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Definition in Greek philosophy / edited by David Charles.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Definition (Philosophy).
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 556 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- David Charles presents 14 new essays by leading experts on the topic of definition in Greek philosophers from Socrates to Plotinus.
- Contents:
- Carried away in the Euthyphro / Lindsay Judson
- Explanation and essence in Plato's Phaedo / Vasilis Politis
- The paradox in the Meno and Aristotle's attempts to resolve it / David Charles
- Definition and division in Plato's Sophist / Lesley Brown
- Division and definition in Plato's Sophist and Statesman / Mary Louise Gill
- Aristotle on essence and defining-phrase in his dialectic / Kei Chiba
- Nominal definition in Aristotle / Deborah Modrak
- Definition and explanation in the Posterior Analytics and Metaphysics / David Charles
- Bios and explanatory unity in Aristotle's biology / James G. Lennox
- The stoics on definition / Paolo Crivelli
- The ancient commentators on concept formation / Richard Sorabji
- Galen's Aristotelian definitions / Jane Hood
- Essence and cause in Plotinus' Ennead VI. 7 [38] 2 : an outline of some problems / Annamaria Schiaparelli
- Sceptical enquiry / Gail Fine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Sept. 7, 2010).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-161414-9
- 0-19-870455-0
- 1-282-76821-2
- 9786612768217
- 0-19-159139-4
- OCLC:
- 922970071
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