Cosmos and Logos : studies in Greek philosophy /

The six studies comprising this volume deal with some fundamental issues in early Greek thought: cosmic evaluation in Anaximander, the theory of opposites from the Pre-Socratics to Plato and Aristotle, thought experimentation in Pre-Socratic thought, the origins of Greek Scepticism among the Sophisi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rescher, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, [2005]
Series:Topics in ancient philosophy ; Bd. 1.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=603756
Table of Contents:
  • Cosmic evolution in Anaximander
  • Contrastive opposition in early Greek philosophy
  • Though experimentation in preSocratic philosophy
  • Greek scepticism's debt to the sophist
  • Anaximander, Aristotle, and "Buridan's ass"
  • Aristotle on Ecthesis and apodeitic syllogisms.