{"product_id":"an-archaeology-of-disbelief-9780761869665","title":"An Archaeology of Disbelief","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Archaeology of Disbelief traces the origin of secular philosophy to pre-Socratic Greek philosophers who proposed a physical universe without supernatural intervention. Some mentioned the Homeric gods, but others did not. Atomists and Sophists identified themselves as agnostics if not outright atheists, and in reaction Plato featured transcendent spiritual authority. However, Aristotle offered a physical cosmology justified by evidence from a variety of scientific fields. He also revisited many pre-Socratic assumptions by proposing that existence consists of mass in motion without temporal or spatial boundaries. In many ways his analysis anticipated Newton's concept of gravity, Darwin's concept of evolution, and Einstein's concept of relativity. Aristotle's follower Strato invented scientific experimentation. He also inspired the pursuit of science and advocated the rejection of all beliefs unconfirmed by science. Carneades in turn distorted Aristotelian logic to ridicule the god con\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e00-Title 01-Dedication 02-Table of Contents 03-Preface\t\t\t\t\t\t   04-Introduction\t\t\t\t\t\t   \tI. An Economic Explanation\t\t\t   \tII. Loss of Textual Evidence                            \tIII. Respectable Remnants\t\t\t \tIV. Five Secularists Still Available Today 05-Chapter One: The Pre-Socratic Philosophers\t  \tI.\tThales \tII.\tAnaximander\t\t \tIII.\tAnaximenes\t \t\t \tIV.\tXenophanes\t\t\t \tV.\tPherecydes\t\t\t \tVI.\tPythagoras and the Pythagoreans\t\t\t \tVII.\tHeraclitus\t\t\t \tVIII.\tParmenides \tIX.\tZeno of Elea  \tX.\tMelissus\t\t\t \tXI.\tEmpedocles\t\t\t \tXII.\tAnaxagoras\t\t\t \tXIII.\tDiogenes Apollonius          \tXIV.\tLeucippus\t\t\t \tXV.\tDemocritus\t\t\t \tXVI.\tFinal Considerations      06-Chapter Two: Plato and the Age of Pericles \tI.\tSophists\t \tII.\tProtagoras\t\t          \t \tIII.\tSocrates\t\t            \tIV.\tPlato\t\t\t            07-Chapter Three: Early Aristotle \tI.\tComparison with Plato      \tII.\tChristian Interpolations \tIII.\tPhysics\t\t           \tIV.   \tMetaphysics\t 08-Chapter Four: Late Aristotle \tI.\tDe Caelo (On the Heavens)          \t           \tII.\tOn Generation and Corruption\t          \t\t             \tIII.\tDe Anima (On the Soul)\t\t           \tIV.\tNicomachean Ethics  \tV.\tConclusion 09-Chapter Five: The Lyceum after Aristotle  \t I.\tTheophrastus\t            \t II.    \tStrato of Lampsacus\t\t            10-Chapter Six: The Epicureans \t I.     \tEpicurus\t\t\t    \t II.\tLucretius\t\t                11-Chapter Seven: Skepticism \t I.    \tPyrrho  \t II.   \tArcesilaus  \t III.  \tCarneades 12-Chapter Eight: Cicero \tI.\tAcademica  \tII.\tOn the Nature of the Gods 13-Epilogue 14-Bibliography  Index","brand":"Rlpg\/Galleys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037891002711,"sku":"9780761869665","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761869665.jpg?v=1750938045","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-archaeology-of-disbelief-9780761869665","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}