Empedocles Psychological Doctr

Author : Walter Veazie
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ISBN 13 : 9781330454893
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Empedocles' Psychological Doctrine written by Walter Veazie and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Empedocles' Psychological Doctrine: In Its Original and in Its Traditional Setting Early Greek philosophy is studied altogether too much in a reverse direction; a beginning is made with late historical accounts and then in their secondary light the earlier sources are interpreted. The method of this investigation is to begin with the fragments of Empedocles. Their terminology is collected, its interrelationships are examined, and analogies are traced in contemporary writings. The attempt is then made to determine just what Plato was attacking in certain of the Socratic arguments, and to find why he was not sympathetic to those viewpoints. We will thus be in a position to show the irrelevancies of the setting in which Aristotle and his successors tried to record or ridicule the early naturalistic philosophy. The purpose is as much negative as positive, i.e. to determine what part of the tradition belongs to the recorders rather than to the early Greeks. The writer is indebted to Professor Frederick J. E. Woodbridge for the general conceptions of Greek philosophy, for much of the method, and above all for the inspiration which he has derived from Professor Woodbridge's lectures and seminar at Columbia. His gratitude is also due to Professor John J. Coss for many helpful suggestions and for the great interest he has shown in the writer's work for a number of years. It is also the author's wish to express at this time his thanks to the founder of the William Bayard Cutting Travelling Fellowships and to the Trustees of Columbia University for the opportunity afforded him of studying in England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.