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Plato-Arg Philosophers
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Index
Ackrill, J., 213, 214, 220
Acquaintance as model of knowledge, 122–9, 197, 199;
see also Knowledge, as intellectual vision
Adeimantus, see Glaucon
Admiration, function of spirit, 42–3, 49–50, 74–5, 254–7
Agathos (good), and human desires, 247;
relation to function, 233–5;
see also Good
Aggression and spirit, 41–2, 47–8
Agriotes, translation, 47–8,
see also Aggression
Akon (unwilling?), 94, 99, 304;
translation, 92–3
Akribeia (precision?), 118, 158–9
Anaxagoras, 66, 167
Andreia (courage, manliness), 41–2, 76–81, 98, 255–60;
definition of, 177;
translation, 77;
see also Admiration;
Manliness;
Spirit
Anger and spirit, 41–2, 45–7
Animist, language, 303
Arete (excellence) and andreia, 77–81, 98, 255–60;
definition of, 33–4, 177;
and function, 33–4, 60–2, 232–3, 236, 287;
Greek notions of, 77–81, 233–4, 269;
see also Good;
Manliness
Aristophanes, 77
Aristotle, accidental causes, 276;
arguments for Forms, 192;
bodies, 194;
explanation, 168;
Metaphysics A, 140;
Nicomachean Ethics, 8, 29, 88–9, 92
Arithmetic and hypothesis, 107, 113–14;
and measure, 101–6;
propaedeutic, 106–7, 113–14;
properly done, 106;
see also Mathematics;
Measure
Artefacts as model of universe, 283;
see also Organisms
Astronomy and music, 104–6;
importance of...
Table of contents
- The Arguments of the Philosophers
- Contents
- Preface
- I Moral Scepticism
- II Wanting the Good
- III Admiration for Manliness
- IV Reason and Goodness
- V The Defence of Traditional Morality
- VI Freedom and Virtue
- VII Mathematics and Goodness
- VIII Knowledge as Vision
- IX Knowledge and Perception
- X Complaints about the Senses
- XI Being and Definition
- XII Falsity in the Cratylus
- XIII The Sophist
- XIV The Conditions for Determining Excellence
- XV Desire for Excellence
- XVI Common Morality
- XVII Preferred Explanations
- XVIII Innate Knowledge and the Corrigibility of Language
- Bibliography of Modern Works Referred to in the Text
- Index