Essays on Plato and Aristotle
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 1997
264 pages
978-0-19-158570-8 (ISBN)
Description
J. L. Ackrill's work on Plato and Aristotle has had a considerable influence upon ancient philosophical studies in the late twentieth century. In his writings the rigour and clarity of contemporary analytic philosophy are brought to bear upon ancient thought; in many cases he has provided the first analytic treatment of a key issue. Gathered now in this volume are the best of Ackrill's essays on the two greatest philosophers of antiquity. With philosophical acuity and philological expertise he examines a wide range of texts and topics--from ethics and logic to epistemology and metaphysics--which continue to be in the focus of debate.
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J. L. Ackrill is Emeritus Professor of History of Philosophy in the University of Oxford, and an Emeritus Fellow of Brasenose College.
Content
- Anamnesis in the Phaedo: Remarks on 73c--75c
- Language and Reality in Plato's Cratylus
- Plato on False Belief: Theaetetus 187--200
- Sumploke Eidon
- Plato and the Copula: Sophist 251--259
- In Defence of Platonic Division
- Aristotle's Theory of Definition: Some Questions on Posterior Analytics
- Change and Aristotle's Theological Argument
- Aristotle's Distinction between Energeia and Kinesis
- Aristotle's Definitions of Psuche
- Aristotle on Eudaimonia
- Aristotle on 'Good' and the Catagories
- Aristotle on Action
- An Aristotelian Argument about Virtue
