Hellenic philosophy : origin and character / Christos C. Evangeliou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evangeliou, Christos.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Radical and revisionary in nature, this work challenges many of the long cherished myths about the influence of Classical Hellenic philosophy on the tradition of Western thought. Tracing the historical origin and the critical development of Hellenic philosophy from vague beginnings to its classical maturity and fruition, this book argues that dignified nobility, critique and freedom of expression defined the character of Classical Hellenic philosophy.

Contents:

Origin and maturity of Hellenic philosophy

The origin of Hellenic philosophy

Three basic questions

The way from Hellas to the Nile

Modern Europeans vs. ancient Hellenes

Plato and European philosophy

Plato and Platonism

Two versions of Platonism

Augustine vs. Porphyry the Platonist

Platonism in the Italian Renaissance

Adventures of Platonic philosophy

Aristotle and western rationality

The scope of this study

Aristotles move from logos to nous

Aristotle on divine and human beings

Distinguishing between ontology and ousiology

Perfecting the Aristotelian political animal

Possible post-modern objections to Aristotle

Critique and character of Hellenic philosophy

Aristotles critique of Plato's polity

The nature of the problem

Community of women and children

Community of property

Pletho's critique of Aristotelian novelties

Innovations in theology and ontology

The Aristotelian homonymy of being

Innovations in psychology, ethics and cosmology

Critique of Aristotle's theories of art and cause

Critique of Aristotle's critique of the theory of ideas

The character of Hellenic philosophy

The ambiguity of the appellation "western"

Hellenic philosophy delineated

Hellenic philosophy and "European philosophy."

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.

ISBN:

1-138-61991-4

1-351-15652-7

1-351-15650-0

1-281-09846-9

9786611098469

0-7546-8402-4

9781351156523

OCLC:

437113574