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Essays in ancient philosophy /

These essays deal with epistemological issues faced by the Stoics and the Sceptics, and with several branches of learning - medicine and grammar - that were once closely linked to philosophy. Also included are papers on Plato, and on Aristotle's ""Categories"", and an introd...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frede, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1987.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : The study of ancient philosophy
  • Observations on perception in Plato's later dialogues
  • Title, unity, and authenticity of the Aristotelian categories
  • Categories in Aristotle
  • Individuals in Aristotle
  • Substance in Aristotle's metaphysics
  • Unity of general and special metaphysics : Aristotle's conception of metaphysics
  • Stoic vs. Aristotelian syllogists
  • Original notion of cause
  • Stoics and Skeptics on clear and distinct impressions
  • Skeptic's beliefs
  • Skeptic's two kinds of assent and the question of the possibility of knowledge
  • Philosophy and medicine in antiquity
  • Ancient empiricists
  • Method of the so-called Methodical School of medicine
  • On Galen's epistemology
  • Principles of Stoic grammar
  • Origins of traditional grammar.