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Plato and Aristotle : the genesis of Western thought

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  • Author: Kosman, Louis Aryeh
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2003
    Summary:

    Haverford College professor Aryeh Kosman delivers a course that will investigate the philosophical texts of Plato and Aristotle. Far from simply making a list of their ideas, however, in each lecture we will focus on thinking through the premises they put forth. In the end, our go will be to arrive at a solid understanding of the thought revolution provoked by the ideas of Plato and Aristotle and how their legacies continue to influence us to this very day.

    Contents:
    • Plato (with nods to Socrates)
    • The Euthyphro : the virtue of holiness
    • The Charmides : the virture of quiet self-control
    • The Republic : Justice and the phliosopher king
    • The Symposium : is the philosopher capable of love?
    • The Phaedo : death and the philosopher
    • Aristotle : patience with complexity
    • The Organon : substance as the primary mode of being
    • The Metaphysics : what is philosophy?
    • Biology and On the soul : life and consciousness
    • The Nicomachean ethics : ethics and the good life
    • Plato and Aristotle : the politics and the poetics
    • Plato and Aristotle : a final review and summation.
    Genre:
    Philosophy
    Subject(s): Aristotle | Philosophy, Ancient | Plato
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md., [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781461814849