Encyclopedia of Classical PhilosophyDonald J. Zeyl, Daniel Devereux, Phillip Mitsis The only encyclopedia in English specific to the field of Classical Philosophy, this work presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity. The articles present not only succinct historical accounts of their subject matter, but they introduce readers to issues of interpretation and debate in the contemporary scholarly study of the philosophy of the Classical period. Scholars, students, and interested lay persons will find this volume useful in gaining a comprehensive view of the field. The contributors, representing three continents, are themselves leading scholars of international stature. |
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... activity of the best sort . God is intelligent activity ( nous ) , eter- nally engaged in the best kind of thinking , and as such is a living being . God's intelligence is not thinking of us or of the universe , but rather of thinking ...
... activity of an appropriate " unmoved " substance , and these in turn depend eternally on the motive activity of the ultimate unmoved substance , that Mind that is the prime mover . The world extending from the moon to the fixed stars is ...
... activity ( Euthyd . 281a6 - b4 ) , whereas the evils other than vice can make such activity either exceedingly difficult or impossible . Socrates ' apparent acceptance of evils other than vice presents a problem for the widely accepted ...
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