Lectures on Ancient Philosophy

Author: Manly P. Hall
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1585424323
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 529

Book Description
Complete in itself, this volume originated as a commentary and expansion of Manly P. Hall's masterpiece of symbolic philosophy, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. In Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, Manly P. Hall expands on the philosophical, metaphysical, and cosmological themes introduced in his classic work, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. Hall wrote this volume as a reader's companion to his earlier work, intending it for those wishing to delve more deeply into the esoteric philosophies and ideas that undergird the Secret Teachings. Particular attention is paid to Neoplatonism, ancient Christianity, Rosicrucian and Freemasonic traditions, ancient mysteries, pagan rites and symbols, and Pythagorean mathematics. First published in 1929-the year after the publication of Hall's magnum opus-this edition includes the author's original subject index, twenty diagrams prepared under his supervision for the volume, and his 1984 preface, which puts the book in context for the contemporary reader.

What is Ancient Philosophy?

Author: Pierre Hadot
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674013735
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
Hadot shows how the schools, trends, and ideas of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy strove to transform the individual's mode of perceiving and being in the world. For the ancients, philosophical theory and the philosophical way of life were inseparably linked. Hadot asks us to consider whether and how this connection might be reestablished today.

Aristotle's Way

Author: Edith Hall
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735220816
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives Aristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a lasting state of contentment, which should be the ultimate goal of human life. We become happy through finding a purpose, realizing our potential, and modifying our behavior to become the best version of ourselves. With these objectives in mind, Aristotle developed a humane program for becoming a happy person, which has stood the test of time, comprising much of what today we associate with the good life: meaning, creativity, and positivity. Most importantly, Aristotle understood happiness as available to the vast majority us, but only, crucially, if we decide to apply ourselves to its creation--and he led by example. As Hall writes, "If you believe that the goal of human life is to maximize happiness, then you are a budding Aristotelian." In expert yet vibrant modern language, Hall lays out the crux of Aristotle's thinking, mixing affecting autobiographical anecdotes with a deep wealth of classical learning. For Hall, whose own life has been greatly improved by her understanding of Aristotle, this is an intensely personal subject. She distills his ancient wisdom into ten practical and universal lessons to help us confront life's difficult and crucial moments, summarizing a lifetime of the most rarefied and brilliant scholarship.

Truth, etc.:Six Lectures on Ancient Logic

Author: Jonathan Barnes
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0199282811
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 562

Book Description
Truth, etc. is a wide-ranging study of ancient logic based upon the John Locke lectures given by the eminent philosopher Jonathan Barnes in Oxford. Its six chapters discuss, first, certain ancient ideas about truth; secondly, the Aristotelian conception of predication; thirdly, various ideas about connectors which were developed by the ancient logicians and grammarians; fourthly, the notion of logical form, insofar as it may be discovered in the ancient texts; fifthly, thequestion of the 'justification of deduction'; and sixthly, the attitude which has been called logical utilitarianism and which restricts the scope of logic to those forms of inference which are or might be useful for scientific proofs. In principle, the book presupposes no knowledge of logic and no skill inancient languages: all ancient texts are cited in English translation; and logical symbols and logical jargon are avoided so far as possible. There is no scholarly apparatus of footnotes, and no bibliography. It can be read in an armchair. Anyone interested in ancient philosophy, or in logic and its history, will find it interesting.

The Philosophy of History

Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586

Book Description

Hegel and Ancient Philosophy

Author: Glenn Alexander Magee
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135160242X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
Hegel’s debts to ancient philosophy are widely acknowledged by scholars, and by the philosopher himself. Roughly half of his Lectures on the History of Philosophy is devoted to ancient philosophy, and throughout his work Hegel frequently frames his positions in relation to the thinkers and movements of antiquity. This volume presents original essays from leading scholars dealing with Hegel’s debts to ancient thinkers, as well as his own, often problematic readings of ancient philosophy. While around half of the chapters discuss Hegel’s treatment of Aristotle—a topic that has long been at the forefront of scholarship—the other half explore his relationship to such ancient figures as Xenophanes, Anaxagoras, Socrates, Plato, Sextus Empiricus, and the Stoics. The essays challenge a number of longstanding scholarly assumptions regarding, for example, Hegel’s denigration of the "mythical," his developmentalist approach to ancient thought, his conception of the state in relation to the Greek polis, his "hermeneutic" of the Platonic dialogues, and his use of Aristotelian concepts in arguments concerning the psyche, the body, and their unity and distinction.

