A History of Greek Philosophy: The fifth-century enlightenmentUniversity Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 62
Page 3
... historical . We no longer debate whether the earth is round or flat , and if we want to discover the origin and substance of the stars , we are hardly likely to be helped by the speculations of Xenophanes or Anaxagoras . With the change ...
... historical . We no longer debate whether the earth is round or flat , and if we want to discover the origin and substance of the stars , we are hardly likely to be helped by the speculations of Xenophanes or Anaxagoras . With the change ...
Page 11
... historical discovery of the highest order ' by Henry Sidgwick in 1872 , who summarized the current opinion of the Sophists thus : They were a set of charlatans who appeared in Greece in the fifth century , and earned an ample livelihood ...
... historical discovery of the highest order ' by Henry Sidgwick in 1872 , who summarized the current opinion of the Sophists thus : They were a set of charlatans who appeared in Greece in the fifth century , and earned an ample livelihood ...
Page 22
... historical form , as a theory of the origin of law , it is clearly stated by Glaucon in the Republic as a current view which he would like to see refuted . Besides laws in the ordinary sense , contemporary opinion recog- nized the ...
... historical form , as a theory of the origin of law , it is clearly stated by Glaucon in the Republic as a current view which he would like to see refuted . Besides laws in the ordinary sense , contemporary opinion recog- nized the ...
Page 58
... historic connexion between evolu- tionary physical theories and theories of the conventional origin of morality and law . Archelaus was a contemporary of Democritus . ' Heinimann , N. u . Ph . 13 ff . The testimony to the views of ...
... historic connexion between evolu- tionary physical theories and theories of the conventional origin of morality and law . Archelaus was a contemporary of Democritus . ' Heinimann , N. u . Ph . 13 ff . The testimony to the views of ...
Page 63
... historical theories were obviously on the side of nomos , while at the same time rejecting any idea of it as innate in human nature from the beginning or divinely ordained . Critias , Isocrates and Moschion all name nomoi as the means ...
... historical theories were obviously on the side of nomos , while at the same time rejecting any idea of it as innate in human nature from the beginning or divinely ordained . Critias , Isocrates and Moschion all name nomoi as the means ...
Contents
349 | |
355 | |
359 | |
378 | |
386 | |
390 | |
398 | |
402 | |
164 | |
176 | |
223 | |
250 | |
261 | |
294 | |
298 | |
304 | |
311 | |
313 | |
314 | |
316 | |
321 | |
323 | |
325 | |
333 | |
405 | |
408 | |
409 | |
417 | |
425 | |
437 | |
459 | |
467 | |
473 | |
485 | |
508 | |
524 | |
536 | |
Other editions - View all
A History of Greek Philosophy: The fifth-century enlightenment William Keith Chambers Guthrie No preview available - 1962 |
Common terms and phrases
agree Alcibiades Alcidamas Antiphon Antisthenes Apol appears areté argued argument Aristippus Aristophanes Aristotle Aristotle's atheism Athenian Athens believed called Callicles character claim Clouds connexion contemporary Cratylus Critias criticism death definition democracy Democritus dialogue Diogenes discussion divine doctrine Eleatic ethical Euripides evidence existence fact fifth century Gesch give gods Gomperz Gorgias Greek Grote Halbb Hippias historical human idea interest Isocrates justice knowledge logos Lycophron matter means mentioned mind moral nature Nestle nomoi nomos opinion orator origin Parmenides passage Phaedo philosophers physis Plato pleasure poets political practical probably Prodicus Prot Protagoras Protagoras's psyche pupil question quoted reference rhetoric says sense Sextus slave Socrates Socrates's Sophists Sophs soul speaks speech teaching Theaet Theaetetus theory things thought Thrasymachus Thucydides true truth Untersteiner unwritten laws virtue VMzuL words writing Xenophon Zeus καὶ τὸ τῶν