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Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and
deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and
corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man
Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve
essays in the volume, written by leading classical philosophers,
investigate various aspects of these works of Plato, including the
significance of Plato's characters, Socrates's revolutionary
religious ideas, and the relationship between historical events and
Plato's texts. Readers will find their appreciation of Plato's
works greatly enriched by these essays.
M. F. Burnyeat taught for 14 years in the Philosophy Department of
University College London, then for 18 years in the Classics
Faculty at Cambridge, 12 of them as the Laurence Professor of
Ancient Philosophy, before migrating to Oxford in 1996 to become a
Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College. The
studies, articles and reviews collected in these two volumes of
Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy were all written, and
all but two published, before that decisive change. Whether
designed for a scholarly audience or for a wider public, they range
from the Presocratics to Augustine, from Descartes and Bishop
Berkeley to Wittgenstein and G. E. Moore. Their subject-matter
falls under four main headings: 'Logic and Dialectic' and
'Scepticism Ancient and Modern', which make up the first volume,
with 'Knowledge' and 'Philosophy and the Good Life' contained in
this, the second volume. The title 'Explorations' well expresses
Burnyeat's ability to discover new aspects of familiar texts, new
ways of solving old problems. In his hands the history of
philosophy becomes itself a philosophical activity.
Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and
deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and
corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man
Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve
essays in the volume, written by leading classical philosophers,
investigate various aspects of these works of Plato, including the
significance of Plato's characters, Socrates's revolutionary
religious ideas, and the relationship between historical events and
Plato's texts. Readers will find their appreciation of Plato's
works greatly enriched by these essays.
M. F. Burnyeat taught for 14 years in the Philosophy Department of
University College London, then for 18 years in the Classics
Faculty at Cambridge, 12 of them as the Laurence Professor of
Ancient Philosophy, before migrating to Oxford in 1996 to become a
Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College. The
studies, articles and reviews collected in these two volumes of
Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy were all written, and
all but two published, before that decisive change. Whether
designed for a scholarly audience or for a wider public, they range
from the Presocratics to Augustine, from Descartes and Bishop
Berkeley to Wittgenstein and G. E. Moore. Their subject-matter
falls under four main headings: 'Logic and Dialectic' and
'Scepticism Ancient and Modern', which are contained in this first
volume; 'Knowledge' and 'Philosophy and the Good Life' make up the
second volume. The title 'Explorations' well expresses Burnyeat's
ability to discover new aspects of familiar texts, new ways of
solving old problems. In his hands the history of philosophy
becomes itself a philosophical activity.
The ethics of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), and virtue ethics in
general, have seen a resurgence of interest over the past few
decades. No longer do utilitarianism and Kantian ethics on their
own dominate the moral landscape. In addition, Aristotelian themes
fill out that landscape, with such issues as the importance of
friendship and emotions in a good life, the role of moral
perception in wise choice, the nature of happiness and its
constitution, moral education and habituation, finding a stable
home in contemporary moral debate. The essays in this volume
represent the best of that debate. Taken together, they provide a
close analysis of central arguments in Aristotle's Nicomachean
Ethics. But they do more than that. Each shows the enduring
interest of the questions Aristotle himself subtly and complexly
raises in the context of his own contemporary discussions.
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