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Author : Paul Seligman
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Apeiron of Anaximander written by Paul Seligman and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1974 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Gregory
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472506251
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Anaximander written by Andrew Gregory and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anaximander, the sixth-century BCE philosopher of Miletus, is often credited as being the instigator of both science and philosophy. The first recorded philosopher to posit the idea of the boundless cosmos, he was also the first to attempt to explain the origins of the world and humankind in rational terms. Anaximander's philosophy encompasses theories of justice, cosmogony, geometry, cosmology, zoology and meteorology. Anaximander: A Re-assessment draws together these wide-ranging threads into a single, coherent picture of the man, his worldview and his legacy to the history of thought. Arguing that Anaximander's statements are both apodeictic and based on observation of the world around him, Andrew Gregory examines how Anaximander's theories can all be construed in such a way that they are consistent with and supportive of each other. This includes the tenet that the philosophical elements of Anaximander's thought (his account of the apeiron, the extant fragment) can be harmonised to support his views on the natural world. The work further explores how these theories relate to early Greek thought and in particular conceptions of theogony and meterology in Hesiod and Homer.
Author : Radim Kočandrle
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319497545
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Apeiron written by Radim Kočandrle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an innovative analysis of the Greek philosopher Anaximander’s work. In particular, it presents a completely new interpretation of the key word Apeiron, or boundless, offering readers a deeper understanding of his seminal cosmology and, with it, his unique conception of the origin of the universe. Anaximander traditionally applied Apeiron to designate the origin of everything. The authors’ investigation of the extant sources shows, however, that this common view misses the mark. They argue that instead of reading Apeiron as a noun, it should be considered an adjective, with reference to the term phusis (nature), and that the phrase phusis apeiros may express the boundless power of nature, responsible for all creation and growth. The authors also offer an interpretation of Anaximander's cosmogony from a biological perspective: each further step in the differentiation of the phenomenal world is a continuation of the original separation of a fertile seed. This new reading of the first written account of cosmology stresses the central role of the boundless power of nature. It provides philosophers, researchers, and students with a thought-provoking explanation of this early thinker's conception of generation and destruction in the universe.
Author : Hector Davidson
Publisher : Dedona Publishing
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Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Anaximander written by Hector Davidson and published by Dedona Publishing. This book was released on with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anaximander’s legacy is vast and multifaceted, cementing his place as one of the pioneering figures in the history of philosophy and science. As a pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus, Anaximander made significant contributions that laid the groundwork for future scientific and philosophical inquiry. Anaximander is best known for his revolutionary ideas about the cosmos. He proposed that the universe originated from the apeiron, an indefinite or boundless substance, which he believed was the source of all things. This concept marked a significant departure from the mythological explanations of the cosmos prevalent in his time, suggesting instead a naturalistic origin of the universe. His cosmological model, which included the idea of a cylindrical Earth suspended in space, demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of celestial mechanics for his era. Often regarded as the first true scientist, Anaximander applied rational and empirical approaches to understand natural phenomena. He was one of the first to propose that natural laws govern the world, an idea that forms the cornerstone of scientific inquiry. His work in biology suggested that life originated in water and that humans evolved from fish-like ancestors, anticipating evolutionary theory millennia before Darwin.
Author : Adam Drozdek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317124693
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Greek Philosophers as Theologians written by Adam Drozdek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concepts of God presented by Greek philosophers were significantly different from the image of the divine of popular religion and indicate a fairly sophisticated theological reflection from the very inception of Greek philosophy. This book presents a comprehensive history of theological thought of Greek philosophers from the Presocratics to the early Hellenistic period. Concentrating on views concerning the attributes of God and their impact on eschatological and ethical thought, Drozdek explains that theology was of paramount importance for all Greek philosophers even in the absence of purely theological or religious language.
Author : Shirley Darcus Sullivan
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004101852
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Psychological and Ethical Ideas written by Shirley Darcus Sullivan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1995 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes what early Greek poets and philosophers say about certain ideas of the Archaic Age, namely psychological activity, soul, excellence, and justice . Presenting material in translation, it introduces the reader to ideas of central importance in the Archaic Age and also in later times.
