{"product_id":"retrieving-the-ancients-9781119892038","title":"Retrieving the Ancients","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Reasons to Study Ancient Greek Philosophy 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Organization and Strategy of This Book 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Presocratics 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreliminaries 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore the Beginning: Hesiod 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ionian Philosophers of the Sixth Century 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The Beginning: Thales of Miletus 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) The First Debate: Anaximander v. Anaximenes 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec) Sixth-Century Rationalism: Xenophanes and Pythagoras 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ed) The Crisis of Sixth-Century Philosophy 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeraclitus and Parmenides: Extreme Solutions 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) Heraclitus: Lover of Flux 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Parmenides: Champion of Being 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifth-Century Elementalism 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) Democritus: Atomic Theory 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Empedocles: Evolution 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec) Anaxagoras 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Sophists and Socrates 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Beginning: The Sophists 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtagoras 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGorgias 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocrates 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Plato 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreliminaries 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato’s Critique of the Presocratics 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato’s Critique of the Sophists 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The “Self-Reference” Argument 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) The Reductio ad Absurdum 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec) “What is it?” 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ed) “The Old Quarrel”: Philosophy v. Sophistry 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecollection 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The Phaedo 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) The Meno 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Divided Line and the Form of the Good 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The Divided Line 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) The Form of the Good 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEros 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political Implications of the Forms 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Aristotle 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreliminaries 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle’s Conception of Nature 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) “By Nature” 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Form and Matter 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec) The Four Causes 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle’s Psychology 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeleological Ethics 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) Moral Virtue 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Intellectual Virtue 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Politics 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The Political Animal 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Best Life; Best City 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 275\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738373960023,"sku":"9781119892038","price":32.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119892038.jpg?v=1723811990","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/retrieving-the-ancients-9781119892038","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}