A companion to ancient philosophy / edited by Mary Louise Gill and Pierre Pellegrin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gill, Mary Louise, 1950-

Pellegrin, Pierre

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Series:

Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 31.

Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 791 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Summary:

A Companion to Ancient Philosophy provides a comprehensive and current overview of the history of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy from its origins until late antiquity.

This volume of newly contributed papers is distinctive in including contributions from both rising stars and senior scholars, and in integrating what were until recently characterized as two conflicting traditions, analytic and continental. The papers treat central topics in ancient philosophy, such as the problem of sources or the practice of ancient philosophical commentary, and also explore the development of various disciplines, including mathematics, logic, grammar, physics, and medicine, in their relation to ancient philosophy. Each paper informs the reader of the current state of debate concerning its topic, and pushes the dialogue further by expressing the views of its author.

The volume features a lively introduction, bibliographies, chronology, maps, and two indexes, making this book an excellent resource for students and scholars alike. Non-specialists will find this Companion accessible and rewarding, while specialists will be inspired to revisit controversial questions anew.

Contents:

Part I Early Greek Philosophy

1 The Beginnings of Science and Philosophy in Archaic Greece / Edward Hussey 3

2 Ancient Philosophy and the Doxographical Tradition / Jorgen Mejer 20

3 Parmenides and After: Unity and Plurality / Patricia Curd 34

4 The Concept of the Universal in Some Later Pre-Platonic Cosmologists / Alexander P. D. Mourelatos 56

5 The Sophistic Movement / Rachel Barney 77

Part II Socrates, the Socratics, and Plato

6 Socrates / Donald R. Morrison 101

7 Minor Socratics / Fernanda Decleva Caizzi 119

8 The Platonic Dialogue / Christopher Gill 136

9 Plato's Ethics: Early and Middle Dialogues / Terry Penner 151

10 Plato's Political Philosophy: The Republic, the Statesman, and the Laws / Melissa Lane 170

11 Plato's Metaphysics and Dialectic / Noburu Notomi 192

12 Plato's Natural Philosophy and Metaphysics / Luc Brisson 212

Part III Aristotle

13 The Aristotelian Way / Pierre Pellegrin 235

14 Aristotle's Logic and Theory of Science / Wolfgang Detel 245

15 Aristotle's Physics and Cosmology / Istvan Bodnar, Pierre Pellegrin 270

16 Aristotle's Biology and Aristotle's Philosophy / James G. Lennox 292

17 Aristotle's Psychology / Victor Caston 316

18 First Philosophy in Aristotle / Mary Louise Gill 347

19 Aristotle's Ethics / Michael Pakaluk 374

20 Aristotle's Political Philosophy / David Keyt 393

Part IV Philosophy in the Hellenistic Age

21 Philosophic Schools in Hellenistic and Roman Times / Thomas Benatouil 415

22 The Problem of Sources / Robert W. Sharples 430

23 The New Academy and its Rivals / Carlos Levy 448

24 Pyrrhonism / Jacques Brunschwig 465

25 Epicureanism / Pierre-Marie Morel 486

26 Stoic Logic / Katerina Ierodiakonou 505

27 Stoic Ethics / Richard Bett 530

28 Hellenistic Cosmopolitanism / Eric Brown 549

Part V Middle and Late Platonism

29 Middle Platonism / Marco Zambon 561

30 Plotinus / Luc Brisson, Jean-Francois Pradeau 577

31 What was Commentary in Late Antiquity? The Example of the Neoplatonic Commentators / Philippe Hoffmann 597

Part VI Culture, Philosophy, and the Sciences

32 Greek Philosophy and Religion / Gabor Betegh 625

33 Philosophy of Language / Deborah K. W. Modrak 640

34 Ancient Medicine and its Contribution to the Philosophical Tradition / Pierre Pellegrin 664

35 Greek Mathematics to the Time of Euclid / Ian Mueller 686.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

ISBN:

063121061X

OCLC:

60550957

Publisher Number:

9780631210610