Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy : In Honor of Professor Anthony Preus

Spanning a wide range of texts, figures, and traditions from the ancient Mediterranean world, this volume gathers far-reaching, interdisciplinary papers on Greek philosophy from an international group of scholars. The book’s 16 chapters address an array of topics and themes, extending from the formation of philosophy from its first stirrings in archaic Greek as well as Egyptian, Persian, Mesopotamian, and Indian sources, through central concepts in ancient Greek philosophy and literatures of the classical period and into the Hellenistic age. __Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy__ offers both in-depth, rigorous, attentive investigations of canonical texts in Western philosophy, such as Plato’s __Phaedo, Gorgias, Republic, Phaedrus, Protagoras__ and the __Metaphysics, De Caelo, Nichomachean Ethics, Generation and Corruption__ of Aristotle’s corpus, as well as inquiries that reach back into the rich archives of the Mediterranean Basin and forward into the traditions of classical philosophy beyond the ancient world. __Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy__ is of interest to students and scholars working on different aspects of ancient Greek philosophy, as well as ancient philosophy, more broadly. Spanning a wide range of texts, figures, and traditions from the ancient Mediterranean, this volume gathers far-reaching, interdisciplinary papers on various aspects of Greek philosophy from an international group of scholars. Suitable for students and scholars working on ancient Greek philosophy and ancient philosophy more broadly. Cover 1 Endorsement Page 2 Half Title 4 Series Page 5 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Dedication 8 Table of Contents 10 List of Figures and Tables 12 List of Contributors 14 Foreword 16 Acknowledgments 20 Abbreviations 21 Anthony Preus 22 Introduction: SAGP: Studies and Society 30 Chapter 1 Discovering φύσις: Reductive Materialism, the Emergence of Reflexivity, and the First Secular Theories of Everything 47 Chapter 2 Archaic Images of Totality 66 Chapter 3 The Gnomon as Module for Thales and Anaximander: A Technique is Always an Application that is Enveloped by a Theory 85 Chapter 4 On the Binding of Ares and Aphrodite: The Twofold Meaning of τὸ καλόν in Ancient Greek Philosophy and Poetry 106 Chapter 5 Philosophia in Plato’s Gorgias 125 Chapter 6 Meanings of εἰκός in Plato’s Phaedrus: Criticisms and Appropriations of a Rhetorical Device 139 Chapter 7 Consuming Knowledge 159 Chapter 8 Souls Within a Soul: The City-Soul Analogy Revisited 173 Chapter 9 Explanation in the Phaedo: An Argument Against the Metaphysical Interpretation of the Clever Αἰτία 191 Chapter 10 Aristotle’s De Caelo Between Mathematics and Physics 209 Chapter 11 Aristotle’s Critique of the Atomists’ Proof of Indivisible Magnitudes 219 Chapter 12 Aristotle’s Women 233 Chapter 13 εἶδος as Species in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Zeta 240 Chapter 14 Πολιτεία in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics 259 Chapter 15 Assertoric Truth and Falsehood in the Categories 271 Chapter 16 The Gods of the Garden 289 Index 304 Studies,Society,Materialism,Theories,Reflexivity,Archaic,Totality,Thales,Anaximander,Technique,Module,Binding,Ares,Aphrodite,Philosophy,Ancient,Poetry,Gorgias,Criticisms,Rhetorical,Device,Knowledge,Metaphysical,Interpretation,Mathematics,Physics,Atomists,Magnitudes,Indivisible,Women,Species,Ethics,Truth,Falsehood,Garden "Spanning a wide range of texts, figures, and traditions from the ancient Mediterranean world, this volume gathers far-reaching, interdisciplinary papers on Greek philosophy from an international group of scholars. The book's sixteen chapters address an array of topics and themes, extending from the formation of philosophy from its first stirrings in archaic Greek as well as Egyptian, Persian, Mesopotamian, and Indian sources, through central concepts in ancient Greek philosophy and literatures of the classical period and into the Hellenistic age. Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy offers both in-depth, rigorous, attentive investigations of canonical texts in western philosophy, such as Plato's Phaedo, Gorgias, Republic, Phaedrus, Protagoras and the Metaphysics, De Caelo, Nichomachean Ethics, Generation and Corruption of Aristotle's corpus, as well as inquiries that reach back into the rich archives of the Mediterranean Basin and forward into the traditions of classical philosophy beyond the ancient world. Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy is of interest to students and scholars working on different aspects of ancient Greek philosophy, as well as ancient philosophy more broadly"-- Provided by publisher