Rereading Ancient Philosophy
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Rereading Ancient Philosophy

Old Chestnuts and Sacred Cows

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Rereading Ancient Philosophy

Old Chestnuts and Sacred Cows

About this book

This book revisits, and sheds fresh light on, some key texts and debates in ancient philosophy. Its twin targets are 'Old Chestnuts' – well-known passages in the works of ancient philosophers about which one might have thought everything there is to say has already been said – and 'Sacred Cows' – views about what ancient philosophers thought, on issues of philosophical importance, that have attained the status of near-unquestioned orthodoxy. Thirteen leading scholars respond to these challenges by offering new perspectives on familiar material and challenging some prevailing orthodoxies. On authors ranging from the Presocratics to Plotinus, the book represents a snapshot of contemporary scholarship in ancient philosophy, and a vigorous and illuminating affirmation of its continuing interest and power. The volume is dedicated to Professor M. M. McCabe, an inspiring scholar and teacher, colleague and friend to both the editors and the contributors.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Frontispiece
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1 On Second Thoughts, Does Nature Like to Hide?: Heraclitus B123 Reconsidered
  12. Chapter 2 Deinos (Wicked Good) at Interpretation (Protagoras 334–48)
  13. Chapter 3 The Unhappiness of the Great King (Gorgias 461–81)
  14. Chapter 4 Love and Knowledge
  15. Chapter 5 Socrates, Eros and Magic
  16. Chapter 6 The Psychological Import of the First Wave in Republic 5
  17. Chapter 7 Knowing and Believing in Republic 5
  18. Chapter 8 Knowledge, True Belief and Poetry in Republic 10
  19. Chapter 9 Another Two Cratyluses Problem
  20. Chapter 10 Is Aristotle a Virtue Ethicist?
  21. Chapter 11 Soul as Harmony in Phaedo 85e–86d and Stoic Pneumatic Theory
  22. Chapter 12 A Neglected Strategy of the Aristotelian Alexander on Necessity and Responsibility
  23. Chapter 13 ‘Present without Being Present’: Plotinus on Plato’s Daimōn
  24. Mary Margaret McCabe Bibliography 1978–2016
  25. Volume Bibliography
  26. Subject Index
  27. Index Locorum