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A Guide to Greek Thought: Major Figures and Trends

A Guide to Greek Thought: Major Figures and Trends

A Guide to Greek Thought: Major Figures and Trends
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ISBN-10:
0674021568
ISBN-13:
9780674021563
Pub. Date:
11/30/2003
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10:
0674021568
ISBN-13:
9780674021563
Pub. Date:
11/30/2003
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
A Guide to Greek Thought: Major Figures and Trends

A Guide to Greek Thought: Major Figures and Trends

Overview

The philosophers, historians, and scientists of ancient Greece inaugurated and nourished the tradition of Western thought. This volume, drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, gives fresh insight into the originality of major figures and the legacy of important currents of thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674021563
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2003
Pages: 504
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.25(d)
Language: French

About the Author

Jacques Brunschwig was Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Emeritus, at Paris-Sorbonne University.

Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd succeeded Moses Finley as Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous works on the classical period, among them Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle; Greek Science after Aristotle; and Magic, Reason, and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science.

Table of Contents

Translators' Note

Introduction

Maps

MAJOR FIGURES

Anaxagoras

Antisthenes

Archimedes

Aristotle

Democritus

Empedocles

Epicurus

Euclid

Galen

Heraclitus

Herodotus

Hippocrates

Parmenides

Plato

Plotinus

Plutarch

Polybius

Protagoras

Ptolemy

Pyrrhon

Socrates

Thucydides

Xenophon

Zeno

CURRENTS OF THOUGHT

The Academy

Aristotelianism

Cynicism

Hellenism and Christianity

Hellenism and Judaism

The Milesians

Platonism

Pythagoreanism

Skepticism

Sophists

Stoicism

Chronology

Contributors

Index

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