History Of Philosophy Ii: Plato And Aristotle (uni Slovakia)

The coursebook presents Plato and Aristotle as the two most significant and groundbreaking thinkers of European thought from the era of classical Greek philosophy. The author provides prefatory orientation in the labyrinth of their complex thought and sketches their metaphysics, problems of knowledge and ethics. He departs from the fact that both thinkers are similar in striving to overcome problems of their period by localizing the human being into a hierarchical order of beings, which obliges in questions of the possibility of knowledge as well as of the right conduct. Cover Contents Introduction Plato 1. Life 2. Work 3. Concept of the Idea 4. Anamnésis and Knowledge 5. Plato’s Analogies 6. Soul and City Aristotle 1. Life 2. Work 3. Organon and the Theory of Cognition 4. Metaphysics and the Structure of the Cosmos 5. Ethics List of Abbreviations Bibliography This book is an introduction to key issues in philosophical thought of Plato and Aristotle. Therefore it aims to provide prefatory orientation in their complex thought and addresses problems of dialogue, ontological hierarchy, metaphysics, knowledge and practical philosophy.