The Greeks and the Environment

by Westra, Laura; Robinson, Thomas M.; Adams, Madonna R.; Blakeley, Donald N.; DeMarco, C W.; Goldin, Owen; Holland, Alan; Mahoney, Timothy A.; Matten, Mohan; Oelschlaeger, M; Preus, Anthony; Rist, J M.; Robinson, T M.; Shearman, Richard; Tress, Daryl McGowa

• ISBN13: 9780847684458
• ISBN10: 0847684458
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-04-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Max Oelschlaeger
Part I: Overview	3	(42)
Introduction	3	(8)
Laura Westra
Thomas M. Robinson
1 Some Ancient Ecological Myths and Metaphors	11	(8)
Anthony Preus
2 Why Greek Philosophers Might Have Been Concerned about the Environment	19	(14)
John M. Rist
3 The Philosophical Genesis of Ecology and Environmentalism	33	(12)
Daryl McGowan Tress
Part II: Plato	45	(38)
4 Platonic Ecology, Deep Ecology	45	(10)
Timothy A. Mahoney
5 Environmental Ethics in Plato's Timaeus	55	(18)
Madonna R. Adams
6 The Ecology of the Critias and Platonic Metaphysics	73	(10)
Owen Goldin
Part III: Aristotle	83	(68)
7 Aristotelian Roots of Ecology: Causality, Complex Systems Theory, and Integrity	83	(16)
Laura Westra
8 The Greening of Aristotle	99	(22)
C. W. DeMarco
9 Self-Love and the Virtue of Species Preservation in Aristotle	121	(12)
Richard Shearman
10 The Organic Unity of Aristotle's World	133	(18)
Mohan Matthen
Part IV: Greek Philosophy after Aristotle	151	(34)
11 Fortitude and Tragedy: The Prospects for a Stoic Environmentalism	151	(16)
Alan J. Holland
12 Plotinus as Environmentalist?	167	(18)
Donald N. Blakeley
Notes	185	(32)
Index	217	(12)
About the Contributors	229