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Voices of Ancient Philosophy An Introductory Reader

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ISBN-10: 0195126947

ISBN-13: 9780195126945

Edition: 2001

Authors: Julia Annas

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Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Voices of Ancient Philosophy: An Introductory Reader is a unique and accessible introduction to the richness of ancient philosophy. Featuring a topical--as opposed to chronological--organization, this text introduces students to the wide range of approaches and traditions in ancient philosophy. In each section Annas presents the ancient debates on a particular philosophical topic, drawing on a greater diversity of ancient sources than a chronological approach allows. The book is divided into six sections: Fate and Freedom; Reason and Emotion; Knowledge, Belief, and Skepticism; Metaphysical Questions; How Should You Live?; and Society…    
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List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/7/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

List of Boxed Material
Preface
Introduction
Chronological Sketch of Ancient Philosophy
Timeline
Fate And Freedom
Homer, Iliad 16, 512-548
Lucian, Zeus Answers a Few Awkward Questions
Praise, Blame, And Responsibility For Our Actions
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics III, 5
The Stoics on Fate
Alexander of Aphrodisias, On Fate 22
The Stoics on Moral Responsibility
Cicero, On Fate 40-43
Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 7.2, 6-13
Alexander of Aphrodisias, On Fate 11-14
Epicurus, On Nature 34, 26-30
Diogenes of Oenoanda, Epicurean Inscription fragment 54, II-III
Lucretius, On the Nature of Things 2, 251-293
Responsibility For The Lives We Lead
Plato, Republic 10 (the Myth of Er)
Alcinous, Handbook of Platonism 26
Divine Foreknowledge Of The Future
Alexander of Aphrodisias, On Fate 30-31
Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy 5
Is The Future Fixed?
Aristotle, On Interpretation
Diodorus Cronus, The Master Argument (Epictetus, Discourses 11.19, 1-5_
The Stoics on Possibility and Necessity
Cicero, On Fate 12-15
Alexander of Aphrodisias, On Fate 10
Reason And Emotion
Explanation Of Inner Conflict
Plato, Republic 4, 436a-444a
Plato, Republic 9, 588b-590d
Plato, Phaedrus 253d-254e
What Is An Emotion?
Aristotle, Rhetoric II, part of 1,2,5,8
Aristotle, Niomachean Ethics II, 1, parts of 2 and 3
IV, 5
The Early Stoics on the Emotions
Seneca, On Anger I, 7-9, 12-14, 17-18
II, 1-4, 6-10, 28
A Test Case
Euripides, Medea 1021-1080
Epictetus, Discourses I, 28,1-9
II, 17, 17-25
Galen, On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato III, 3, 13-24
Reason, The Emotions, And Faith
The Fourth Book of Maccabees selections
Knowledge, Belief, And Skepticism
Knowledge And Expertise
Plato, Laches 189d-201c
Knowledge And True Belief
Plato, Meno 80a-86d, 96b-99e
Plato, Theaetetus 200d-201c
Relativism
Plato, Theaetetus 166e-172b, 177c-179b
The Structure Of A System Of Knowledge
Plato, Republic 475b-484a, 507b-511e, 514a-518d, 523a-525b, 531c-535a
Aristotle, Posterior Analytics I, 1-3
II, 19
Aristotle, Metaphysics I, 1-3
II, 1
Aristotle, Parts of Animals I, 5
Knowledge From Experience
Epicurus on Knowledge
The Stoics on Knowledge
Skepticism
Plato, Theaetetus 148c-151d
Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism I, 1-30, 100-117;III, 1-12
Metaphysical Questions
Reality And Paradox
Parmenides, The Way of Truth fragments 1-8
Zeno of Elea, Arguments against Motion
Plato's Forms: For And Against
Plato, Phaedo 73c-76e
Plato, Phaedo 78c-79a
Plato, Symposium 209e-212a
Plato, Republic 596a-597e
Plato, Parmenides 128e-135c
Diogenes of Sinope, Lives of the Philosophers VI, 53
The Stoics on Plato's Forms
Aristotle, On Forms
Cause And Explanation
Hippocratic Writings, The Sacred Disease selections
Plato, Phaedo 96a-101e
Aristotle, On Coming-to-Be and Passing-Away II, 9
Aristotle, Physics II, 3, 7-9
Plutarch, Life of Pericles 6
The Epicureans against Teleology
Time
Aristotle, Physics IV, 10-11, 14
The Stoics on Time
Augustine, Confessions XI, selections
How Should You Live?
The Starting Point For Ethical Reflection
Aristotle, Rhetoric I, 5 (extract)
Herodotus, Histories I, 29-34
The First Theories: Virtue And Happiness
Democritus, Fragments on Ethics
Plato, Gorgias, 468e-479e
The Major Theories
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics I, 1,2,4,5,7-10
The Stoics
Cicero, On Final Ends III, 16-17, 20-26, 32-39, 42-71
The Epicureans
Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 121-135
Cicero, On Final Ends I, 29-33, 37-70
Different Directions
Plato, Theaetetus, 172b-177c
The Gospel of Matthew 5, 2-20
Plotinus, Enneads I, 4
Society And The State
Is Nature Or Convention The Basis Of Society And The State?
Plato, Protagoras 320c-323c
Antiphon the Sophist, Fragment 7
Plato, Gorgias 482e-484c
Plato, Crito 50a-54e
Plato, Repubic 358c-360d
Aristotle, Politics I, 2
Aristotle, Politics III, 9
Epicureans
Epicurus, Principal Doctrines 31-38
Diogenes of Oenoanda, Epicurean Inscription fragment 56
Cicero, On Duties III, 37-39
Stoicism
Cicero, On Laws I, 17-35, 42-45
Political Rule: Expertise and The Rule Of Law
Twofold Arguments 7
Plato0 Republic 488a-489c
Plato, Statesman 291d-303b
Aristotle, Politics I, 1
III, 4,11
Democracy and The Best Form Of Government
Herodotus, Histories III, 80-83
The Old Oligarch
Aristotle, Politics IV, 3,4,7-9.11
Polybius, Histories, VI, 2
Further Reading