Readings In Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales To Aristotle
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Editor: S. Marc CohenEditor: Patricia Curd
Editor: C. D. C. Reeve
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08
ISBN: 0872207692
Number of pages: 958
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
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Book Review: A Must Have For Philosophy Students, and Anybody else interested in the "Celebrities" of Ancient Greek thought.
Summary: 5 Stars
If your buying this book, its probably because you are enrolled in a philosophy or history class. And though it is used frequently in classrooms, the book doesn't fall into the same traps as other college level texts.
This book features all of Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Categories, Physics, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics. It also contains Apology (Written by Plato, in which Socrates speaks at his trial), along with writings and quotes from and about less well known Greek philosophers, such as Empedocles and Parmenides. The philosophers are presented by date, starting with the earliest, but they are also categorized by ideas.
One of the best things about this book is that, unlike other college texts, it is not a modern philosopher, or college historian, writing the bulk of the text. You actually hear from the horses mouth. The philosophers, such as Thales, who do not have many surviving words, have quotes from other famous Greek philosophers concerning them (often criticism, but informative criticism) . While at points the writing might seem dense, it is preferable to a third party writing; simply because any other person or group, though trying to, cannot capture the essence of what that person is trying to say. Anybody who has taking a philosophy coarse probably knows what I'm talking about; some philosophers have original message has been all but destroyed by professors "summery", either by misunderstanding, interjecting their own interpretations, or worse, allowing their own innate prejudices and beliefs to effect how they introduce them. The point is- Its preferable to have the actual philosopher talking for themselves, and this book has plenty of that.
I will say that, if you already own the dialogues and writings in this book, I wouldn't suggest buying it. While the short summaries and historical highpoints are good, they don't offer much that you couldn't find better somewhere else.
Quite simply, this is a comprehensive textbook that will enhance your understanding of Greek philosophy and provide a great starting place for further study.
Summary of Readings In Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales To Aristotle
The rich selection of superbly translated and edited Presocratic fragments and testimonia, dialogues of Plato, and selections from Aristotle that has made Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy the preeminent anthology for the teaching of ancient Greek philosophy is now even richer: G.M.A. Grube's translation of Plato's Phaedo and Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff's translation of Plato's Symposium are now both included in their entirety; in addition, the Third Edition features new translations by C.D.C. Reeve of Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito.General Books
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