Lectures on Ancient Philosophy

Author: Ernst Cassirer
Publisher: Felix Meiner Verlag
ISBN: 3787340432
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 425

Book Description
Mit diesem Band werden Cassirers 1935 in Oxford und 1942 in New Haven gehaltene Vorlesungen zur antiken Philosophie erstmals für Forschung und Studium zugänglich gemacht. Cassirer zeigt, wie sich in der griechischen Kultur ein neuer – ein theoretischer, philosophischer – Denkstil entfaltet, der den bis dahin vorherrschenden mythischen Denkstil ablöst. Die Vorlesungen richten sich an Philosophiestudierende und geben deshalb einen breiten, einführenden Überblick über die Denkentwicklung von den Ioniern über Platon und Aristoteles bis zu den Neuplatonikern. Sie behandeln aber auch Fragen und Begriffe, die nach Cassirers Auffassung bis ins 20. Jahrhundert hinein bedeutsam geblieben sind, weil auf ihnen das moderne wissenschaftliche wie philosophische Denken fußt. Zudem legt Cassirer Wert auf den Nachweis, dass die vielfältigen – neuen – philosophischen Begriffe in den Lehren der antiken Denker eine Einheit bilden, die von einem bestimmten Prinzip des Denkens getragen und bestimmt ist. Besonders interessant sind die Vorlesungen über Platon und Aristoteles. Cassirer schätzte Platons Ideenlehre sehr; darüber hinaus setzt er sich hier auch kritisch mit historischen Platonauslegungen auseinander. Die Vorlesung über Aristoteles wiederum stellt den einzigen größeren diesem Philosophen gewidmeten Text von Cassirers Hand dar.

Introductory Lectures on Religious Philosophy

Author: Amir Sabzevary
Publisher: Msi Press
ISBN: 9781933455495
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
More than a series of lectures, this collection of dialogues addresses the following questions: Canone be religious in modern, predominantly secular environments? What social and psychological functions do religions serve? Can one truly learn to live religious philosophies in the modern era? Professor Sabzevary's intellectual dexterity is matched only by his clarity, not only into perennial philosophical questions but also the modern condition. Far from leaving religious concepts in the lofty confines of tradition, Professor Sabzevary speaks a religious language with a modern tongue, contrasting and ultimately reconciling ancient philosophy with modern life. These dialogues place religious philosophies within the practical and emotional difficulties of modernity, while moving in a profound depth that taps into the wellspring from which all religious philosophies draw their substance. Professor Sabzevary's intellectual dexterity is matched only by his clarity, not only into perennial religious questions but also the modern condition. Far from leaving religious concepts in the lofty confines of tradition, Professor Sabzevary speaks a religious language with a modern tongue. Rather than simply detailing the nuances of various religious philosophies, Dr. Sabzevary's dialogues place these nuances within the lives of his students, thus evoking a startling intimacy. More than an ecumenical discourse, these lectures move in a profound depth that cannot but tap into the wellspring from which all religious philosophies draw their substance.

Reference and Existence

Author: Saul A. Kripke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190660619
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
This work can be read as a sequel to Kripke's classic Naming and Necessity, confronting important issues left open in that work and developing a novel approach to questions concerning empty names and existence. It provides along the way novel treatments of fictional and mythological discourse, the pragmatics of definite and indefinite descriptions and the language of sense data.

How the World Thinks

Author: Julian Baggini
Publisher: Granta Books
ISBN: 1783782293
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 299

Book Description
*SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'There to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of human history is that written philosophy flowered entirely separately in China, India and Ancient Greece at more or less the same time. These early philosophies have had a profound impact on the development of distinctive cultures in different parts of the world. What we call 'philosophy' in the West is not even half the story. Julian Baggini sets out to expand our horizons in How the World Thinks, exploring the philosophies of Japan, India, China and the Muslim world, as well as the lesser-known oral traditions of Africa and Australia's first peoples. Interviewing thinkers from around the globe, Baggini asks questions such as: why is the West is more individualistic than the East? What makes secularism a less powerful force in the Islamic world than in Europe? And how has China resisted pressures for greater political freedom? Offering deep insights into how different regions operate, and paying as much attention to commonalities as to differences, Baggini shows that by gaining greater knowledge of how others think we take the first step to a greater understanding of ourselves.