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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... principles . The other necessary truths of a science are explained by tracing them back to principles and " causes " that are known through themselves . The conclu- sion of a demonstration is known only when one understands why it must ...
... principles , some superior and separate from bodies , others derivative and inseparable from bodies . Different Platonists distinguish more or fewer incorporeals , but Alcinous is typical of his time in identifying the first principle ...
... principles at each level ( T1 ) ; this makes it plausible to suppose that it is a view of Speusippus ' about which Aristotle is complaining in 12.10 , where he says that it makes the universe " episodic " ; the absence of Forms from and ...
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