A CRITICAL HISTORY OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY   

Author: W. T. Stace

CONTENTS:
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
THE IDEA OF PHILOSOPHY IN GENERAL. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY
1
II.
THE IONICS. THALES. ANAXIMANDER. ANAXIMENES. OTHER IONIC THINKERS
20
III.
THE PYTHAGOREANS
31
IV.
THE ELEATICS. XENOPHANES. PARMENIDES. ZENO. CRITICAL REMARKS ON ELEATICISM
40
V.
HERACLEITUS
72
VI.
EMPEDOCLES
81
VII.
THE ATOMISTS
86
VIII.
ANAXAGORAS
94
IX.
THE SOPHISTS
106
X.
SOCRATES
127
XI.
THE SEMI-SOCRATICS. THE CYNICS. THE CYRENAICS. THE MEGARICS
155

XII.
PLATO
164
(i.) Life and writings
165
(ii.) The theory of knowledge
177
(iii.) Dialectic, or the theory of Ideas
183
(iv.) Physics, or the theory of existence
207
(a) The doctrine of the world
207
(b) The doctrine of the human soul
211
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(v.) Ethics
217
(a) Of the individual
217
(b) The State
225
(vi.) Views upon art
229
(vii.) Critical estimate of Plato's philosophy
234
XIII.
ARISTOTLE:
(i.) Life, Writings, and general character of his work
249
(ii.) Logic
260
(iii.) Metaphysics
261
(iv.) Physics, or the philosophy of nature
288
(v.) Ethics:
(a) The individual
314
(b) The State
320
(vi.) Aesthetics, or the theory of art
325
(vii.) Critical estimate of Aristotle's philosophy
331
XIV.
THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF POST-ARISTOTELIAN PHILOSOPHY
339
XV.
THE STOICS. LOGIC. PHYSICS. ETHICS
344
XVI.
THE EPICUREANS. PHYSICS. ETHICS
344
XVII.
THE SCEPTICS. PYRRHO. THE NEW ACADEMY. LATER SCEPTICISM
361
XVIII.
TRANSITION TO NEO-PLATONISM
368
XIX.
THE NEO-PLATONISTS
372
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
378
INDEX OF NAMES
382