A New Perspective on Antisthenes: Logos, Predicate and Ethics in His Philosophy by Meijer, Piet

A New Perspective on Antisthenes: Logos, Predicate and Ethics in His Philosophy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789462982987)

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A New Perspective on Antisthenes: Logos, Predicate and Ethics in His Philosophy by Meijer, Piet

A New Perspective on Antisthenes: Logos, Predicate and Ethics in His Philosophy

$140.00
A New Perspective on Antisthenes: Logos, Predicate and Ethics in His Philosophy by Meijer, Piet

A New Perspective on Antisthenes: Logos, Predicate and Ethics in His Philosophy

$140.00
Format: Hardcover
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Antisthenes (c. 445- c. 365 BC), was a prominent follower of Socrates and bitter rival of Plato. In this revisionary account of his philosophy in all its aspects, P. A. Meijer claims that Plato and Aristotle have corrupted our perspective on this witty and ingenious thinker. The first part of the book reexamines afresh Antisthenes' ideas about definition and predication and concludes from these that Antisthenes never held the (in)famous theory that contradiction is impossible. The second part of the book argues that Antisthenes' logical theories bear directly on his activities as an exegete of Homer and hence as a theological thinker. Part three, finally, offers innovative readings of Antisthenes' ethical fragments.

Author: Piet Meijer
ISBN-10: 9462982988
ISBN-13: 9789462982987
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2017
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.70d
By Piet Meijer
By Piet Meijer
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Dr. P.A. Meijer was associate professor of Ancient Philosophy in Leiden University until his retirement. He has published extensively on various subjects in this field. Among his most important publications are Plotinus on the Good or the One (Enneads VI 9), an analytical commentary (1992), and Stoic Theology, Proofs for the existence of the Cosmic God and of the Traditional Gods (2007).

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