The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy

Keimpe Algra

Cambridge University Press, Dec 9, 1999 - Philosophy - 916 pages

A full account of the philosophy of the Greek and Roman worlds from the last days of Aristotle (c.320 BC) until 100 BC. Hellenistic philosophy, for long relatively neglected and unappreciated, has over the last decade been the object of a considerable amount of scholarly attention. Now available in paperback, this 1999 volume is a general reference work which pulls the subject together and presents an overview. The History is organised by subject, rather than chronologically or by philosophical school, with sections on logic, epistemology, physics and metaphysics, ethics and politics. It has been written by specialists but is intended to be a source of reference for any student of ancient philosophy, for students of classical antiquity and for students of the philosophy of later periods. Greek and Latin are used sparingly and always translated in the main text.

Contents

• Sources: 3
• Introduction: 5
• Chronology: 31
• Organization and structure of the philosophical schools: 55
• by JONATHAN BARNES Professor of Ancient Philosophy University: 65
• Logic: 77
• Language: 152
• by DIRK M SCHENKEVELD Professor Emeritus of Ancient Greek: 177
• EPISTEMOLOGY: 229
• Epicurean epistemology: 260
• Stoic epistemology: 295
• Academic epistemology: 323
• PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS: 355
• Cosmology: 412
• Theology: 452
• Existence and attributes: 454
• The gods the world and men: 462
• Knowledge of God: 469
• Academic views and criticisms: 475
• Explanation and causation by R J HANKINSON Professor of Philosophy University of Texas at Austin 1 Background: 479
• Stoic materialism: 481
• The Stoic analysis of causation: 483
• Antecedent causes: 487
• The concept of preceding causes: 490
• Dispositions and powers: 491
• Causes and conditions: 494
• Causes and time: 497
• The Epicureans and causal explanation: 498
• Teleology and mechanism: 503
• multiple explanations: 505
• empiricism: 507
• Determinism and indeterminism by R J HANKINSON I The origins of the question: 513
• Logic and contingency: 516
• The Hellenistic response: 517
• The Epicurean position: 522
• fate and necessity: 526
• soft determinism: 529
• confatalia and the eph hemin: 531
• Divination and fate: 534
• Soft determinism: 537
• Fate and moral progress: 540
• Epicurean psychology by STEPHEN EVERSON Professor of Philosophy University of Michigan I Introduction: 542
• The psuche: 543
• Physicalism and materialism: 546
• Epicurean physicalism: 550
• Voluntary action: 553
• Conclusion: 558
• Stoic psychology: 560
• Philosophy science and medicine: 585
• The Socratic legacy: 617
• Epicurean ethics: 642
• Virtue and friendship: 666
• Practice: 669
• Stoic ethics by BRAD INWOOD Professor of Classics University of Toronto and PIERLUIGI DONINI Professor of the History of Philosophy at the S...: 675
• Oikeiōsis and primary impulse: 677
• Cosmic nature and human nature: 682
• The goal of life: 684
• The good: 687
• Values actions and choice: 690
• Passions: 699
• Moral education and the problem of the passions: 705
• Virtue and wisdom: 714
• Moral progress: 724
• impulse with reservation: 736
• Social and political thought by MALCOLM Schofield 1 Introduction: 739
• An overview: 740
• On kingship: 742
• Polybius on the growth and decline of constitutions: 744
• Epicureanism on security: 748
• Zenos Republic: 756
• Justice oikeiōsis and the cosmic city: 760
• Retrospect: 769
• Epilogue: 771
• Synopsis of principal events: 798
• Editions of sources and fragments: 805
• List of abbreviations: 820
• Bibliography: 828
• Index locorum: 876
• General index: 907

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy; Cambridge histories online; The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, Keimpe Algra
• Editor: Keimpe Algra
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999
• ISBN: 0521250285, 9780521250283
• Length: 916 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical