Ancient Greek Philosophy: Collective Wisdom of 26 Greek Thinkers

by Sreechinth C

Ancient Greek Philosophy (Economic Edition) "To find yourself, think of yourself." These are the words of Socrates, one of the pioneers of Greek Philosophy. Philosophy comes from the Greek words "Phylos" meaning - to love and "Sophie" meaning - wisdom, thus literally meaning "to love wisdom." Origin of Philosophy can be traced back to Ancient Egyptian and Indian Civilizations. Even before Greek Philosophy evolved, Indian Philosophy had taken shape and flourished widely. Ancient India, once a commercial hub, had trade connections with many other countries. Ideas and thoughts were also traded and had influenced much in Greek philosophy. Philosophers taught rhetoric, astronomy, cosmology, geometry to their disciples. Their teachings were based on arguments or teachings about any subject in Universe. They have contributed much to the society and their quotes are thought provoking. This book makes a modest attempt to present you with the quotes of Greek Philosophers -Socrates, Thales, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Epicurus, Democritus, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Chrysippus, Antisthenes, Gorgias, Empedocles, Anaximander, Cleanthes, Diogenes, Zeno of Citium, Protagoras, Epictetus, Xenophanes, Zeno of Elea, Theophrastus, Xenocrates, Melissus of Samos and Proclus.

398 pages, Paperback

Published June 18, 2016

Reviews

[Daniel Clemence · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is essentially an Instagram philosophical quote channel written into a book. Ancient Greek Philosophy is a book which has quote mined the internet and turned it into a book. The quotes themselves are from websites that are likely spreading misinformation on these philosophers.

The lack of referencing makes this book unusable as a reference book. It serves only in providing vaguely useful quotes from philosophers, if that is that they are accurate which I doubt most are. The only positive about the book is its small cost but the fact that many of the quotes can be found with a google search makes that seem rather pointless.

There are much better books on philosophy. Don't buy.

[PerennialMystery · Rating 1 out of 5]

counterproductive in ways

The author does not cite any sources for the quotes, and for the philosophers I know well, there were definitely cases that seemed to be some apocryphal quotes. Also, sometimes, many iterations of the same idea were used in different semantic configurations, as though each misquoted version of the original also got treated as a notable quote. It felt like a massive spit of googe search results. Citing sources would have helped to mitigate my skepticism.