From the Socratics to the Socratic schools : classical ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology

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    • Zilioli, Ugo

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From the Socratics to the Socratic schools : classical ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology

edited by Ugo Zilioli

Routledge, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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In the two golden centuries that followed the death of Socrates, ancient philosophy underwent a tremendous transformation that culminated in the philosophical systematizations of Plato, Aristotle and the Hellenistic schools. Fundamental figures other than Plato were active after the death of Socrates; his immediate pupils, the Socratics, took over his legacy and developed it in a variety of ways. This rich philosophical territory has however been left largely underexplored in the scholarship. This collection of eleven previously unpublished essays by leading scholars fills a gap in the literature, providing new insight into the ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology as developed by key figures of the Socratic schools. Analyzing the important contributions that the Socratics and their heirs have offered ancient philosophical thought, as well as the impact these contributions had on philosophy as a discipline, this book will appeal to researchers and scholars of Classical Studies, as well as Philosophy and Ancient History.

Table of Contents

1. Plato's Representation of the 'Socratics' Voula Tsouna 2. The First-Generation Socratics and the Socratic Schools: The Case of the Cyrenaics Christopher Rowe 3. The Socratic Profile of Antisthenes' Ethics Aldo Brancacci 4. Rethinking Aeschines of Sphettus Kurt Lampe 5. Phaedo's Zopyrus (and Socrates' Confidences) Livio Rossetti 6. The Sources and Scope of Cyrenaic ScepticismTim O'Keefe 7. The Cyrenaics as Metaphysical Indeterminists Ugo Zilioli 8. Diodorus Cronus on Perceptible Minima Francesco Verde 9. Pyrrho and the Socratic Schools Richard Bett 10. Epicureanism and Socratism. The Evidence on the Minor Socratics from the Herculaneum Papyri Tiziano Dorandi 11. Socrates, Alcibiades and Antisthenes in PFlor 113 Menahem Luz

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  • NCID
    BB18522743
  • ISBN
    • 9781844658435
  • LCCN
    2014040827
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 216 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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