A History of Western Philosophy The Classical Mind, Volume I

by Jones, W. T.; Fogelin, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9780155383128
• ISBN10: 0155383124
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1969-03-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY examines the nature of philosophical enterprise and philosophy's role in Western culture. Jones and Fogelin weave key passages from classic philosophy works into their comments and criticisms, giving A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY the combined advantages of a source book and textbook. The text concentrates on major figures in each historical period, combining exposition with direct quotations from the philosophers themselves. The text places philosophers in appropriate cultural context and shows how their theories reflect the concerns of their times.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(10)
Introduction	xvii
1 Pre-Socratic Philosophy	1	(39)
God and Nature in Homer	2	(4)
God and Nature in Hesiod	6	(2)
Thales	8	(3)
Anaximander	11	(1)
Anaximenes	12	(2)
Heraclitus	14	(5)
Xenophanes	19	(1)
Axiomatic Geometry	20	(1)
Parmenides	21	(4)
The Pluralists	25	(1)
Empedocles	25	(3)
Anaxagoras	28	(3)
Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans	31	(9)
2 Education Through Violence	40	(34)
Sparta: An Athenian Estimate	41	(2)
Athens	43	(1)
The Peloponnesian War	44	(2)
The Old Oligarch	46	(1)
Aristophanes	47	(5)
What War Does to Man	52	(4)
Euripides	56	(7)
The Sophists	63	(11)
3 Atomism	74	(34)
The Later Pluralists	74	(1)
Democritus	75	(3)
Lucretius' Version of Atomistic Physics	78	(6)
The Motion of Atoms	84	(4)
The Sensory World	88	(6)
Psychology	94	(7)
Ethics	101	(3)
Evaluation of Atomism	104	(4)
4 Plato: The Theory of Forms	108	(39)
Life and Times	108	(1)
Socrates	109	(10)
Plato's Later Life	119	(2)
Theory of Knowledge	121	(3)
The Forms	124	(23)
5 Plato: The Special Sciences	147	(67)
Physics	147	(6)
Ethics	153	(21)
Political Theory	174	(18)
Theory of Art	192	(4)
Religion	196	(7)
Criticism of the Theory of Forms	203	(11)
6 Aristotle: Metaphysics, Natural Science, Logic	214	(41)
Life	214	(2)
Aristotle's Aim	216	(1)
The Nature of Reality	217	(10)
Natural Science	227	(6)
Biology--Psychology	233	(11)
Logic	244	(11)
7 Aristotle: Ethics, Politics, Art	255	(57)
Animal Drives and Practical Reason	255	(4)
Ethics	259	(28)
Political Theory	287	(19)
Theory of Art	306	(3)
Evaluation of Aristotle's Philosophy	309	(3)
8 The Late Classical Period	312	(43)
Political and Cultural Changes	312	(5)
Epicureanism	317	(9)
Stoicism	326	(7)
Cicero	333	(4)
Epictetus	337	(3)
Marcus Aurelius	340	(4)
Stoicism as an Operative Ideal in Roman Life	344	(3)
Scepticism	347	(8)
Notes	355	(8)
Suggestions for Further Reading	363	(4)
Glossary	367	(6)
Index	373