Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume II : : Socrates, Plato, and Their Tradition / / Gregory Vlastos; ed. by Daniel W. Graham.

• VerfasserIn: Vlastos, Gregory,
• HerausgeberIn: Graham, Daniel W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 4 tables

Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the philosophical essay. Many of these pieces are now considered to be classics in the field. Perhaps more than any other modern scholar, Gregory Vlastos was responsible for raising standards of research, analysis, and exposition in classical philosophy to new levels of excellence. His essays have served as paradigms of scholarship for several generations. Available for the first time in a comprehensive collection, these contributions reveal the author's ability to combine the skills of a philosopher, philologist, and historian of ideas in addressing some of the most difficult problems of ancient philosophy. Volume I collects Vlastos's essays on Presocratic philosophy. Wide-ranging concept studies link Greek science, religion, and politics with philosophy. Individual studies illuminate the thought of major philosophers such as Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and Democritus. A magisterial series of studies on Zeno of Elea reveals the author's power in source criticism and logical analysis. Volume II contains essays on the thought of Socrates, Plato, and later thinkers and essays dealing with ethical, social, and political issues as well as metaphysics, science, and the foundations of mathematics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXTUAL CONVENTIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE SOCRATES -- 1. The Paradox of Socrates -- 2. Platis's Socrates' Accusers -- 3. Brickhouse and Smith's Socrates on Trial -- 4. Socrates on Political Obedience and Disobedience -- 5. Socrates on Acrasia -- 6. Was Polus Refuted? -- PART TWO PLATO -- A. ETHICS, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY -- 7. The Theory of Social Justice in the Polis in Plato's Republic -- 8. The Rights of Persons in Plato's Conception of the Foundations of Justice -- 9. The Virtuous and the Happy: Irwin's Plato's Moral Theory -- 10. Was Plato a Feminist? -- B. METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY -- 11. Anamnesis in the Meno -- 12a. The Third Man Argument in the Parmenides -- 12b. Addendum to the Third Man Argument in the Parmenides -- 12c. Addenda to the Third Man Argument: A Reply to Professor Sellars -- 12d. Postscript to the Third Man: A Replv to Mr. Geach -- 13. On a Proposed Redefinition of "Self-Predication" in Plato -- C. SCIENCE -- 14. The Role of Observation in Plato's Conception of Astronomy -- 15. Disorderly Motion in Plato's Timaeus -- 16. Creation in the Timaeus: Is It a Fiction? -- PART THREE AFTER PLATO -- 17. A Note on the Unmoved Mover -- 18. Minimal Parts in Epicurean Atomism -- 19. Zeno of Sidon as a Critic of Euclid -- BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE WORKS OF GREGORY VLASTOS -- INDEX LOCORUM -- GENERAL INDEX