Principles and Praxis in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy in Honor of Fred D. Miller, Jr.
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Principles and Praxis in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy in Honor of Fred D. Miller, Jr.
About this book
This collection of original articles draws from a cross section of distinguished scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. It is focussed primarily on the philosophy of Aristotle but comprises as well studies of the philosophy of Socrates, Plato, and Epicurus. Its authors explore a range of complementary topics in value theory, moral psychology, metaphysics, natural philosophy, political theory, and methodology, highlighting the rich and lasting philosophical contributions of the thinkers investigated.
Opening with an engaging intellectual autobiography of its honoree, Fred D. Miller, Jr., the volume offers treatments of Socrates as a citizen; Plato's attitude towards poetry; Socratic self-knowledge; Plato's conception of law in his Republic; explorations of reason, goodness, and moral conduct in Plato; Platonic metaphysics; Aristotelian causation; Aristotelian metaphysics and normativity; natural philosophy in Aristotle; Aristotelian logic; political theory and approaches to justice in Aristotle's Politics; methodological reflections on how best to approach Aristotle's indefensible ideas; and closes with a reconsideration of Epicurus on death and the art of dying.
Altogether, the volume reflects the richness of the ongoing community of philosophical scholars dedicated to reconstructing, assessing, and criticizing the principal philosophers of the ancient world, whose epoch-forming explorations of the key elements of human life—considered socially, politically, psychologically, and metaphysically—remain topics of lively investigation today. It will be of interest to philosophers of many stripes, including those with a primary interest in ancient philosophy but extending as well to those with systematic interests in the themes it explores. This volume will be a valuable addition to all libraries serving communities dedicated to researching and studying the origins of Western philosophy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. To the Journey! Recollections on a Philosophical Career
- 2. Socrates, Athenian Citizen
- 3. ‘Childish Frivolity’: Plato’s Socrates on the Interpretation of Poetry
- 4. Socrates’ Search for Self-Knowledge
- 5. The Guardians and the Law in Plato’s Republic
- 6. Appetites, Akrasia, and the Appetitive Part of the Soul in Plato’s Republic
- 7. Reason and the Good in Plato’s Republic
- 8. Relativization and Explanation: Two Responses to the Compresence of Opposites
- 9. From Actuality to Goodness: Aristotle’s Rejection of Hume’s Law
- 10. Is Aristotle’s Prime Mover an Efficient Cause by Touching Without Being Touched?
- 11. Aristotle and Huygens on Color and Light
- 12. Aristotle on Artificial Products
- 13. Reconciling Opposites: A Study of ὑπεναντίον in Aristotle
- 14. The Practicality of Aristotle’s Politics: Practical Science’s Independence from Theory
- 15. Aristotle, Egoism, and the Common Advantage
- 16. Aristotle and Rawls on Economic (In)equalities and Ideal Justice
- 17. Dealing with Aristotle’s Indefensible Ideas
- 18. On Revisiting “Epicurus on the Art of Dying”
- Back Matter