
From Protagoras to Aristotle
Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy
Heda Segvic(Author)
Myles Burnyeat(Editor)
Princeton University Press
Published on 14. December 2008
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-691-13123-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in 2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important figure in ancient philosophy, making bold new arguments about the nature of Socratic intellectualism and the intellectual influences that shaped Aristotle's ideas. Segvic had been working for some time on a monograph on practical knowledge that would interpret Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. The essays collected here are those on which her reputation rests, including some that were intended to form the backbone of her projected monograph. The papers range from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Most of the papers reflect directly or indirectly Segvic's idea that both Socrates' and Aristotle's universalism and objectivism in ethics could be traced back to their opposition to Protagorean relativism. The book represents the considerable achievements of one of the most talented scholars of ancient philosophy of her generation.
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"Whatever their state of completion, Segvic's papers shed new light on ancient texts and offer new perspectives on practical rationality. They also give those of us who did not know Segvic an appreciation of the loss that we all suffered when illness and then death prevented her from developing and sharing her many insights."--Jyl Gentzler, POLISMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-13123-8 (9780691131238)
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Persons
Heda Segvic (1957-2003) was associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh.
Content
Acknowledgments vii Introduction-Charles Brittain ix PART I Chapter One: Protagoras' Political Art 3 Chapter Two: Homer in Plato's Protagoras 28 Chapter Three: No One Errs Willingly: The Meaning of Socratic Intellectualism 47 PART II Chapter Four: Aristotle on the Varieties of Goodness 89 Chapter Five: Aristotle's Metaphysics of Action 111 Chapter Six: Deliberation and Choice in Aristotle 144 PART III Chapter Seven: Review of Roger Crisp, Translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics 175 Chapter Eight: Two or Three Things We Know about Socrates 181 Indixes 187