Routledge History of Philosophy, Volume II: From Aristotle to Augustine (Routledge History of Philosophy)

The final volume to be published in the acclaimed Routledge History of Philosophy series provides an authoritative and comprehensive survey and analysis of the key areas of late Greek and early Christian Philosophy. Routledge History of Philosophy - Volume II - From Aristotle to Augustine (2005) 1 Routledge History of Philosophy 2 ISBN's 5 ISBN: 0203028457 (Master e-book ISBN) 5 ISBN: 0203058178 (Adobe eReader Format) 5 ISBN: 0415060028 (Print Edition) 5 --> Contents 6 General editors’ preface 8 Notes on contributors 10 Chronology 13 List of Sources 20 Introduction 23 NOTES 29 Chapters 31 CHAPTER 1 - Aristotle the philosopher of nature 31 1 - THE TREATISES ON NATURE 31 2 - ARISTOTLE’S SCIENTIFIC METHODS IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS AND ELSEWHERE 32 3 - ARISTOTLE’S WORLD PICTURE 34 4 - THE NATURAL MOTIONS OF THE ELEMENTS 36 5 - THE STRUCTURE OF THE HEAVENS 37 6 - THE BORROWED ASTRONOMY 39 7 - FROM ASTRONOMY TO PHYSICS AND THEOLOGY 41 8 - MATTER AND ITS QUALITIES IN THE SUBLUNARY WORLD 44 9 - FOUR LEVELS OF MATERIAL BEING 46 10 - THE FORMATION OF COMPOUNDS 46 11 - THE FOUR CAUSES 49 12 - ARISTOTLE’S ZOOLOGICAL WORKS 49 13 - PSYCHE 51 14 - THE UNITY OF THE COSMOS 53 NOTES 55 BIBLIOGRAPHY 57 BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR CHAPTER 1 60 CHAPTER 2 - Aristotle’s logic and metaphysics 62 PART 1: LOGICAL WORKS 62 OVERVIEW OF ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC 62 PREDICATION, AND SUBSTANCE AS SUBJECT 63 THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE 67 PART 2: METAPHYSICS 75 OVERVIEW OF ARISTOTLE’S METAPHYSICS 75 METAPHYSICS AS GENERAL ONTOLOGY 79 METAPHYSICS AS THE THEORY OF SUBSTANCE 83 METAPHYSICS AS THEOLOGY 89 NOTES 91 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS 93 CHAPTER 3 - Aristotle: Aesthetics and philosophy of mind 98 AESTHETICS 98 The Poetics and ‘poetry’ 99 Aristotelian mimêsis 100 Organic structure 103 Poetic fiction and history 104 Mimêsis in epic poetry 105 Mimetic pleasure 106 Tragic katharsis 108 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 112 Soul and body 114 Nutrition and reproduction 117 Perception 118 Imagination and related powers 121 Intellect 123 NOTES 126 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 126 CHAPTER 4 - Aristotle: Ethics and politics 131 ETHICS 131 BACKGROUND AND METHOD 131 HAPPINESS 135 VIRTUE 140 ARISTOTLE AND CONTEMPORARY ETHICS 144 THE POLITICS 147 INTRODUCTION 147 NATURE 148 AIMS AND METHODS 151 APPLICATIONS 152 1 - Constitutions and citizenship 152 2 - Trade 157 3 - Slaves 158 4 - Women 159 CONCLUSION 160 NOTES 161 BIBLIOGRAPHY 163 CHAPTER 5 - The Peripatetic school 169 THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL AND OF ARISTOTLE’S WRITINGS 169 LOGIC 177 PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS; FATE AND PROVIDENCE 178 SOUL 183 INTELLECT 186 ETHICS, POLITICS, RHETORIC 187 CONCLUSION 190 NOTES 191 BIBLIOGRAPHY 195 CHAPTER 6 - Epicureanism 210 LIFE AND WORKS OF EPICURUS 211 PERCEPTION AND COGNITION 212 ATOMS AND VOID 219 SOUL, BODY AND PROPERTIES 221 ACTION AND RESPONSIBILITY 226 PLEASURE AND THE GOOD LIFE 228 THE GOOD LIFE AND OTHERS 234 ABBREVIATIONS 239 NOTES 239 BIBLIOGRAPHY 241 CHAPTER 7 - Stoicism 244 1 - FROM SOCRATES TO ZENO 244 2 - NATURE AND PHILOSOPHY 246 3 - LOGIC AND LOGOS 248 4 - PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 256 5 - ETHICS AND THE FRUITS OF PHILOSOPHY 261 6 - CONCLUSION 268 7 - DEVELOPMENT IN THE SCHOOL 268 ABBREVIATIONS 269 NOTES 269 BIBLIOGRAPHY 273 CHAPTER 8 - The sceptics 275 INTRODUCTION 275 ARCESILAUS’ PRECURSORS 278 PYRRHO 281 ACADEMIC SCEPTICISM 284 ARCESILAUS 284 CARNEADES 293 CLITOMACHUS AND PHILO 297 PYRRHONEAN SCEPTICISM 302 AENESIDEMUS 302 SEXTUS EMPIRICUS 303 ABBREVIATIONS 306 BIBLIOGRAPHY 306 CHAPTER 9 - The exact sciences in Hellenistic times: Texts and issues 309 MOTION IN MATHEMATICS: ARCHIMEDES 311 THE ARITHMETICAL ANALYSIS OF LUNAR MOTION: GEMINUS 318 HEARING AND REASON IN HARMONIC SCIENCE: PTOLEMY 326 CONCLUSION 333 NOTES 333 BIBLIOGRAPHY 337 CHAPTER 10 - Hellenistic biological sciences 342 EMPIRICISM AND AETIOLOGY 342 DIOCLES OF CARYSTUS 343 HEROPHILUS 344 ERASISTRATUS 349 THE EMPIRICISTS 353 ASCLEPIADES 359 ATHENAEUS OF ATTALEIA AND THE PRECEDING CAUSE 361 THE METHODISTS 362 GALEN 364 ABBREVIATIONS 373 NOTES 374 BIBLIOGRAPHY 376 CHAPTER 11 - Neo-Platonism 379 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 379 PLOTINUS, THE MASTER THINKER OF NEO-PLATONISM 384 LIFE AND WRITINGS 384 PLOTINIAN METAPHYSICS 386 PLOTINUS’ VIEWS ON MAN 395 PORPHYRY: THE DISSEMINATOR OF NEO-PLATONISM 398 PROCLUS: THE SYSTEM BUILDER 401 THE LEGACY OF NEO-PLATONISM 405 NOTES 407 SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 407 CHAPTER 12 - Augustine 411 1 - LIFE AND PHILOSOPHICAL READINGS 411 2 - AUGUSTINE’S CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY 413 3 - BELIEF AND KNOWLEDGE 416 4 - SEMANTICS AND HERMENEUTICS 419 5 - ETHICS, POLITICAL THEORY, AESTHETICS 421 6 - THE WILL 426 7 - SOUL 428 8 - SENSE-PERCEPTION AND IMAGINATION 432 9 - MEMORY 434 10 - TIME 438 11 - GOD AND CREATION 440 ABBREVIATIONS 441 NOTES 442 BIBLIOGRAPHY 444 Glossary 452 Name index 456 Subject index 463 Index locorum 473 0415060028,0203028457,0203058178 Routledge "This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the work of philosophers who wrote in Greek and Latin from the mid-fourth century B.C. to the fifth century A.D. - from the death of Plato to the beginning of Christian philosophy. Supplemented with a chronology, a glossary of technical terms and an extensive bibliography, Volume II of the Routledge History of Philosophy provides a comprehensive and user-friendly survey and analysis of the methods and achievements of post-Platonic Classical philosophers."--Jacket The final volume to be published in the acclaimed Routledge History of Philosophy series provides an authoritative and comprehensive survey and analysis of the key areas of late Greek and early Christian Philosophy.