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The Great Conversation: Volume I Vol. 1 : Pre-Socratics Through D
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- The Great Conversation: Volume I Vol. 1 : Pre-Socratics Through D
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- Philosophy
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- Great Conversation: Volume I Vol. 1 : Pre-Socratics Through Descartes
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- 7.5 in
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- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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- General
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- 2014
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- Textbook
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- Trade Paperback
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- English
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- 0.7 in
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- 9.2 in
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- 22.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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Ideal for courses in ancient philosophy or ancient and medieval philosophy, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes, Seventh Edition, covers the same material as the first half (chapters 1-13) of author Norman Melchert's longer volume, The Great Conversation. Tracing the exchange of ideas between history's key philosophers, it demonstrates that while constructing an argument ormaking a claim, one philosopher almost always has others in mind. It addresses the fundamental questions of human life: Who are we? What can we know? How should we live? and What sort of reality do weinhabit?Author Norman Melchert provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with his lucid and engaging explanations. Extensive cross-referencing shows students how philosophers respond appreciatively or critically to the thoughts of other philosophers. The text is enhanced by two types of exercises--"Basic Questions" and "For Further Thought"--and numerousillustrations.Also available to suit your course needs: The seventh editions of The Great Conversation: Volume II: Descartes through Derrida and Quine and the entire book, The Great Conversation: AHistorical Introduction to Philosophy, which begins with the Pre-Socratics and ends with David Chalmers
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0199999678
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Publication Name
Great Conversation: Volume I Vol. 1 : Pre-Socratics Through Descartes
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
General
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy
Number of Pages
416 Pages
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Item Length
7.5 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
9.2 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
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7
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College Audience
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
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"This is certainly one of the best introductory texts on the market, possibly the best. For students who will take only one course in philosophy, this is the book that I would recommend; it will give them an excellent overview of more than two thousand years of philosophical debate."--Michael Henry, St. John's University
Table of Content
* = New to this EditionA Word to InstructorsA Word to StudentsAcknowledgmentsTimeline1. Before Philosophy: Myth in Hesiod and HomerHesiod: War among the GodsHomer: Heroes, Gods, and Excellence2. Philosophy before SocratesThales: The One as WaterAnaximander: The One as the BoundlessXenophanes: The Gods as FictionsSketch: PythagorasHeraclitus: Oneness in the LogosProfile: The TaoParmenides: Only the OneZeno: The Paradoxes of Common SenseAtomism: The One and the Many ReconciledThe Key: An AmbiguityThe WorldThe SoulHow to Live3. The Sophists: Rhetoric and Relativism in AthensDemocracyThe Persian WarsThe SophistsRhetoricRelativismPhysis and NomosAthens and Sparta at WarAristophanes and Reaction4. Socrates: To Know OneselfCharacterIs Socrates a Sophist?What Socrates "Knows"We Ought to Search for TruthHuman Excellence Is KnowledgeAll Wrongdoing Is Due to IgnoranceThe Most Important Thing of All is to Care for Your Soul5. The Trial and Death of SocratesEuthyphroTranslator's IntroductionThe DialogueCommentary and QuestionsApologyTranslator's IntroductionThe DialogueCommentary and QuestionsCritoTranslator's IntroductionThe DialogueCommentary and QuestionsPhaedo (Death Scene)Translator's IntroductionThe DialogueCommentary and Questions6. Plato: Knowing the Real and the GoodKnowledge and OpinionMaking the DistinctionWe Do Know Certain TruthsThe Objects of KnowledgeThe Reality of the FormsThe World and the FormsHow Forms Are Related to the WorldLower and Higher FormsThe Form of the GoodThe Love of WisdomWhat Wisdom IsLove and WisdomThe SoulThe Immortality of the SoulThe Structure of the SoulMoralityThe StateProblems with the Forms7. Aristotle: The Reality of the WorldAristotle and PlatoOtherworldlinessThe Objects of KnowledgeHuman NatureRelativism and SkepticismEthicsLogic and KnowledgeTerms and StatementsTruthReasons Why: The SyllogismKnowing First PrinciplesThe WorldNatureThe Four "Becauses"Is There Purpose in Nature?TeleolgoyFirst PhilosophyNot Plato's FormsWhat of Mathematics?Substance and FormPure ActualitiesGodThe SoulLevels of SoulSoul and BodyNousThe Good LifeHappinessVirtue or Excellence (Areté)The Role of ReasonResponsibilityThe Highest Good8. Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics: Happiness for the ManyThe EpicureansThe Stoics* Profile: Marcus AureliusThe Skeptics9. Jews and Christians: Sin, Salvation, and LoveBackgroundJesusThe Meaning of Jesus10. Augustine: God and the SoulWisdom, Happiness, and GodGod and the WorldThe Great Chain of BeingEvilTimeHuman Nature and Its CorruptionHuman Nature and Its RestorationAugustine on RelativismThe Two CitiesAugustine and the PhilosophersReason and AuthorityIntellect and WillEpicureans and Stoices11. Anselm and Aquinas: Existence and Essence in God and the WorldAnselm: On That, Than Which No Greater Can Be ConceivedThomas Aquinas: Rethinking AristotleSketch: Avicenna (Ibn Sina)Philosophy and TheologyExistence and EssenceSketch: Averroés (Ibn Rushd)From Creation to GodThe Nature of GodSketch: Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon)Humans: Their SoulsHumans: Their KnowledgeHumans: Their GoodOckham and Skeptical Doubts--Again12. Moving from Medieval to ModernThe World God Made for UsThe HumanistsReforming the ChurchSkeptical Thoughts RevivedCopernicus to Kepler to Galileo: The Great Triple Play13. René Descartes: Doubting Our Way to CertaintyThe MethodMeditations on First PhilosophyMeditation IMeditation IIMeditation IIIMeditation IVMeditation VMeditation VIWhat Has Descartes Done?A New Ideal for KnowledgeA New Vision of RealityProblemsThe Preeminence of EpistemologyAfterwordAppendix: Writing a Philosophy PaperCreditsGlossaryIndex
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