Author : Paul SELIGMAN
Publisher :
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Download or read book The Apeiron of Anaximander. A Study in the Origin and Function of Metaphysical Ideas written by Paul SELIGMAN and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John McGinley
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595379788
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book About the King's Choice to Build His Palace Right on Top of the Dunghill, Or, how to Conceptualize Jewishly written by John McGinley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ISRAEL; the people, the nation, the religion. While remaining acutely aware of the shortcomings of both Heidegger and Derrida, the writer nevertheless uses insights and terminology from their discourse in the service of exposing the historical and thought trends of hegemonic proportions which have had the effect of deracinating Judaism from ISRAEL. The writer makes the claim that a "critical/spelunkative" analysis of what went into that final and anonymous redaction of the Babylonian Talmud points the way towards a retrieval of Judaism's "burning living center." The writer further contends that such a retrieval can have the effect of "returning" [teshuba] Judaism back to ISRAEL.
Author : Panos Dimas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009239961
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Aristotle: On Generation and Corruption Book II written by Panos Dimas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-24 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generation and Corruption II is concerned with Aristotle's theory of the elements, their reciprocal transformations and the cause of their perpetual generation and corruption. These matters are essential to Aristotle's picture of the world, making themselves felt throughout his natural science, including those portions of it that concern living things. What is more, the very inquiry Aristotle pursues in this text, with its focus on definition, generality, and causation, throws important light on his philosophy of science more generally. This volume contains eleven new essays, one for each of the chapters of this Aristotelian text, plus a general introduction and an English translation of the Greek text. It gives substantial attention to an important and neglected text, and highlights its relevance to other topics of current and enduring interest.
Author : Herman Rapaport
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803289277
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Heidegger and Derrida written by Herman Rapaport and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the spell of Jacques Derrida grows stronger, with more translations and analyses appearing every season, it is possible--and necessary--to determine what in his work is truly new and what continues philosophical and literary traditions. Although Martin Heidegger ahs been mentioned before as a precursor of deconstruction, Herman Rapaport is the first to develop the connections between the writings of the German philosopher and Derrida. Heidegger and Derrida discusses the French philosopher's adoption of certain Heideggerean themes and his extension or overturning of them. But Rapaport does more than show how deconstruction builds on the philosophical foundations laid by Heidegger (and also by Hegel, Nietzsche, and Freud). In the most comprehensive study of Derrida's works to date, he tackles the problem of writing an intellectual history about a figure who has put into question the possibility of such a construction and acknowledges Derrida's concerns with Jewish history in relation to Western thought.
Author : Aryeh Finkelberg
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004338217
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Heraclitus and Thales’ Conceptual Scheme: A Historical Study written by Aryeh Finkelberg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Heraclitus and Thales’ Conceptual Scheme: A Historical Study Aryeh Finkelberg offers an alternative to the traditional teleological interpretation of early Greek thought. Instead of explaining it as targeted at later results, viz. philosophy, as this thought was first conceptualized by Aristotle and has been regarded ever since, the author seeks to determine its intended meaning by restoring it to its historical context as evinced, inter alia, by epigraphic and papyrological evidence, in particular the Gold Leaves, the Olbian bone plates, and the Derveni papyrus. This approach, together with a considerable amount of hitherto unidentified or largely disregarded evidence, yields a picture of early Greek thought significantly different from the traditional history of ‘Presocratic philosophy’.
Author : Muriel Gargaud
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3662650932
Total Pages : 3376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (626 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Astrobiology written by Muriel Gargaud and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 3376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology serves as the key to a common understanding in the extremely interdisciplinary community of astrobiologists. Each new or experienced researcher and graduate student in adjacent fields of astrobiology will appreciate this reference work in the quest to understand the big picture. The carefully selected group of active researchers contributing to this work are aiming to give a comprehensive international perspective on and to accelerate the interdisciplinary advance of astrobiology. The interdisciplinary field of astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.g. the prevalence of exoplanets, the diversity and hardiness of life, and its chances for emergence. Biologists, astrophysicists, (bio)-chemists, geoscientists and space scientists share this exciting mission of revealing the origin and commonality of life in the Universe. With its overview articles and its definitions the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology not only provides a common language and understanding for the members of the different disciplines but also serves for educating a new generation of young astrobiologists who are no longer separated by the jargon of individual scientific disciplines. This new edition offers ~170 new entries. More than half of the existing entries were updated, expanded or supplemented with figures supporting the understanding of the text. Especially in the fields of astrochemistry and terrestrial extremophiles but also in exoplanets and space sciences in general there is a huge body of new results that have been taken into account in this new edition. Because the entries in the Encyclopedia are in alphabetical order without regard for scientific field, this edition includes a section “Astrobiology by Discipline” which lists the entries by scientific field and subfield. This should be particularly helpful to those enquiring about astrobiology, as it illustrates the broad and detailed nature of the field.
