Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume II: Socrates, Plato, and Their Tradition

Gregory Vlastos

Published by Princeton University Press 1995

Studies in Greek Philosophy, Volume II

Socrates, Plato, and Their Tradition

Gregory Vlastos
Edited by: Daniel W. Graham

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691241890

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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	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
TEXTUAL CONVENTIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
PART ONE SOCRATES
1. The Paradox of Socrates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Platis's Socrates' Accusers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3. Brickhouse and Smith's Socrates on Trial Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
4. Socrates on Political Obedience and Disobedience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
5. Socrates on Acrasia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
6. Was Polus Refuted? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
PART TWO PLATO
A. ETHICS, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
7. The Theory of Social Justice in the Polis in Plato's Republic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
8. The Rights of Persons in Plato's Conception of the Foundations of Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
9. The Virtuous and the Happy: Irwin's Plato's Moral Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
10. Was Plato a Feminist? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
B. METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY
11. Anamnesis in the Meno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
12a. The Third Man Argument in the Parmenides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
12b. Addendum to the Third Man Argument in the Parmenides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
12c. Addenda to the Third Man Argument: A Reply to Professor Sellars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
12d. Postscript to the Third Man: A Replv to Mr. Geach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
13. On a Proposed Redefinition of "Self-Predication" in Plato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
C. SCIENCE
14. The Role of Observation in Plato's Conception of Astronomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
15. Disorderly Motion in Plato's Timaeus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
16. Creation in the Timaeus: Is It a Fiction? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
PART THREE AFTER PLATO
17. A Note on the Unmoved Mover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
18. Minimal Parts in Epicurean Atomism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
19. Zeno of Sidon as a Critic of Euclid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE WORKS OF GREGORY VLASTOS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
INDEX LOCORUM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
GENERAL INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343