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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521750733
ISBN-139780521750738
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Number of Pages368 Pages
Publication NameExplorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, History & Surveys / Modern
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorMyles Burnyeat
Subject AreaPhilosophy
SeriesExplorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy 2 Volume Hardback Set Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight25.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume NumberVolume 2
Number of Volumes2 vols.
IllustratedYes
Volume NumberVolume 2
Dewey Decimal180
Table Of ContentPart I. Knowledge: 1. Examples in epistemology: Socrates, Theaetetus and G. E. Moore; 2. Socratic midwifery, Platonic inspiration; 3. The philosophical sense of Theaetetus' mathematics; 4. Plato on the grammar of perceiving; 5. Socrates and the jury: paradoxes in Plato's distinction between knowledge and true belief; 6. Aristotle on understanding knowledge; 7. Platonism and mathematics: a prelude to discussion; 8. Wittgenstein and Augustine, De magistro; Part II. Philosophy and the Good Life: 9. Message from Heraclitus; 10. Virtues in action; 11. The impiety of Socrates; 12. The passion of reason in Plato's Phaedrus; 13. Aristotle on learning to be good; 14. Did the ancient Greeks have the concept of human rights?; 15. Sphinx without a secret; 16. First words; Bibliography.
SynopsisM. F. Burnyeat taught for 14 years in the Philosophy Department of University College London, then for 18 years in the Classics Faculty at Cambridge, 12 of them as the Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, before migrating to Oxford in 1996 to become a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College. The studies, articles and reviews collected in these two volumes of Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy were all written, and all but two published, before that decisive change. Whether designed for a scholarly audience or for a wider public, they range from the Presocratics to Augustine, from Descartes and Bishop Berkeley to Wittgenstein and G. E. Moore. Their subject-matter falls under four main headings: 'Logic and Dialectic' and 'Scepticism Ancient and Modern', which make up the first volume, with 'Knowledge' and 'Philosophy and the Good Life' contained in this, the second volume. The title 'Explorations' well expresses Burnyeat's ability to discover new aspects of familiar texts, new ways of solving old problems. In his hands the history of philosophy becomes itself a philosophical activity., The second of two volumes collecting the published work from the period up to 2000 of one of the greatest living scholars of ancient philosophy alive today. The subject-matter falls under four main headings: 'Knowledge' and 'Philosophy and the Good Life' are contained in this second volume., M.F. Burnyeat taught for 14 years in the Philosophy Department of University College London, then for 18 years in the Classics Faculty at Cambridge, 12 of them as the Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, before migrating to Oxford in 1996 to become a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College. The studies, articles and reviews collected in these two volumes of Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy were all written, and all but two published, before that decisive change. Whether designed for a scholarly audience or for a wider public, they range from the Presocratics to Augustine, from Descartes and Bishop Berkeley to Wittgenstein and G.E. Moore. Their subject-matter falls under four main headings: Part I on Logic and Dialectic, Part II on Scepticism Ancient and Modern, Part III on Knowledge, Part IV on Philosophy and the Good Life. The title 'Explorations' well expresses Burnyeat's ability to discover new aspects of familiar texts, new ways of solving old problems. In his hands the history of philosophy becomes itself a philosophical activity.
LC Classification NumberB171
