Maieusis

Essays in Ancient Philosophy in Honour of Myles Burnyeat

Buch | Hardcover

438 Seiten

2007
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-928997-4 (ISBN)

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Maieusis pays tribute to the highly influential work of Myles Burnyeat, whose contributions to the study of ancient philosophy have done much to enhance the profile of the subject around the world. Nineteen of the world's leading experts in the field examine a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato.

Maieusis pays tribute to the highly influential work of Myles Burnyeat, whose contributions to the study of ancient philosophy have done much to enhance the profile of the subject around the world. What is distinctive about his work is his capacity to deepen our understanding of the relation between ancient and modern thought, and to combine the best of contemporary philosophy - its insights as well as its rigour - with a deep sensitivity to classical texts.

Nineteen of the world's leading experts in the field examine a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato. Topics include Socrates and the nature of philosophy, the different aspects of eros in the Symposium, Republic and Phaedrus, the Phaedo's arguments for immortality, wars and warriors in Plato, and the different aspects of the cave allegory in the Republic.
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Introduction ; 1. Looking inside Charmides' cloak: seeing others and oneself in Plato's Charmides ; 2. Socrates and philosophy as a way of life ; 3. Virtue as the love of knowledge in Plato's Symposium and Republic ; 4. Equal sticks and stones ; 5. The Phaedo's final argument ; 6. Beauty of the body, nobility of soul: the pursuit of love in Plato's Symposium ; 7. Eros, philosophy, and tyranny ; 8. Virgil's sacred duo: Phaedrus's Symposium speech and Aeneid IX ; 9. Plato on war ; 10. Language in the cave ; 11. Metaspeleology ; 12. Why no Platonistic Ideas of artefacts? ; 13. Plato on what is not ; 14. The soul as an inner principle of change: the basis of Aristotle's psychological naturalism ; 15. Aristotle's De Interpretatione 8 is about ambiguity ; 16. Sextan scepticism ; 17. The wife of Philinus, or the doctors' dilemma: medical signs and cases and non- deductive inference ; 18. Self-refutation and the sorites ; 19. Ideas leap barriers: the value of historical studies to philosophy ; Bibliography of publications by Myles Burnyeat ; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.12.2007
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	821 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	0-19-928997-2 / 0199289972
ISBN-13	978-0-19-928997-4 / 9780199289974
Zustand	Neuware