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Author : Léon Robin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Greek Thought and the Origins of the Scientific Spirit written by Léon Robin and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Léon Robin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Greek Thought and the Origins of the Scientific Spirit written by Léon Robin and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean-Pierre Vernant
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801492938
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (929 download)
Download or read book The Origins of Greek Thought written by Jean-Pierre Vernant and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Pierre Vernant's concise, brilliant essay on the origins of Greek thought relates the cultural achievement of the ancient Greeks to their physical and social environment and shows that what they believed in was inseparable from the way they lived. The emergence of rational thought, Vernant claims, is closely linked to the advent of the open-air politics that characterized life in the Greek polis. Vernant points out that when the focus of Mycenaean society gave way to the agora, the change had profound social and cultural implications. "Social experience could become the object of pragmatic thought for the Greeks," he writes, "because in the city-state it lent itself to public debate. The decline of myth dates from the day the first sages brought human order under discussion and sought to define it.... Thus evolved a strictly political thought, separate from religion, with its own vocabulary, concepts, principles, and theoretical aims."
Author : Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780872205284
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Magic, Reason, and Experience written by Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the origins and progress of Greek science focuses especially on the interaction between scientific and traditional patterns of thought from the sixth to the fourth century BC. It begins with an examination of how particular Greek authors deployed the category of "magic," sometimes attacking its beliefs and practices; these attacks are then related to their background in Greek medicine and philosophical thought. In his second chapter Lloyd outlines developments in the theory and practice of argument in Greek science and assesses their significance. He next discuses the progress of empirical research as a scientific tool from the Presocratics to Aristotle. Finally, he considers why the Greeks invented science, their contribution to its history, and the social, economic, ideological and political factors that had a bearing on its growth.
Author : Bruno Snell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486143465
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book The Discovery of the Mind written by Bruno Snell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An illuminating and convincing account of the enormous change in the whole conception of morals and human personality which took place during the centuries covered by Homer, the early lyric poets, the dramatists, and Socrates." — The Times (London) Literary Supplement. European thinking began with the Greeks. Science, literature, ethics, philosophy — all had their roots in the extraordinary civilization that graced the shores of the Mediterranean a few millennia ago. The rise of thinking among the Greeks was nothing less than a revolution; they did not simply map out new areas for thought and discussion, they literally created the idea of man as an intellectual being — an unprecedented concept that decisively influenced the subsequent evolution of European thought. In this immensely erudite book, German classicist Bruno Snell traces the establishment of a rational view of the nature of man as evidenced in the literature of the Greeks — in the creations of epic and lyric poetry, and in the drama. Here are the crucial stages in the intellectual evolution of the Greek world: the Homeric world view, the rise of the individual in the early Greek lyric, myth and reality in Greek tragedy, Greek ethics, the origin of scientific thought, and Arcadia. Drawing extensively on the works of Homer, Pindar, Archilochus, Aristophanes, Sappho, Heraclitus, the Greek tragedians, Parmenides, Callimachus, and a host of other writers and thinkers, Snell shows how the Homeric myths provided a blueprint for the intellectual structure the Greeks erected; how the notion of universality in Greek tragedy broadened into philosophical generalization; how the gradual unfolding of the concepts of intellect and soul provided the foundation for philosophy, science, ethics, and finally, religion. Unquestionably one of the monuments of the Geistegeschichte (History of Ideas) tradition, The Discovery of the Mind throws fresh light on many long-standing problems and has had a wide influence on scholars of the Greek intellectual tradition. Closely reasoned, replete with illuminating insight, the book epitomizes the best in German classical scholarship — a brilliant exploration of the archetypes of Western thought; a penetrating explanation of how we came to think the way we do.
Author : Ernest H. Hutten
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000788571
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Origins of Science written by Ernest H. Hutten and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1962 The Origins of Science tries to explain scientific thought from its historical and psychological origins. The depth of psychology of today rather than traditional epistemology is needed in order to understand the problems of knowledge. Reality is the first problem of the scientist; it is exemplified by the idea of object, or of matter. The development of this idea from its Greek beginnings is traced and the unconscious mechanisms that underlie our thought processes -of abstraction, generalisation, etc.- are made manifest. The second problem is that of truth; it is illustrated by examples from the history of mathematics and of logic. Again, the ‘psychology’ of what we accept as truth is made explicit. Scientific method is the intellectual safeguard for the criteria of truth and reality. Instead of traditional induction, the creative view of scientific activity must be accepted. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of philosophy of science and philosophy in general.
