{"product_id":"knowledge-nature-and-the-good-9780691117249","title":"Knowledge Nature and the Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrings together some of John Cooper's most important works on ancient philosophy. Cooper addresses a wide range of topics and periods, from Hippocratic medical theory to Aristotle's physics and metaphysics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The marks of a true multi-culturalism hidden in the methods of great classicism are present in John M. Cooper's Knowledge, Nature, and the Good... Works of loving scholarship such as this ... develop our ability to appreciate the wondrous otherness of Greek culture--of, in fact, any culture.\"--Arthur J. Spring, Bridges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface vii  Acknowledgments ix    KNOWLEDGE    CHAPTER 1: Method and Science in On Ancient Medicine 3  CHAPTER 2: Plato on Sense-Perception and Knowledge (Theaetetus 184-186) 43  CHAPTER 3: Plato, Isocrates, and Cicero on the Independence of Oratory from Philosophy 65  CHAPTER 4: Arcesilaus: Socratic and Skeptic 81    NATURE    CHAPTER 5: Aristotle on Natural Teleology 107  CHAPTER 6: Hypothetical Necessity 130  CHAPTER 7: Two Notes on Aristotle on Mixture 148  CHAPTER 8: Metaphysics in Aristotle's Embryology 174  CHAPTER 9: Stoic Autonomy 204    THE GOOD    CHAPTER 10: Two Theories of Justice 247  CHAPTER 11: Plato and Aristotle on \"Finality\" and \"(Self-) Sufficiency\" 270  CHAPTER 12: Moral Theory and Moral Improvement: Seneca 309  CHAPTER 13: Moral Theory and Moral Improvement: Marcus Aurelius 335  Bibliography 369  Index of Passages 381  General Index 397","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403731607895,"sku":"9780691117249","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691117249.jpg?v=1730484383","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/knowledge-nature-and-the-good-9780691117249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}