Author : Kirk Fitzpatrick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119879426
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)
Download or read book This is Ancient Philosophy written by Kirk Fitzpatrick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY “A masterful introduction to ancient philosophy. Fitzpatrick knows the contemporary scholarship on these authors, so he can shift from summarizing their thought to scrutinizing individual arguments. Meanwhile the writing remains so accessible that a reader might not notice how much he covers. The prose is precise but relaxed, with details that enrich the texture: the Pythagoreans’ harmonies, the Stoic Horned Argument, Antisthenes’ daily walk to Socrates. Students and instructors alike will benefit.” —Nickolas Pappas, Professor at City College of New York (CUNY) This Is Ancient Philosophy is a fascinating introduction to the major philosophers and foundational concepts of classical antiquity. Assuming no prior knowledge, the book uses an intuitive, readable narrative style as it examines the ideas, influences, and interconnections of philosophers such as Socrates, the Sophists, Plato, and Aristotle, as well as philosophical schools of thought including Cynicism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism. Divided into three parts, the book opens with an overview of early Greek philosophy, describing the turn from mythological thinking to philosophical analysis. The second part focuses on the distinctions between the subjects of philosophy in both the Golden Age and today, followed by a survey of the Hellenistic period and a discussion of the relation between fate and freedom of action. Throughout, readers are aided by a wealth of instructive and engaging charts, grids, figures, and a detailed map illustrating the chronological development of philosophy, from Asia Minor to southern Italy and Athens. Part of the popular This Is Philosophy series, This Is Ancient Philosophy is an excellent text for students of philosophy, both introductory and advanced, and general readers with interest in the philosophy of the classical era.
Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110329271
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Cosmos and Logos written by Nicholas Rescher and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The six studies comprising this volume deal with some fundamental issues in early Greek thought: cosmic evaluation in Anaximander, the theory of opposites from the Pre-Socratics to Plato and Aristotle, thought experimentation in Pre-Socratic thought, the origins of Greek Scepticism among the Sophisists, the prehistory of "Buridan's Ass" speculation, and the role of esthesis in Aristotle's theory of science. In each case the early discussion seeks to show how certain ideas bore unexpected fruit during the subsequent development of philosophical thought.
Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822975769
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Essays in Philosophical Analysis written by Nicholas Rescher and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents twenty essays by Nicholas Rescher, representing more than a decade of his work. The first part of the collection offers thoughts on the history of philosophy from the Presocratics to the twentieth century; the second part features essays on epistemology, the philosophy of science, metaphysics, the theory of historiography, and the logic of temporal concepts. Despite the range of topics, all essays are closely integrated at the methodological level.
Author : L. Sweeney
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401027293
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Infinity in the Presocratics written by L. Sweeney and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the long centuries of western metaphysics the problem of the infinite has kept surfacing in different but important ways. It had confronted Greek philosophical speculation from earliest times. It appeared in the definition of the divine attributed to Thales in Diogenes Laertius (I, 36) under the description "that which has neither beginning nor end. " It was presented on the scroll of Anaximander with enough precision to allow doxographers to transmit it in the technical terminology of the unlimited (apeiron) and the indeterminate (aoriston). The respective quanti tative and qualitative implications of these terms could hardly avoid causing trouble. The formation of the words, moreover, was clearly negative or privative in bearing. Yet in the philosophical framework the notion in its earliest use meant something highly positive, signifying fruitful content for the first principle of all the things that have positive status in the universe. These tensions could not help but make themselves felt through the course of later Greek thought. In one extreme the notion of the infinite was refined in a way that left it appropriated to the Aristotelian category of quantity. In Aristotle (Phys. III 6-8) it came to appear as essentially re quiring imperfection and lack. It meant the capacity for never-ending increase. It was always potential, never completely actualized.
Author : Barry Sandywell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134853483
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Presocratic Reflexivity: The Construction of Philosophical Discourse C. 600-450 B.C. written by Barry Sandywell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this third volume of Logological Investigations Sandywell continues his sociological reconstruction of reflexive thought with reference to pre-Socratic philosophy and science and their socio-political context.
