The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge write by Pierre Pellegrin. This book was released on 2003. The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Greek Thought
Greek Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek Thought write by Jacques Brunschwig. This book was released on 2000. Greek Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Greek Search for Wisdom
The Greek Search for Wisdom - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Greek Search for Wisdom write by Michael K. Kellogg. This book was released on 2012-07-10. The Greek Search for Wisdom available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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."
Philosophy and Science in Ancient Greece
Philosophy and Science in Ancient Greece - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophy and Science in Ancient Greece write by Don Nardo. This book was released on 2004. Philosophy and Science in Ancient Greece available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
The Great Philosopher - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Philosopher write by Mary Gow. This book was released on 2010-07-01. The Great Philosopher available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
