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In Ancient Philosophy (2012), Christopher Shields expanded on the
coverage of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in his earlier book,
Classical Philosophy (2003), to include the philosophy of the
Hellenistic era. In this new edition (2023), Shields reaches even
further to include material on Neoplatonism and on Augustine and
Proclus, capturing-from Thales of Miletus to the end of the sixth
century CE-all of what might be called ancient philosophy. It
traces the important connections between the periods and
individuals of more than 1,200 years of philosophy's history
without losing sight of the novelties and dynamics unique to each.
The coverage of the Presocratics, Sophists, Plato, and Stoicism has
also been expanded so as to highlight Plato's responses to the
Sophistic movement in the development of his Theory of Forms. And,
finally, a valuable companion volume, with Shields's focused
translations of the important sources referred to in Ancient
Philosophy, Second Edition, will soon be published, obviating the
need for a massive anthology of discordant voices. Ancient
Philosophy, Second Edition, retains its helpful structure: each
philosophical position receives: (1) a brief introduction, (2) a
sympathetic review of its principal motivations and primary
supporting arguments, and (3) a short assessment, inviting readers
to evaluate its plausibility. The result is a book that brings the
ancient arguments to life, making the introduction truly
contemporary. It continues to serve as both a first stop and a
well-visited resource for any student of the subject. Key updates
in the second edition Extends the range of coverage well into the
sixth century CE by offering a new chapter on Neoplatonism and
early Christian philosophy, featuring discussions of Proclus and
Augustine. Explains the conflicts between Plato and the Sophists by
highlighting their approaches to rhetoric as an instrument of
persuasion, offering a helpful explanation of two senses of
argument. Includes new coverage of Plato's argument from the
Simplicity of the Soul, Argument from Affinity, and Argument
against Rhetoric. Includes coverage of Aristotle's political
naturalism . May be used with a soon-to-be-published companion
volume of primary source material, all of it translated by
Christopher Shields specifically for the reader of this Second
Edition.
In Ancient Philosophy (2012), Christopher Shields expanded on the
coverage of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in his earlier book,
Classical Philosophy (2003), to include the philosophy of the
Hellenistic era. In this new edition (2023), Shields reaches even
further to include material on Neoplatonism and on Augustine and
Proclus, capturing-from Thales of Miletus to the end of the sixth
century CE-all of what might be called ancient philosophy. It
traces the important connections between the periods and
individuals of more than 1,200 years of philosophy's history
without losing sight of the novelties and dynamics unique to each.
The coverage of the Presocratics, Sophists, Plato, and Stoicism has
also been expanded so as to highlight Plato's responses to the
Sophistic movement in the development of his Theory of Forms. And,
finally, a valuable companion volume, with Shields's focused
translations of the important sources referred to in Ancient
Philosophy, Second Edition, will soon be published, obviating the
need for a massive anthology of discordant voices. Ancient
Philosophy, Second Edition, retains its helpful structure: each
philosophical position receives: (1) a brief introduction, (2) a
sympathetic review of its principal motivations and primary
supporting arguments, and (3) a short assessment, inviting readers
to evaluate its plausibility. The result is a book that brings the
ancient arguments to life, making the introduction truly
contemporary. It continues to serve as both a first stop and a
well-visited resource for any student of the subject. Key updates
in the second edition Extends the range of coverage well into the
sixth century CE by offering a new chapter on Neoplatonism and
early Christian philosophy, featuring discussions of Proclus and
Augustine. Explains the conflicts between Plato and the Sophists by
highlighting their approaches to rhetoric as an instrument of
persuasion, offering a helpful explanation of two senses of
argument. Includes new coverage of Plato's argument from the
Simplicity of the Soul, Argument from Affinity, and Argument
against Rhetoric. Includes coverage of Aristotle's political
naturalism . May be used with a soon-to-be-published companion
volume of primary source material, all of it translated by
Christopher Shields specifically for the reader of this Second
Edition.
This book introduces Thomas Aquinas's own principal fascinations in
philosophy: rational theology, metaphysics, human nature,
philosophy of mind, and value theory. It offers an introduction to
his overarching explanatory framework in a distinctive deployment
of an approach familiar from Aristotle.
This book introduces Thomas Aquinas's own principal fascinations in
philosophy: rational theology, metaphysics, human nature,
philosophy of mind, and value theory. It offers an introduction to
his overarching explanatory framework in a distinctive deployment
of an approach familiar from Aristotle.
