Ancient Philosophy

by Baird, Forrest E.; Kaufmann, Walter Arnold

• ISBN13: 9780130213143
• ISBN10: 0130213144
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

For courses in Ancient Philosophy. Designed to be accessible to today's students, this anthology of readings in Ancient Western philosophy focuses on the writings of the most important Greek philosophers, along with selections from some of their Roman followers. Striking a balance between major and minor figures, it features the best available translations of textscomplete works or complete selections of workswhich are both central to each philosopher's thought and are widely accepted as part of the canon. The selections are readable and accessible, while still being faithful to the original. Introductions to each philosopher; an abundance of drawings, diagrams, photographs; and a timeline keep students focused throughout.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Before Socrates	1	(64)
The Milesians	6	(5)
Thales	6	(2)
Anaximander	8	(2)
Anaximenes	10	(1)
Three Solitary Figures	11	(8)
Pythagoras	11	(3)
Xenophanes	14	(1)
Heraclitus	15	(4)
The Eleatics	19	(12)
Parmenides	19	(4)
Zeno of Elea	23	(5)
Melissus	28	(3)
The Pluralists	31	(12)
Empedocles	31	(5)
Anaxagoras	36	(3)
Democritus (and Leucippus)	39	(4)
Two Sophists	43	(4)
Protagoras	43	(1)
Gorgias	44	(3)
Sources of the Fragments	47	(6)
Epologue: Two Views of Athens	53	(12)
Pericles (as reported by Thucydides), Funeral Oration	56	(4)
Thucydides, The Melian Conference	60	(5)
Socrates	65	(1)
Plato	65	(380)
Euthyphro	70	(12)
Apology	82	(18)
Crito	100	(10)
Phaedo	110	(43)
Meno	153	(24)
Symposium	177	(35)
Republic (Book I, 336b-354c; Book II, 367e-376c; Book III, 412b-417b; Book IV, 427c-448e; Book V, complete: 448e-480a; Books VI-VII, 502c-521b)	212	(69)
Parmenides (127--135)	281	(7)
Theaetetus (selections)	288	(12)
Timaeus (27d--34b)	300	(4)
Aristotle	304	(141)
Categories (Chapters 1--5)	308	(5)
On Interpretation (Chapters 1--9)	313	(5)
Posterior Analytics (Book I, 1--2; Book II, 19)	318	(4)
Physics (Book II complete)	322	(11)
Metaphysics (Book I and XII complete)	333	(25)
On the Soul (Book II, 1--3; III, 4--5)	358	(6)
Nichomachean Ethics (Book I--II; III, 1--5; IV, 3; VI--VII; X, 6--8)	364	(70)
Politics (Book I, 1--2; III, 6--9; IV, 11--12; VII, 3b--4, 9)	434	(11)
Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy	445	(90)
Epicurus	449	(24)
Letter to Herodotus	451	(14)
Letter to Menoeceus	465	(4)
Principal Doctrines	469	(4)
The Early Stoa: Zeno of Citium and Cleanthes	473	(13)
Zeno of Citium (Selections from Diogenes Laertius)	475	(9)
Hymn to Zeus	484	(2)
Epictetus	486	(14)
Encheiridion (Manual)	487	(13)
Leuretius	500	(16)
On the Nature of Things (Book II, 216--292); III (through 842)	501	(15)
Marcus Aurelius	516	(9)
Meditations (book IV)	517	(8)
Pyrrho and Sextus Empiricus	525	(8)
Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Book I, 1--15)	526	(7)
Plotinus	533	(2)
Enneads (Ennead I, Tractate 6; V, 1; 3:12.9--end)	535