From the Beginning to Plato: Routledge History of Philosophy Volume 1

by Taylor,C.C.W.; Taylor,C.C.W.

• ISBN13: 9780415308731
• ISBN10: 0415308739
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-04-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

From the Beginning to Plato covers one of the most remarkable periods in human thought. In the space of two and a half centuries, philosophy developed from quasi-mythological speculation to a state in which many of the most fundamental questions about the universe, the mind, and human behaviour were vigorously pursued, and where some of the most enduring masterworks of Western thought were written. The essays present the fundamental approaches and thinkers of Greek philosophy in chronological order. From an introduction to the polis to the lasting contribution of Plato, each essay takes account of the large amount of high-quality work done in the last few decades on Platonic and pre-Platonic philosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface to the paperback edition	vii
General editors' preface	viii
Notes on contributors	xi
Chronology	xiii
List of sources	xxiv
Introduction	1	(8)
C. C. W. Taylor
1 The polis and its culture	9	(38)
Robin Osborne
2 The Ionians	47	(41)
Malcolm Schofield
3 Heraclitus	88	(40)
Catherine Osborne
4 Pythagoreans and Eleatics	128	(47)
Edward Hussey
5 Empedocles	175	(33)
M. R. Wright
6 Anaxagoras and the atomists	208	(36)
C. C. W Taylor
7 The sophists	244	(27)
G. B. Kerferd
8 Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato	271	(52)
Ian Mueller
9 Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy	323	(33)
Hugh H. Benson
10 Plato: metaphysics and epistemology	356	(38)
Robert Heinaman
11 Plato: ethics and politics	394	(31)
A. W. Price
12 Plato: aesthetics and psychology	425	(31)
Christopher Rowe
Glossary	456	(10)
Index of topics	466	(7)
Index locorum	473	(16)
Index of proper names	489