Ancient philosophy / Anthony Kenny.

By: Kenny, Anthony, 1931-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Kenny, Anthony John Patrick. New history of Western philosophy: v. 1.Publisher: Oxford, UK : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2004Description: xvi, 341 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cmISBN: 0198752733 (alk. paper); 9780198752738; 0198752725; 9780198752721Subject(s): Philosophy, Ancient | Philosophy -- History | Philosophy -- AncientDDC classification: 180 LOC classification: B111 | .K46 2004

Contents:

1. Beginnings : from Pythagoras to Plato -- 2. Schools of thought : from Aristotle to Augustine -- 3. How to argue : logic -- 4. Knowledge and its limits : epistemology -- 5. How things happen : physics -- 6. What there is : metaphysics -- 7. Soul and mind -- 8. How to live : ethics -- 9. God -- Chronology.

Review: "This is the remarkable story of the birth of philosophy, its flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world, and the development of ideas which have shaped the course of Western thought and society. Sir Anthony Kenny's stimulating account begins with Pythagoras and Thales, and ends with St Augustine, who handed on the torch of philosophy to the Christian age. At the centre of the narrative are the two great figures of Plato and Aristotle, who between them set the agenda for philosophy for the next two millennia, and whose influence is as profound today as ever. The fruit of a lifetime's scholarship and insight, Ancient Philosophy sets the philosophers and their ideas in historical context, and explains the significance and impact of each wave of new ideas. It is the first volume in a magisterial new series, which brings the history of philosophy alive to anyone who wants to understand the roots of Western civilization. Book jacket."--Jacket.

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Color illustration on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-330) and index.

"This is the remarkable story of the birth of philosophy, its flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world, and the development of ideas which have shaped the course of Western thought and society. Sir Anthony Kenny's stimulating account begins with Pythagoras and Thales, and ends with St Augustine, who handed on the torch of philosophy to the Christian age. At the centre of the narrative are the two great figures of Plato and Aristotle, who between them set the agenda for philosophy for the next two millennia, and whose influence is as profound today as ever. The fruit of a lifetime's scholarship and insight, Ancient Philosophy sets the philosophers and their ideas in historical context, and explains the significance and impact of each wave of new ideas. It is the first volume in a magisterial new series, which brings the history of philosophy alive to anyone who wants to understand the roots of Western civilization. Book jacket."--Jacket.

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