Meet the philosophers of ancient Greece : everything you always wanted to know about ancient Greek philosophy but didn't know who to ask

Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience. Comprising of seventy essays, written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of ancient Greece. Commencing with Thales of Miletus and continuing to the end of the Ancient Period of philosophy by way of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, Epictetus this book explores the major contributions of each philosopher as well as looking at archeological and historical sites where they lived, worked and thought. This book is an outstanding introduction to the world of the philosophers of Ancient Greece Content: pt. 1. Introductory essays: Introduction / Alan Chalmers What is philosophy? / Trevor Curnow What Greek philosophy means to us today / Ian Hunt -- pt. 2. The precursors of philosophy: Homer / Seamus Sweeney Hesiod / Aude Engel Aesop / Leo Groarke -- pt. 3. The pre-Socratics and Socrates: Thales of Miletus / Patricia F. O'Grady Anaximander of Miletus / Dirk L. Couprie and Heleen J. Pott Sappho of Lesbos / Christina A. Clark Pythagoras / Thomas Kiefer Xenophanes / Hye-Kyung Kim Aeschylus / Seamus Sweeney Anaxagoras of Clazomenae / Patricia F. O'Grady Heraclitus / G.S. Bowe Parmenides / Allan F. Randall Empedocles / James M. Magrini Protagoras of Abdera and Plato's 'Protagoras' / Jonathan Lavery The Sophists / Jonathan Lavery Zeno of Elea / Doukas Kapantaïs Sophocles / James M. Magrini Euripides / Seamus Sweeney Herodotus / Christine Farmer Diotima of Mantineia / Melanie B. Mineo Hippocrates of Cos / Andrew Gregory Socrates / Hope May Thucydides / Matthew Usher Democritus / Alan Chalmers -- pt. 4. The classical period: Aristophanes / Robert Phiddian Plato / Gerasimos Santas Plato's 'Symposium' / Steven R. Robinson The anonymous Iamblichi / Louis Groarke Diogenes of Sinope / Marjolein Oele Eudoxus of Cnidos / Andrew Gregory Aristotle / Hope May -- pt. 5. The Hellenistic philosophers: Theophrastus of Eresus / Irene Svitzou Pyrrho / Leo Groarke Epicurus / Dirk Baltzly Zeno of Citium / Maria Protopapas-Marneli Archimedes / Suzanne Roux Aristarchus of Samos / Andrew Gregory Carneades / G.S. Bowe Lucretius / Tim O'Keefe Seneca the Younger / Kartika Panwar Apollonius of Tyana / Gabriele Cornelli -- pt. 6. The Roman period: Epictetus / Keith Seddon Apuleius of Madauros / Bruce J. MacLennan Marcus Aurelius / William O. Stephens Plotinus / David J. Yount Sextus Empiricus / Sabatino DiBernardo Iamblichus of Chalcis / Bruce J. MacLennan Anthony of Egypt and the Desert Fathers / Louis Groarke Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea / Linos G. Benakis Hypatia of Alexandria / Virginia Haddad Proclus / Dirk Baltzly John Philoponus / Antonia Kakavelaki The closure of the Academy of Athens / George Arabatzis -- pt. 7. Archaeological sites: The Athenian acropolis / Evanthia Speliotis The Athenian Agora / Kevin Glowacki Corinth / G.S. Bowe Delphi / Deborah Nash Peterson Didyma / Peter Sommer Eleusis / Anne Farrell Epidaurus / Glenn Rawson Marathon / Trevor Curnow Miletus / Patricia F. O'Grady Ancient Olympia : athletic games and intellectual contests / Glenn Rawson Piraeus / Daniel Silvermintz Samos / Tim O'Keefe and Patricia F. O'Grady Syracuse / Phillip Meade Troy and Heinrich Schliemann / Patricia F. O'Grady -- Glossary / Glenn Rawson -- Time line of ancient authors / Andrew Gregory.

Ancient Greece was the cradle of philosophy in the Western tradition. Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece brings the thoughts and lives of the pioneers of Western philosophy down from their sometimes remote heights and introduces them to a modern audience. Comprising seventy essays, written by internationally distinguished scholars in a lively and accessible style, this book presents the values, ideas, wisdom and arguments of the most significant thinkers from the world of Ancient Greece.

Commencing with Thales of Miletus and continuing to the end of the Ancient Period of philosophy by way of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, Epictetus this book explores the major contributions of each philosopher as well as looking at archaeological and historical sites where they lived, worked and thought. This book is an outstanding introduction to the world of the philosophers of Ancient Greece.

Specialists in various areas of philosophy from Europe, North America, and Australia explain the major themes, theories, and arguments of the most prominent ancient Greek philosophers for students and prospective students of philosophy, or educated general readers who are intimidated by the mass of opinion tossed casually around the discipline like so many medicine balls. After introductory essays on philosophy and what the ancient Greeks mean today, they cover the literary precursors of philosophy including Homer and Aesop, the pre-Socratics and Socrates, the classical period, the Hellenistic philosophers, the Roman period, and archaeological sites. Playwrights and historians are among the figures profiled, such as Thucydides and Aristophanes. There is no index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR "Commencing with Thales of Miletus and continuing to the end of the Ancient Period of philosophy by way of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, Epictetus this book explores the major contributions of each philosopher as well as looking at archaeological and historical sites where they lived, worked and thought. This book is an outstanding introduction to the world of the philosophers of Ancient Greece"--Publisher description An accessible guide to philosophy, presenting a collection of 70 essays covering the major themes, theories and arguments of the most prominent thinkers of ancient Greece Some ancient schools of philosophy divided their subject into three areas, which they called physics, logic and ethics.