The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy

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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
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

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
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
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