A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 5, The Later Plato and the Academy (Later Plato & the Academy)

All volumes of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness. A HISTORY OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY. VOL.5......Page 1 CONTENTS (interactive)......Page 6 Preface......Page 14 List of Abbreviations......Page 16 Date; dramatic date; characters......Page 18 The dialogue......Page 22 Comment......Page 33 Additional note: an ideal language?......Page 48 Introduction......Page 49 1) Parmenides......Page 50 Part One (1263-35 d)......Page 53 Conclusion on Part One......Page 67 Transition to Part Two......Page 69 Part Two (1370-660)......Page 71 Conclusion......Page 74 2) Theaetetus......Page 78 1) Knowledge as perception (151 d-86e)......Page 90 Digression: the philosopher and the practical man (172C-77C)......Page 106 Excursus: evil and its sources......Page 109 Return to (1)......Page 117 2) Knowledge as true judgement (doxa) (187 b-201c)......Page 120 3) Knowledge as true judgement with a logos (2010-iob)......Page 131 Conclusion......Page 137 3) Sophist......Page 139 The status of 'what is not' and the criterion of being (237a-48e)......Page 152 Additional notes......Page 178 Introduction, outline and general remarks......Page 180 1) Logic and method......Page 183 2) Forms in the Politicus......Page 192 3) The myth......Page 197 4) Political theory......Page 200 5) Ethics and psychology......Page 208 Conclusion......Page 209 Appendix: Elements of the myth......Page 210 III Philebus......Page 214 Introduction......Page 258 Framework and purpose......Page 261 Atlantis {Tim. 20d-25d, Crit. 108e-21c)......Page 264 The ' probable account'......Page 267 Maker, Model and Material......Page 270 What exactly enters and leaves the Receptacle?......Page 286 What is the cause of pre-cosmic motion?......Page 288 Necessity......Page 289 Creation of cosmos (29d-34b)......Page 292 Construction of the primary bodies (53 c—57d)......Page 297 Soul of the cosmos (34b-36d)......Page 309 Time and creation......Page 316 Creation of living creatures: nature and fate of the human soul (39e-42c)......Page 322 Additional notes......Page 328 Necessity and design in the natures of men (61c-90d)......Page 330 Appendix: the narrative order......Page 336 Introduction......Page 338 1) Introductory conversation (bks 1-3)......Page 342 2) The city of the Laws......Page 349 3) Life in Plato's city......Page 358 4) Religion and theology......Page 374 Additional note: Is soul something created?......Page 383 5) Preservation of the laws: the Nocturnal Council......Page 385 6) The Laws in Plato's philosophy......Page 392 7) Conclusion......Page 398 VI Doubtful and Spurious Dialogues......Page 400 VII Letters......Page 416 The philosophical section of the Seventh Letter......Page 419 Introduction: the modern thesis......Page 435 A glance at the evidence......Page 440 Content of the unwritten doctrine......Page 443 IX Postscript To Plato......Page 460 X Plato's Associates......Page 463 Eudoxus......Page 464 Speusippus......Page 474 Xenocrates......Page 486 Heraclides Ponticus......Page 500 Others......Page 507 Bibliography......Page 510 I Index of passages quoted or referred to......Page 532 II General index......Page 545 III Index of Greek words......Page 556 If you are your guard against taking names too seriously, you will be richer in wisdom as you grow old. Surveys Greek thought through a critical discussion of the major schools and philosophers