Handy Answer: The Handy Western Philosophy Answer Book: The Ancient Greek Influence on Modern Understanding

Editor/Author D'Angelo, Ed
Publication Year: 2021
Publisher: Visible Ink Press

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-57-859556-3
Category: Philosophy
Image Count: 137
Book Status: Available
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The Handy Western Philosophy Answer Book: The Ancient Greek Influence on Modern Understanding makes esoteric ideas and the jumble of names easy to understand, enriching readers' lives.

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Table of Contents

  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE BASICS
  • PHILOSOPHY BASICS
  • MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF PHILOSOPHY
  • PHILOSOPHY BEFORE SOCRATES
  • EARLY PHILOSOPHY
  • THALES
  • ANAXIMANDER
  • ANAXIMENES
  • HERACLITUS
  • EMPEDOCLES
  • ANAXAGORAS AND ARCHELAUS
  • THE ATOMISTS: LEUCIPPUS AND DEMOCRITUS
  • THE ELEATIC SCHOOL: PARMENIDES, ZENO, AND MELISSUS
  • PYTHAGORAS
  • THE SOPHISTS
  • SOCRATES AND PLATO
  • SOCRATES AND PLATO
  • SOCRATIC ETHICS
  • THE SOCRATIC METHOD
  • PLATO'S ACADEMY
  • PLATO'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
  • PLATO'S THEORY OF FORMS
  • THE ANALOGIES OF THE SUN AND THE DIVIDED LINE
  • PLATO'S THEORY OF THE COSMOS
  • PLATO'S MATHEMATICAL AND MUSICAL THEORY OF THE COSMOS
  • PLATO'S ETHICS
  • PLATONIC LOVE
  • PLATO'S THEORY OF JUSTICE
  • PLATO'S MODEL OF AN IDEAL SOCIETY
  • PLATO'S PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
  • PLATO'S THEORY OF THE JUST CITY-STATE
  • PLATO'S THEORY OF THE SOUL
  • THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE
  • THE INEVITABLE DEGENERATION OF THE JUST CITY-STATE
  • IT IS BETTER TO BE JUST THAN UNJUST
  • ARISTOTLE AND THE AGE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
  • ARISTOTLE
  • GREEK HISTORY IN THE AGE OF ARISTOTLE AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT
  • ARISTOTLE'S POLITICAL VIEWS
  • PLUTARCH, ARRIAN, AND ERATOSTHENES
  • ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND GREEK PHILOSOPHY
  • ARISTOTLE'S LIFE AFTER HIS DEPARTURE FROM PLATO'S ACADEMY
  • ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
  • ARISTOTLE'S WRITINGS
  • ARISTOTLE'S REVISION OF PLATO'S THEORY OF FORMS
  • ARISTOTLE'S LOGIC
  • ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF THE COSMOS
  • ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF CHANGE AND THE FOUR CAUSES
  • ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF THE SOUL
  • ARISTOTLE'S ETHICS
  • ARISTOTLE'S CONCEPTS OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
  • ARISTOTLE'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
  • HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY
  • BASICS OF HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY
  • THE MUSEUM OF ALEXANDRIA
  • THE STOIC THEORY OF THE COSMOS AND OF WHAT EXISTS
  • THE EPICUREAN THEORY OF PHYSICS AND OF WHAT EXISTS
  • THE EPICUREAN THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
  • EPICUREAN ETHICS
  • THE EPICUREAN THEORY OF THE SOUL
  • THE EPICUREAN THEORY OF RELIGION AND THE GODS
  • EPICUREAN PSYCHIATRY
  • THE CYRENAIC SCHOOL OF HEDONISM
  • CYNICISM
  • THE MEGARIAN AND DIALECTICAL SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY
  • STOICISM
  • STOIC LOGIC
  • STOIC THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
  • THE STOIC THEORY OF THE SOUL OR PSYCHE
  • STOIC ETHICS
  • THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE STOICS
  • ACADEMIC SKEPTICISM
  • PYRRHONIST SKEPTICISM
  • PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  • TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY
  • THE MAIN SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY
  • ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY
  • CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY
  • GLOSSARY
  • FURTHER READING