The Question of Eclecticism : Studies in Later Greek Philosophy / edited by John M. Dillon and A.A. Long.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dillon, John M., editor.

Long, A. A., editor.

Series:

Hellenistic culture and society ; Volume 3.

Hellenistic Culture and Society Series ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1988]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Notes on contributors

Abbreviations

Chronology

Introduction

1. The history of the concept of eclecticism

2. Cicero's philosophical affiliations

3. Philosophy in the service of Scripture: Philo's exegetical strategies

4. "Orthodoxy" and "eclecticism": Middle Platonists and Neo-Pythagoreans

5. Science and metaphysics: Platonism, Aristote- lianism, and Stoicism in Plutarch's

6. Sextus Empiricus on the Acriterion: The Skeptic as conceptual legatee

7. Ptolemy On the Criterion: An epistemology for the practicing scientist

8. Discovering the imagination: Platonists and Stoics on phantasia

9. Discovering the will: From Aristotle to Augustine

Index of Greek and Latin philosophical terms

General index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520317611

0520317610

OCLC:

1149445461