Author : Jacques Brunschwig
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674002616
Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Greek Thought written by Jacques Brunschwig and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In more than 60 essays by an international team of scholars, this volume explores the full breadth and reach of Greek thought, investigating what the Greeks knew as well as what they thought they knew, and what they believed, invented, and understood about the possibilities of knowing. 65 color illustrations. Maps.
Author : Aljoscha Berve
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443882437
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Dynamic Being written by Aljoscha Berve and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important characteristics of present day ontological research is the growing interest in, and emphasis on, the dynamic aspects of being and the process-relational character of being itself. However, many important questions still await detailed answers. For example, what is the meaning of the concepts of “dynamics,” “dynamicity,” and “dynamic ontology,” among others? Are they identical to, or similar with, respectively, “processes,” “process ontology,” “process-relational ontology”? Is “process ontology” a type of “dynamic ontology”? Dynamic Being: Essays in Process-Relational Ontology examines these and many other questions, and suggests fruitful approaches in dealing with such questions. The book carries out two main tasks: first, investigating developments in the theory of dynamic and process-relational ontologies, and, second, exploring developments in the application of these ontologies. The second task is multidisciplinary in character. The authors of the chapters in this volume are specialists not only in philosophy, but also in other fields of science, including psychology, biology, mathematics, logic, and computer science, their work providing a “seed-bed” of novel possibilities for cooperative interdisciplinary research.
Author : W. K. C. Guthrie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521096676
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (966 download)
Download or read book A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 3, The Fifth Century Enlightenment, Part 2, Socrates written by W. K. C. Guthrie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1971-10-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of abbreviations Preface Introductory note 1. Problem and sources 2. Life and character 3. Philosophical significance Bibliography Index of passages quoted or referred to General index Index of selected Greek words.
Author : William Keith Chambers Guthrie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of Greek Philosophy: (1969) : The fifth-century enlightenment written by William Keith Chambers Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward J. Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136200371
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)
Download or read book The History of Buddhist Thought written by Edward J. Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up-to-date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings, or as individual volumes: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00 * Roman Civilization Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00 * Eastern Civilizations Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00 * Judaeo-Christian Civilization Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00 * European Civilization Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00
Author : Frederick B. Artz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022630812X
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Mind of the Middle Ages written by Frederick B. Artz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the third edition of a near standard survey of the intellectual life of the age of faith. Artz on the arts, as on philosophy, politics and other aspects of culture, makes lively and informative reading."—The Washington Post
Author : Julian Marias
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486121933
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book History of Philosophy written by Julian Marias and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thorough and lucid survey of Western philosophy from pre-Socratics to mid 20th century — major figures, currents, trends. Valuable section on contemporary philosophy — Brentano, Ortega, Heidegger, others. "Brevity and clarity of exposition..." — Ethics.
Author : Ralph McInerny
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Western Philosophy: Beginnings to Plotinus written by Ralph McInerny and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick Copleston
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826468956
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (689 download)
Download or read book History of Philosophy Volume 1 written by Frederick Copleston and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each philosopher's work, and explains their relationship to the work of other philosophers.
Author : Donald Wiebe
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773510159
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Irony of Theology and the Nature of Religious Thought written by Donald Wiebe and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1991 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Wiebe critically examines the pervasive assumption that theology is a form of religious thought that is both compatible with and supportive of religious faith. The irony, he argues, is that theology is in fact detrimental to religion and the religious way of life.
Author : Patricia F. O'Grady
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351895362
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book Thales of Miletus written by Patricia F. O'Grady and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What is the basic building block of the universe?' Thales of Miletus was the first to ask this fundamental, yet to be answered, question in the sixth century B.C. This book offers an in-depth account of the answers he gave and of his adventure into many areas of learning: philosophy, science, mathematics and astronomy. Thales proved that the events of nature were comprehensible to man and could be explained without the intervention of mythological beings. Henceforth they became subject to investigation, experiment, questioning and discussion. Presenting for the first time in the English language a comprehensive study of Thales of Miletus, Patricia O'Grady brings Thales out of pre-Socratic shadows into historical illumination and explores why this historical figure has proved to be of lasting significance.
