Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume I: The Presocratics

Gregory Vlastos

Published by Princeton University Press 1995

Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume I

The Presocratics

Gregory Vlastos
Edited by: Daniel W. Graham

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691241883

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About this book

Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the philosophical essay. Many of these pieces are now considered to be classics in the field. Perhaps more than any other modern scholar, Gregory Vlastos was responsible for raising standards of research, analysis, and exposition in classical philosophy to new levels of excellence. His essays have served as paradigms of scholarship for several generations. Available for the first time in a comprehensive collection, these contributions reveal the author's ability to combine the skills of a philosopher, philologist, and historian of ideas in addressing some of the most difficult problems of ancient philosophy. Volume I collects Vlastos's essays on Presocratic philosophy. Wide-ranging concept studies link Greek science, religion, and politics with philosophy. Individual studies illuminate the thought of major philosophers such as Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and Democritus. A magisterial series of studies on Zeno of Elea reveals the author's power in source criticism and logical analysis. Volume II contains essays on the thought of Socrates, Plato, and later thinkers and essays dealing with ethical, social, and political issues as well as metaphysics, science, and the foundations of mathematics.

Author / Editor information

At the time of his death, Gregory Vlastos was Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley. He was the author of the well-known book Platonic Studies (Princeton). Daniel Graham is Professor of Philosophy at Brigham Young University and is the author of Aristotle's Two Systems.

Reviews

"This collection will be hailed as a significant event in the fields of classics and the history of philosophy. Many of the papers make lasting contributions and will continue to be treated as essential work for their new research."—John M. Cooper, Princeton University

"This well-edited collection of thirty-six essays is . . . a great boon to students of pre-Aristotelian philosophy. . . . The clarity of argument allows for fruitful use by anyone with a keen interest in ancient thought."

"This collection of essays and papers by Gregory Vlastos constitutes a fitting memorial to his remarkable career. . . . It is convenient, useful, and instructive to have them within these volumes. A valuable acquisition."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
INTRODUCTION Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
NOTE ON TEXTUAL CONVENTIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
PART ONE: CONCEPT STUDIES
1. Theology and Philosophy in Early Greek Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Solonian Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. Equality and Justice in Early Greek Cosmologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. Isonomia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
5. Cornford's Principium Sapientiae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
PART TWO: HERACLITUS
6. On Heraclitus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
PART THREE: THE ELEATICS
7. Parmenides' Theory of Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
8. Frankel's Wege und Formen fruhgnechischen Denkens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
9. Raven's Pythagoreans and Eleatics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
10. Zeno's Race Course: With an Appendix on the Achilles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
11. A Note on Zeno's Arrow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
12. A Zenonian Argument Against Plurality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
13. Zeno of Elea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
14. Plato's Testimony Concerning Zeno of Elea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
PART FOUR: THE PLURALISTS
15. The Physical Theory of Anaxagoras Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
16. Ethics and Physics in Democritus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
17. On the Pre-History in Diodorus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
INDEX LOCORUM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
GENERAL INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381