Best books on ancient philosophy

    • [DOC File]Aristotle’s Politics

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      Aristotle's lectures were preserved by a student, Theophrastus, who put the books in a vault. For close to 300 years, Aristotle’s work was lost to the world, until discovered by a Roman scholar in 100 BCE.



    • [DOC File]Introducing Philosophy – A Reading List

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      The reading list below comprises a number of books all aimed at introducing philosophy in general rather than specific philosophers or topics. They are all aimed at different levels so it is worth looking at the books before hand to find something that suits your own interests and level –


    • [DOC File]The Bible: A History of Composition and Interpretation

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      The work of Joseph Campbell in this vein has been best well known (though there are concerns that some of his work has anti-Semitic overtones). Mircea Eliade in history of religions, Paul Ricoeur in philosophy, Northrop Frye in literary criticism, and Kenneth Burke in rhetorical studies have also been influential in modern secular study of the ...


    • [DOC File]Introduction to “18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of ...

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      Philosophy of science was already well into its modern revival (largely stimulated by the book of Thomas Kuhn). But philosophy of mathematics still seemed to be mostly foundationist ping-pong, in the ancient style of Rudolf Carnap or Willard Van Ormond Quine. The great exception was Proofs and Refutations by Imre Lakatos.


    • [DOC File]Latin Phrases Used in Philosophy

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      The philosophically rich and stimulating papers published by Vlastos and Owen in the 1960’s and 1970’s sparked a renaissance in the study of ancient philosophy in the English-speaking world. The unmoved mover: One of Aristotle’s alternative ways of referring to the divine mind, thought thinking thought, or ‘the best thing’.


    • [DOC File]NICOMACHEAN ETHICS, BOOK I

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      Books VIII and IX provide a detailed analysis of “friendship,” i.e. social relationships of nearly all kinds. Book X concludes with a detailed comparison of pleasure and happiness and the bíos theoretikós, the speculative or contemplative life, the one Aristotle regards as the highest and most like the divine.


    • [DOC File]The Stoics on Integrity: passages from Marcus Aurelius ...

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      The Stoics on Integrity: passages from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, trans. Gill (Marcus Aurelius: Meditations Books 1-6, translated with Introduction and Commentary, Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers, Oxford UP, 2013)


    • [DOC File]Presentations for Readings Greek Thought and Culture

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      PHIL331: Ancient Philosophy. Br. Dennis Beach, OSB. Spring 2006. When? Wednesday and Friday, March 29 & 31. We’ll first take volunteers for Wednesday and then draw lots to assign days/time slots. Group 5 for Wednesday will have to be flexible—if we don’t fit you in Wednesday, You’ll start on Friday. Format?


    • [DOC File]Hilary Putnam Bibliography - Department of Philosophy

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      “Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Science.” PSA 1974: Proceedings of the 1974 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 32, ed. Robert S. Cohen and Marx W. Wartofsky (Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1976), 603-610.


    • [DOC File]Philosophers of Ancient Greece - Online Campus

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      _____ Wrote more than 200 books; topics ranged from astronomy to political science. _____ Preferred Spartan government to that of Athens. _____ First to reject that gods and goddesses influenced human behavior. _____ Founded by Zeno. _____ Mostly concerned by the process in which people begin the think for themselves.


    • [DOC File]FIVE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES Introduction

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      The great books of ancient and medieval as well as modern times are a repository of knowledge and wisdom, a tradition of culture which must initiate each generation. Mortimer Adler "Textbooks have probably done as much to degrade the American intelligence as any single force." Robert Hutchins


    • [DOC File]READING #2

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      Reading #2. Origins of exercise physiology. Introduction. Discussion of the origins of exercise physiology begins with acknowledgment of the early, but tremendously influential Greek physicians of antiquity; along the way, we highlight some milestones including many contributions from scholars in the United States and Nordic countries that fostered the scientific assessment of sport and ...


    • [DOCX File]Breaking News in Ancient China!

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      The Emperor of Qin ordered all of the books to be burned. He said that scholars who disobeyed the order would be marked with a tattoo on their faces and sent to do forced labor. Anyone who discussed ancient teachings would be guilty of criticizing the government and would be executed. The emperor’s brutal action shocked the people of China.


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