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The Greek philosophers from Thales to Aristotle /

Long renowned as one of the clearest and best introductions to ancient Greek philosophy for non-specialists, W.K.C Guthrie's The Greek Philosophers offers us a brilliant insight into the hidden foundations of Greek philosophy - foundations that underpin Western thought today. Guthrie explo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guthrie, W. K. C.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge classics
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Greek ways of thinking
  • Matter and form: (ionians and pythagoreans)
  • The problem of motion: (Heraclitus, Parmenides and the pluralists)
  • The reaction towards humanism: (the Sophists and Socrates)
  • Plato (I): the doctrine of ideas
  • Plato (II): ethical and theological answers to the sophists
  • Aristotle (I): the aristotelian universe
  • Aristotle (II): human beings.