Name: Ancient Concepts of Philosophy

Author: William Jordan
Year: 1990
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9780415089401
0415089409
For Socrates, philosophy, was the study of how to lead life. For Wittgenstein, philosophy leaves sll as it is. Throughout this book, the work of the ancients is set in the context of recent thinking about the nature & value of philosophy. The author questions how much there is to be learnt from the ancient philosophers' differing conceptions of the ideal life. The work of the ancients is set in the context of the most recent thinking about the nature & value of philosophy. It shows that there is much to be learnt from the ancient philosophers' views of the life of a philosopher.
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
References to Ancient Texts
Introduction: philosophy ancient & modern
1 The presocratic philosophers: the first philosophical arguments
2 Socrates: a method of doubt
3 Plato: the life of philosophy
4 Aristotle: philosophy, method, being & the good life
5 The Hellenistic philosophers: philosophy, nature & therapy
Conclusion: the nature of philosophy
Notes
Bibliography
Index


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