Maieusis : Essays in Ancient Philosophy in Honour of Myles Burnyeat

Maieusis pays tribute to the highly influential work of Myles Burnyeat, whose contributions to the study of ancient philosophy have done much to enhance the profile of the subject around the world. What is distinctive about his work is his capacity to deepen our understanding of the relation between ancient and modern thought, and to combine the best of contemporary philosophy - its insights as well as its rigour - with a deep sensitivity to classical texts. Nineteen of the world's leading experts in the field examine a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato. Topics include Socrates and the nature of philosophy, the different aspects of eros in the Symposium, Republic and Phaedrus, the Phaedo's arguments for immortality, wars and warriors in Plato, and the different aspects of the cave allegory in the Republic. . Contents......Page 8 1. Looking Inside Charmides’ Cloak: Seeing Others and Oneself in Plato’s Charmides......Page 14 2. Socrates and Philosophy as a Way of Life......Page 33 3. Virtue as the Love of Knowledge in Plato’s Symposium and Republic......Page 57 4. Equal Sticks and Stones......Page 81 5. The Phaedo’s Final Argument......Page 100 6. Beauty of Body, Nobility of Soul: The Pursuit of Love in Plato’s Symposium......Page 110 7. Eros, Philosophy, and Tyranny......Page 149 8. Virgil’s Sacred Duo: Phaedrus’ Symposium Speech and Aeneid IX......Page 167 9. Plato on War......Page 189 10. Language in the Cave......Page 208 11. Metaspeleology......Page 229 12. Why no Platonistic Ideas of Artefacts?......Page 245 13. Plato on What is Not......Page 267 14. The Soul as an Inner Principle of Change: The Basis of Aristotle’s Psychological Naturalism......Page 289 15. Aristotle’s De Interpretatione 8 is about Ambiguity......Page 314 16. Sextan Scepticism......Page 335 17. The Wife of Philinus, or the Doctors’ Dilemma: Medical Signs and Cases and Non-deductive Inference......Page 348 18. Self-Refutation and the Sorites......Page 364 19. Ideas Leap Barriers: The Value of Historical Studies to Philosophy......Page 387 Myles Burnyeat: Publications......Page 404 D......Page 416 L......Page 417 S......Page 418 W......Page 419 C......Page 420 H......Page 421 N......Page 422 T......Page 423 Z......Page 424 D......Page 425 H......Page 426 P......Page 429 S......Page 436 V......Page 437 X......Page 438