A History of Ancient Philosophy: From the Beginning to Augustine

by Karsten Friis Johansen, Henrik Rosenmeier (Translator)

Translated by Henrik Rosenmeier, A History of Ancient Philosophy charts the origins and development of ancient philosophical thought. For easy reference, the book is divided chronologically into six main parts. The sections are further divided into philosophers and philosophical
*Pre-Socratic Philosophy, including mythology, the Pythagoreans and Parmenides
*The Great Century of Athens, including the Sophists and Socrates
*Plato, including The Republic, The Symposium and The Timaeus
*Aristotle, including The Physics, The Metaphysics and The Poetics
*Hellenistic Philosophy, including the Sceptics, the Stoics, the Epicureans and Cicero
*Late Antiquity, including Neoplatonism, Origen and St Augustine.
This comprehensive and meticulously documented book is structured to make ancient philosophical thought and ancient thinkers accessible. It
*full references to primary sources
*detailed interpretations of key philosophical passages, including surveys of previous philosophical readings
*an overview of the development of ancient philosophical thought
*discussions of the relationships between philosophers and their ideas
*analyses of key philosophical concepts and ideologies including ontology, epistemology, logic, semantics, moral and political philosophy, theology and aesthetics
*explanations of Greek philosophical terminology.

686 pages, Hardcover

First published April 28, 1999

Reviews

[William Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

With very few works do I admit defeat and review them uncompleted. After over 2 years of effort, I must succumb to the inevitable conclusion that the density, detail, and paucity of summary Johansen leaves Plato and Aristotle with for the reader renders the work tasteless and counterproductive. There is an exceptional level of nuance and detail within A History of Ancient Philosophy : so much detail that this humble reader could not stay the course and continue to learn. This isn’t to say there aren’t interesting parts, especially within the brief summaries of almost-forgotten philosophers like Anaxagoras. Nonetheless, I would highly recommend, if you're interested in the history of philosophy more broadly and with more memorable enthusiasm, to consult Russel's A History of Western Philosophy instead.

[Jakov · Rating 2 out of 5]

živote robijo... pa dobro, kaj je ovo bilo???

neću lagati, zanimljiva knjiga, posebice teme vezane za mitologiju i umjetnost te njihovu isprepletenost s filozofijom

ostatak knjige doduše... its not that serious

jedini (JEDINI) razlog zašto sam ovo čitao jest taj što mi se nalazi u obaveznoj ispitnoj literaturi, inače je ne bih dotaknuo

mislim da apsolutno ne vrijedi izdvojiti svo vrijeme ovoj knjizi, barem ne ako osoba barata već osnovnim pojmovima antičke filozofije (u protivnom je sjajna jer dubinski objašnjava svaki pojam pod nebom)

da sam znao, fokusirao bih se samo na ona poglavlja koja su me posebice zanimala i na ona s kojom tematikom nisam bio upoznat