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Greek Philosophers : From Thales to Aristotle by W. K. C. Guthrie (1968, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415040256

ISBN-139780415040259

eBay Product ID (ePID)4415966

Product Key Features

Number of Pages176 Pages

Publication NameGreek Philosophers : from Thales to Aristotle

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPhilosophers, Ancient / General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

Publication Year1968

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorW. K. C. Guthrie

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal182

Table Of Content1. Greek ways of thinking, 2. Matter and Form (Ionians and Pythagoreans), 3. The Problem of Motion (Heraclitus, Parmenides and the Pluralists), 4. The Reaction towards Humanism (The Sophists and Socrates), 5. Plato (I) The Doctrine of Ideas, 6. Plato (II) Ethical and Theological Answers to the Sophists, 7. Aristotle (I) The Aristotelian Universe, 8. Aristotle (II) Human Beings, Suggestions for Further Reading, Index.

SynopsisW.K.C. Guthrie has written a survey of the great age of Greek philosophy - from Thales to Aristotle - which combines comprehensiveness with brevity. Without pre-supposing a knowledge of Greek or the Classics, he sets out to explain the ideas of Plato and Aristotle in the light of their predecessors rather than their successors, and to describe the characteristic features of the Greek way of thinking and outlook on the world. Thus The Greek Philosophers provides excellent background material for the general reader - as well as providing a firm basis for specialist studies., Surveys the great age of Greek philosophy from Thales to Aristotle. Explains the ideas of Plato and Aristotle in the light of their predecessors rather than their successors, and looks at the main strands of thought in Greek philosophy.W.K.C. Guthrie has written a survey of the great age of Greek philosophy - from Thales to Aristotle - which combines comprehensiveness with brevity. Without pre-supposing a knowledge of Greek or the Classics, he sets out to explain the ideas of Plato and Aristotle in the light of their predecessors rather than their successors, and to describe the characteristic features of the Greek way of thinking and outlook on the world. Thus The Greek Philosophers provides excellent background material for the general reader - as well as providing a firm basis for specialist studies.