In this extensively revised new edition of his excellent guidebook,
Christopher Shields introduces the whole of Aristotle's philosophy,
showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of
his thinking on the nature of the soul and the mind, ethics,
politics, and the arts. Beginning with a brief biography, Shields
carefully explains the fundamental elements of Aristotle's thought:
his explanatory framework, his philosophical methodology, and his
four-causal explanatory scheme. Subsequently he discusses
Aristotle's metaphysics, the theory of categories, logical theory,
and his conception of the human being as a composite of soul and
body. The last part concentrates on Aristotle's value theory as
applied to ethics and politics, and assesses his approach to
happiness, virtue, and the best life for human beings, before
turning to a consideration of Aristotle's theory of rhetoric and
the arts, with a special focus on his perennially controversial
treatment of tragedy. This second edition includes an expanded
discussion of Aristotle's method, and new sections on key issues in
perception, thought, akrasia, and mimesis. It concludes with an
expanded assessment of Aristotle's legacy, sketching currently
emerging Neo-Aristotelian movements in metaphysics and virtue
ethics.
In this extensively revised new edition of his excellent guidebook,
Christopher Shields introduces the whole of Aristotle's philosophy,
showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of
his thinking on the nature of the soul and the mind, ethics,
politics, and the arts. Beginning with a brief biography, Shields
carefully explains the fundamental elements of Aristotle's thought:
his explanatory framework, his philosophical methodology, and his
four-causal explanatory scheme. Subsequently he discusses
Aristotle's metaphysics, the theory of categories, logical theory,
and his conception of the human being as a composite of soul and
body. The last part concentrates on Aristotle's value theory as
applied to ethics and politics, and assesses his approach to
happiness, virtue, and the best life for human beings, before
turning to a consideration of Aristotle's theory of rhetoric and
the arts, with a special focus on his perennially controversial
treatment of tragedy. This second edition includes an expanded
discussion of Aristotle's method, and new sections on key issues in
perception, thought, akrasia, and mimesis. It concludes with an
expanded assessment of Aristotle's legacy, sketching currently
emerging Neo-Aristotelian movements in metaphysics and virtue
ethics.
The History of the Philosophy of Mind is a major six-volume
reference collection, covering the key topics, thinkers and debates
within philosophy of mind, from Antiquity to the present day. Each
volume is edited by a leading scholar in the field and comprises
chapters written by an international team of specially commissioned
contributors. Including a general introduction by Rebecca
Copenhaver and Christopher Shields, and fully cross-referenced
within and across the six volumes, The History of the Philosophy of
Mind is an essential resource for students and researchers in
philosophy of mind, and will also be of interest to those in many
related disciplines, including Classics, Religion, Literature,
History of Psychology, and Cognitive Science. Vol.1 Philosophy of
Mind in Antiquity, edited by John E. Sisko Vol.2 Philosophy of Mind
in the Early and High Middle Ages, edited by Margaret Cameron Vol.3
Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, edited
by Stephan Schmid Vol.4 Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and
Modern Ages, edited by Rebecca Copenhaver Vol.5 Philosophy of Mind
in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Sandra Lapointe Vol.6
Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries,
edited by Amy Kind General Editors: Rebecca Copenhaver and
Christopher Shields
This new and updated edition of Christopher Shields and Robert
Pasnau's The Philosophy of Aquinas introduces the Aquinas'
overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary
background to his philosophical investigations across a wide range
of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human
nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory.
Although not intended to provide a comprehensive evaluation of all
aspects of Aquinas' far-reaching writings, the volume presents a
systematic introduction to the principal areas of his philosophy
and attends no less to Aquinas' methods and argumentative
strategies than to his ultimate conclusions. The authors have
updated the second edition in light of recent scholarship on
Aquinas, while streamlining and refining their presentation of the
key elements of Aquinas' philosophy.
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"The many moods of THE SLIP, from fabulous to funny to frenetic,
announce the arrival of a promising new voice that can express,
with consummate sensitivity and verve, the sorrows and celebrations
of our complicated queerness. When Michael Montlack writes, he can
make us sing or break our hearts. Each poem is a veritable 'kiss of
the artist'--passionate and memorable."--Rigoberto Gonzalez, author
of OTHER FUGITIVES AND OTHER STRANGERS. "With pitch-perfect pacing
and an intimate colloquial voice, THE SLIP reads as engagingly
novelistic even as these memoiristic vignettes are untamed by wit
and scathing humor. Ouch. The poems are at once revealing yet
winningly imaginative as they reignite myth--there's even a
bisexual Orpheus here who helps Montlack to rewrite the past while
instructing, bruising, and exposing suburbia's lingering
melancholy."--Peter Covino, author of CUT OFF THE EARS OF WINTER,
winner of PEN/America Osterweil Prize. "Michael Montlack's THE SLIP
situates us in the middle of a life, threading together joys and
sorrows. Some of the comic moments will truly make you laugh out
loud. And at times, you'll get horribly wistful. Such is the
richness of this collection."--D. A. Powell, author of CHRONIC.
