Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume I

The Presocratics
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-691-01937-6
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 685 g

Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the philosophical essay. Many of these pieces are now considered to be classics in the field. Perhaps more than any other modern scholar, Gregory Vlastos was responsible for raising standards of research, analysis, and exposition in classical philosophy to new levels of excellence. His essays have served as paradigms of scholarship for several generations. Available for the first time in a comprehensive collection, these contributions reveal the author's ability to combine the skills of a philosopher, philologist, and historian of ideas in addressing some of the most difficult problems of ancient philosophy. Volume I collects Vlastos's essays on Presocratic philosophy. Wide-ranging concept studies link Greek science, religion, and politics with philosophy. Individual studies illuminate the thought of major philosophers such as Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and Democritus. A magisterial series of studies on Zeno of Elea reveals the author's power in source criticism and logical analysis. Volume II contains essays on the thought of Socrates, Plato, and later thinkers and essays dealing with ethical, social, and political issues as well as metaphysics, science, and the foundations of mathematics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vlastos, Gregory

Graham, Daniel W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Vorsokratische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE ix

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii

INTRODUCTION xv

NOTE ON TEXTUAL CONVENTIONS xxv

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xxvii

PART ONE: CONCEPT STUDIES

1. Theology and Philosophy in Early Greek Thought 3

2. Solonian Justice 32

3. Equality and Justice in Early Greek Cosmologies 57

4. Isonomia 89 5. Cornford's Principium Sapientiae 112

PART TWO: HERACLITUS

6. On Heraclitus 127

PART THREE: THE ELEATICS

7. Parmenides' Theory of Knowledge 153

8. Frankel's Wege und Formen fruhgriechischen Denkens 164

9. Raven's Pythagoreans and Eleatics 180

10. Zeno's Race Course: With an Appendix on the Achilles 189

11. A Note on Zeno's Arrow 205

12. A Zenonian Argument Against Plurality 219

13. Zeno of Elea 241

14. Plato's Testimony Concerning Zeno of Elea 264

PART FOUR: THE PLURALISTS

15. The Physical Theory of Anaxagoras 303

16. Ethics and Physics in Democritus 328

17. On the Pre-History in Diodorus 351

INDEX LOCORUM 359

GENERAL INDEX 381