The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge
Title | The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Brunschwig |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 387 |
Release | 2003 |
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The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge
Title | The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Pellegrin |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 420 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674021556 |
Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the West draws and to which, even today, we repeatedly return. In this volume drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world.
The Greek Search for Wisdom
Title | The Greek Search for Wisdom PDF eBook |
Author | Michael K. Kellogg |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | 424 |
Release | 2012-07-10 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1616145765 |
The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said that all of Western philosophy was "but a series of footnotes to Plato." By the same token, one could argue that all of Western civilization is but an extension of the ancient Greek cultural legacy. The Greeks invented tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, history, philosophy, and democracy. They also made remarkable advances in science, medicine, and mathematics. In the author’s view, what ties this wide-ranging intellectual ferment together is a restless search for wisdom. The author looks at ten outstanding examples of Greek wisdom, offering fresh and engaging portraits of the epic poets (Homer, Hesiod); dramatists (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes); historians (Herodotus, Thucydides); and philosophers (Plato, Aristotle) against the background of Greek history. In each case he asks what the author has to tell us— regardless of genre—about our place in the world and how we should live our lives. By surveying some of the highest peaks of ancient civilization, the author argues that we gain perspective on the historical terrain that lies below. This book presents an eloquent and convincing case that a study of the Greek classics, as Gustave Flaubert explained, makes us "greater, wiser, purer."
Greek Thought
Title | Greek Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Brunschwig |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 1084 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674002616 |
In more than 60 essays by an international team of scholars, this volume explores the full breadth and reach of Greek thought, investigating what the Greeks knew as well as what they thought they knew, and what they believed, invented, and understood about the possibilities of knowing. 65 color illustrations. Maps.
Philosophy and Science in Ancient Greece
Title | Philosophy and Science in Ancient Greece PDF eBook |
Author | Don Nardo |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781590185667 |
The ancient Greeks laid the foundations for modern philosophy and science. This fascinating volume first explains how early Greek thinkers searched for the underlying principles of nature and then chronicles their achievements in astronomy, atomic theory, mathematics, biology, botany, medicine, geography, mechanics, and ethics.
The Great Philosopher
Title | The Great Philosopher PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Gow |
Publisher | Enslow Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 2010-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780766031197 |
Follows the life and teachings of the philosopher Plato, one of the world's greatest thinkers, who in his writings taught us to question what we think we know.
The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].
Title | The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. PDF eBook |
Author | George Lillie Craik |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 484 |
Release | 1830 |
Genre | Knowledge, Theory of |
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