Rereading ancient philosophy : old chestnuts and sacred cows / edited by Verity Harte, Raphael Woolf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harte, Verity, editor.

Woolf, Raphael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book revisits, and sheds fresh light on, some key texts and debates in ancient philosophy. Its twin targets are 'Old Chestnuts' - well-known passages in the works of ancient philosophers about which one might have thought everything there is to say has already been said - and 'Sacred Cows' - views about what ancient philosophers thought, on issues of philosophical importance, that have attained the status of near-unquestioned orthodoxy. Thirteen leading scholars respond to these challenges by offering new perspectives on familiar material and challenging some prevailing orthodoxies. On authors ranging from the Presocratics to Plotinus, the book represents a snapshot of contemporary scholarship in ancient philosophy, and a vigorous and illuminating affirmation of its continuing interest and power. The volume is dedicated to Professor M. M. McCabe, an inspiring scholar and teacher, colleague and friend to both the editors and the contributors.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 - On Second Thoughts, Does Nature Like to Hide?

Chapter 2 - Deinos (Wicked Good) at Interpretation (Protagoras 334-48)

Chapter 3 - The Unhappiness of the Great King (Gorgias 461-81)

Chapter 4 - Love and Knowledge

Chapter 5 - Socrates, Eros and Magic

Chapter 6 - The Psychological Import of the First Wave in Republic 5

Chapter 7 - Knowing and Believing in Republic 5

Chapter 8 - Knowledge, True Belief and Poetry in Republic 10

Chapter 9 - Another Two Cratyluses Problem

Chapter 10 - Is Aristotle a Virtue Ethicist?

Chapter 11 - Soul as Harmony in Phaedo 85e–86d and Stoic Pneumatic Theory

Chapter 12 - A Neglected Strategy of the Aristotelian Alexander on Necessity and Responsibility

Chapter 13 - ‘Present without Being Present’

Bibliography 1978–2016

Volume Bibliography

Subject Index pp 295-298

Index Locorum.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-108-16885-X

1-108-16386-6

1-108-17367-5