A New Perspective on Antisthenes : : Logos, Predicate and Ethics in his Philosophy / / Piet Meijer; ed. by Peter Stork.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Meijer, Piet,
• TeilnehmendeR: Aksoycan, Inge.
• HerausgeberIn: Stork, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; Primary sources - editions used --; Introduction --; Part I. Logos and predicate --; Part II. Antisthenes' views on theology: His theoretical approach to the study of Homer --; Part III. Antisthenean ethics --; Epilogue: Antisthenes, an assessment --; Appendix II: The Speeches of Ajax and Odysseus --; Bibliography --; Concordance Giannantoni (SSR) - Caizzi (D.C.) --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048532957; 9783110667318; 9783110606447; 9783110662849
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048532957?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Piet Meijer; ed. by Peter Stork.

Antisthenes (c. 445- c. 365 BC) was a prominent follower of Socrates and bitter rival of Plato. In this revisionary account of his philosophy in all its aspects, P. A. Meijer claims that Plato and Aristotle have corrupted our perspective on this witty and ingenious thinker. The first part of the book reexamines afresh Antisthenes' ideas about definition and predication and concludes from these that Antisthenes never held the (in)famous theory that contradiction is impossible. The second part of the book argues that Antisthenes' logical theories bear directly on his activities as an exegete of Homer and hence as a theological thinker. Part three, finally, offers innovative readings of Antisthenes' ethical fragments.