Two Studies in the Greek Atomists / / David J. Furley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Furley, David J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2406
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (266 p.)

The two studies, "Indivisible Magnitudes," and “Aristotle and Epicurus on Voluntary Action,” explain two doctrines in the philosophy of Epicurus, first by a detailed examination of the ancient Greek and Latin texts which describe them, and second by showing how earlier Greek philosophy gav...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• PREFACE
• CONTENTS
• STUDY I. INDIVISIBLE MAGNITUDES
• INTRODUCTION
• PART I
• CHAPTER I. EPICURUS' LETTER TO HERODOTUS §§56.5–59
• CHAPTER 2. THE EVIDENCE OF LUCRETIUS ON THE THEORY OF MINIMAL PARTS
• PART II
• CHAPTER 3. PYTHAGOREAN “ATOMISM”
• CHAPTER 4. THE ELEATIC CONCEPT OF AN INDIVISIBLE BEING
• CHAPTER 5. ZENO
• CHAPTER 6. THE ATOMISTS' REPLY TO THE ELEATICS
• CHAPTER 7. INDIVISIBLE MAGNITUDES IN THE ACADEMY
• CHAPTER 8. ARISTOTLE'S CRITICISMS AND EPICURUS' ANSWERS
• CHAPTER 9. EPICURUS AND DIODORUS CRONUS
• CHAPTER 10. EPICURUS AND DAVID HUME
• CHAPTER 11. CONCLUSION
• Study II. ARISTOTLE AND EPICURUS ON VOLUNTARY ACTION
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER I. LUCRETIUS 2.251-293
• CHAPTER 2. THE VOLUNTARY AND THE COMPULSIVE, IN ARISTOTLE'S ETHICS AND EPICURUS
• CHAPTER 3. OUTLINE OF EPICUREAN PSYCHOLOGY
• CHAPTER 4. PSYCHOLOGY OF ACTION, EPICUREAN AND ARISTOTELIAN
• CHAPTER 5. THE WEIGHT AND THE SWERVE OF ATOMS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED