Method in Ancient Philosophy (Hardcover, New)

Method in Ancient Philosophy brings together fifteen new, specially written essays by leading scholars on a broad subject of central importance. It is characteristic of human beings that they direct their activities by reasoning. Methods of reasoning, even toward the same ends, vary. Self-conscious reflection on the methods of reasoning marks the beginning of philosophy in the West; examination of how the ancient Greeks reasoned, and how they thought about methods of reasoning, helps us to see how they came to hold the views they did, and how we have come to think as we do. For the views of the ancients have had a considerable influence upon our own assumptions about the demarcations between different kinds of enquiry and the sorts of methods that are appropriate for them. The aims of the volume are thus both exegetical and philosophical. Most of the essays focus on Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle, but earlier and later ancient philosophy is brought into the picture by essays on Eleatic and Epicurean thought.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1998
First published:	1998
Editors:	Jyl Gentzler (Associate Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	243 x 162 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	412
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-823571-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
LSN:	0-19-823571-2
Barcode:	9780198235712

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