN; 1 THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS: THE FIRST PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS; 2 SOCRATES: A METHOD OF DOUBT; 3 PLATO: THE LIFE OF PHILOSOPHY; 4 ARISTOTLE: PHILOSOPHY, METHOD, BEING AND THE GOOD LIFE; 5 THE HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHERS: PHILOSOPHY, NATURE AND THERAPY; CONCLUSION: THE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout this book, the work of the ancients is set in the context of the most recent thinking about the nature and value of philosophy. It shows that there is much to be learnt from the ancient philosophers' views of the life of a philosopher.