The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle reflects the lively international
character of Aristotelian studies, drawing contributors from the
United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland,
Italy, Canada, and Japan; it also, appropriately, includes a
preponderance of authors from the University of Oxford, which has
been a center of Aristotelian studies for many centuries. The
volume equally reflects the broad range of activity Aristotelian
studies comprise today: such activity ranges from the primarily
textual and philological to the application of broadly Aristotelian
themes to contemporary problems irrespective of their narrow
textual fidelity. In between these extremes one finds the core of
Aristotelian scholarship as it is practiced today, and as it is
primarily represented in this Handbook: textual exegesis and
criticism. Even within this more limited core activity, one
witnesses a rich range of pursuits, with some scholars seeking
primarily to understand Aristotle in his own philosophical milieu
and others seeking rather to place him into direct conversation
with contemporary philosophers and their present-day concerns. No
one of these enterprises exhausts the field. On the contrary, one
of the most welcome and enlivening features of the contemporary
Aristotelian scene is precisely the cross-fertilization these
mutually beneficial and complementary activities offer one another.
The volume, prefaced with an introduction to Aristotle's life and
works by the editor, covers the main areas of Aristotelian
philosophy and intellectual enquiry: ethics, metaphysics, politics,
logic, language, psychology, rhetoric, poetics, theology, physical
and biological investigation, and philosophical method. It also,
and distinctively, looks both backwards and forwards: two chapters
recount Aristotle's treatment of earlier philosophers, who proved
formative to his own orientations and methods, and another three
chapters chart the long afterlife of Aristotle's philosophy, in
Late Antiquity, in the Islamic World, and in the Latin West.
Christopher Shields presents the first full study of a key feature of Aristotle's philosophical and scientific investigations: his concern with the homonymy of certain concepts, that is, with the fact that a single concept stands for a multiplicity of kinds of thing. Shields examines how Aristotle seeks order within this multiplicity, in a variety of areas of inquiry, and demonstrates the continuing fruitfulness of his methodology.
Aristotle's De Anima has a claim to be the first systematic
treatment of issues in the philosophy of mind, and also to be one
of the greatest works on the subject. This volume provides an
accurate translation of Books II and III, together with some
sections of Book I; particular attention has been given to the
translation of difficult terms, to help the student of philosophy
who does not know Greek. A brief Introduction discusses Aristotle's
approach to his subject, while the Notes provide a continuous
philosophical commentary on the text. Since the original
publication of this volume, Aristotle's philosophy of mind has been
the focus of lively scholarly debate; for this revised edition,
Christopher Shields has added a substantial review of this recent
work, together with a new bibliography.
Aristotle's "De Anima" has a claim to be the first systematic
treatment of issues in the philosophy of mind, and also to be one
of the greatest works on the subject. This volume provides an
accurate translation of Books 2 and 3, together with some sections
of Book 1. Particular attention has been given to the translation
of difficult terms, to help the student of philosophy who does not
know Greek. A brief introduction discusses Aristotle's approach to
his subject, while notes provide a continuous philosophical
commentary on the text. Since the original publication of this
volume, Aristotle's philosophy of mind has been the focus of lively
scholarly debate; for this revised edition, Christopher Shields has
added a substantial review of this recent work, together with a new
bibliography.
The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle reflects the lively international
character of Aristotelian studies, drawing contributors from the
United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland,
Italy, Canada, and Japan; it also, appropriately, includes a
preponderance of authors from the University of Oxford, which has
been a center of Aristotelian studies for many centuries. The
volume equally reflects the broad range of activity Aristotelian
studies comprise today: such activity ranges from the primarily
textual and philological to the application of broadly Aristotelian
themes to contemporary problems irrespective of their narrow
textual fidelity. In between these extremes one finds the core of
Aristotelian scholarship as it is practiced today, and as it is
primarily represented in this handbook: textual exegesis and
criticism. Even within this more limited core activity, one
witnesses a rich range of pursuits, with some scholars seeking
primarily to understand Aristotle in his own philosophical milieu
and others seeking rather to place him into direct conversation
with contemporary philosophers and their present-day concerns. No
one of these enterprises exhausts the field. On the contrary, one
of the most welcome and enlivening features of the contemporary
Aristotelian scene is precisely the cross-fertilization these
mutually beneficial and complementary activities offer one another.
The volume, prefaced with an introduction to Aristotle's life and
works by the editor, covers the main areas of Aristotelian
philosophy and intellectual enquiry: ethics, metaphysics, politics,
logic, language, psychology, rhetoric, poetics, theology, physical
and biological investigation, and philosophical method. It also,
and distinctively, looks both backwards and forwards: two chapters
recount Aristotle's treatment of earlier philosophers, who proved
formative to his own orientations and methods, and another three
chapters chart the long afterlife of Aristotle's philosophy, in
Late Antiquity, in the Islamic World, and in the Latin West.
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