A Guide to Greek Thought
Major Figures and Trends
Published on 30. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-0-674-02156-3 (ISBN)
Description
The philosophers, historians, and scientists of ancient Greece inaugurated and nourished the tradition of Western thought. This volume, drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, gives fresh insight into the originality of major figures and the legacy of important currents of thought.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
Harvard University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
2 maps
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-02156-3 (9780674021563)
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Persons
Jacques Brunschwig was Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Emeritus, at Paris-Sorbonne University. Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd succeeded Moses Finley as Master of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous works on the classical period, among them Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle; Greek Science after Aristotle; and Magic, Reason, and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science.
Content
Translators' Note Introduction Maps MAJOR FIGURES Anaxagoras Antisthenes Archimedes Aristotle Democritus Empedocles Epicurus Euclid Galen Heraclitus Herodotus Hippocrates Parmenides Plato Plotinus Plutarch Polybius Protagoras Ptolemy Pyrrhon Socrates Thucydides Xenophon Zeno CURRENTS OF THOUGHT The Academy Aristotelianism Cynicism Hellenism and Christianity Hellenism and Judaism The Milesians Platonism Pythagoreanism Skepticism Sophists Stoicism Chronology Contributors Index