The Great Conversation: Volume 1: Pre-Socratics through Descartes

The Great Conversation: Volume 1: Pre-Socratics through Descartes

          
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Ideal for courses in ancient philosophy or ancient and medieval philosophy, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes, Seventh Edition, covers the same material as the first half (chapters 1-13) of author Norman Melchert's longer volume, The Great Conversation. Tracing the exchange of ideas between history's key philosophers, it demonstrates that while constructing an argument or making a claim, one philosopher almost always has others in mind. It addresses the fundamental questions of human life: Who are we? What can we know? How should we live? and What sort of reality do we inhabit?Author Norman Melchert provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with his lucid and engaging explanations. Extensive cross-referencing shows students how philosophers respond appreciatively or critically to the thoughts of other philosophers. The text is enhanced by two types of exercises--"Basic Questions" and "For Further Thought"--and numerous illustrations.Also available to suit your course needs: The seventh editions of The Great Conversation: Volume II: Descartes through Derrida and Quine and the entire book, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, which begins with the Pre-Socratics and ends with David Chalmers

Table of Contents:
*=New to this Edition A Word to Instructors: A Word to Students: Acknowledgments: Timeline: 1. Before Philosophy: Myth in Hesiod and Homer Hesiod: War among the Gods Homer: Heroes, Gods, and Excellence 2. Philosophy before Socrates Thales: The One as Water Anaximander: The One as the Boundless Xenophanes: The Gods as Fictions Sketch: Pythagoras: Heraclitus: Oneness in the Logos Profile: The Tao: Parmenides: Only the One Zeno: The Paradoxes of Common Sense Atomism: The One and the Many Reconciled The Key: An Ambiguity: The World: The Soul: How to Live: 3. The Sophists: Rhetoric and Relativism in Athens Democracy The Persian Wars The Sophists Rhetoric: Relativism: Physis and Nomos: Athens and Sparta at War Aristophanes and Reaction 4. Socrates: To Know Oneself Character Is Socrates a Sophist? What Socrates "Knows" We Ought to Search for Truth: Human Excellence Is Knowledge: All Wrongdoing Is Due to Ignorance: The Most Important Thing of All is to Care for Your Soul: 5. The Trial and Death of Socrates Euthyphro: Translator's Introduction The Dialogue Commentary and Questions Apology: Translator's Introduction The Dialogue Commentary and Questions Crito: Translator's Introduction The Dialogue Commentary and Questions Phaedo (Death Scene) Translator's Introduction The Dialogue Commentary and Questions 6. Plato: Knowing the Real and the Good Knowledge and Opinion Making the Distinction: We Do Know Certain Truths: The Objects of Knowledge: The Reality of the Forms: The World and the Forms How Forms Are Related to the World: Lower and Higher Forms: The Form of the Good: The Love of Wisdom What Wisdom Is: Love and Wisdom: The Soul The Immortality of the Soul: The Structure of the Soul: Morality The State Problems with the Forms 7. Aristotle: The Reality of the World Aristotle and Plato Otherworldliness: The Objects of Knowledge: Human Nature: Relativism and Skepticism: Ethics: Logic and Knowledge Terms and Statements: Truth: Reasons Why: The Syllogism: Knowing First Principles: The World Nature: The Four "Becauses": Is There Purpose in Nature?: Teleology: First Philosophy Not Plato's Forms: What of Mathematics?: Substance and Form: Pure Actualities: God: The Soul Levels of Soul: Soul and Body: Nous: The Good Life Happiness: Virtue or Excellence (Areté): The Role of Reason: Responsibility: The Highest Good: 8. Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics: Happiness for the Many The Epicureans The Stoics *Profile: Marcus Aurelius: The Skeptics 9. Jews and Christians: Sin, Salvation, and Love Background Jesus The Meaning of Jesus 10. Augustine: God and the Soul Wisdom, Happiness, and God God and the World The Great Chain of Being: Evil: Time: Human Nature and Its Corruption Human Nature and Its Restoration Augustine on Relativism The Two Cities Augustine and the Philosophers Reason and Authority: Intellect and Will: Epicureans and Stoices: 11. Anselm and Aquinas: Existence and Essence in God and the World Anselm: On That, Than Which No Greater Can Be Conceived Thomas Aquinas: Rethinking Aristotle Sketch: Avicenna (Ibn Sina): Philosophy and Theology: Existence and Essence: Sketch: Averro:es (Ibn Rushd): From Creation to God: The Nature of God: Sketch: Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon): Humans: Their Souls: Humans; Their Knowledge: Humans: Their Good: Ockham and Skeptical Doubts--Again 12. Moving from Medieval to Modern The World God Made for Us The Humanists Reforming the Church Skeptical Thoughts Revived Copernicus to Kepler to Galileo: The Great Triple Play 13. René Descartes: Doubting Our Way to Certainty The Method Meditations on First Philosophy: Meditation I Meditation II Meditation III Meditation IV Meditation V Meditation VI What Has Descartes Done? A New Ideal for Knowledge: A New Vision of Reality: Problems: The Preeminence of Epistemology: Afterword: Appendix: Writing a Philosophy Paper: Credits: Glossary: Index:


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199999675
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Depth: 13
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Volume 1: Pre-Socratics through Descartes
  • Weight: 635 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199999678
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jan 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 7
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Volume: 1
  • Width: 191 mm


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