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Explore the foundational teachings of Western thought with 'Lectures on Greek Philosophy 1928.' This essential text features John Anderson's profound insights, delivered in one of his earliest lectures following his arrival in Sydney. Grounded in John Burnet's celebrated work, 'Early Greek Philosophy,' this volume intricately dissects the teachings of pre-Socratic thinkers, the Socratic Dialogues, and Aristotle. Anderson passionately argues that Greek philosophy serves as a crucial corrective to contemporary philosophical methods, advocating for a clear and direct engagement with fundamental questions of existence. His perspective reveals that Greek thinkers avoided many pitfalls of modern thought, emphasizing a practical understanding rather than an obsession with the problem of knowledge. This book is not just a collection of lectures; it is a scholarly invitation to reevaluate the underpinnings of modern philosophy through the eyes of the ancient Greeks. Ideal for students, educators, and philosophy enthusiasts, this brand new edition published by Sydney University Press in 2008 is available in a convenient A5 Tankobon format. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781920899073
Format: A5 size Tankobon
Year: 2008
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Description:
The Lectures on Greek Philosophy of 1928 are among the earliest lectures we have of John Anderson's, delivered in the year following his arrival in Sydney in 1927. In these teachings he closely and critically followed John Burnet's classic work Early Greek Philosophy.
Anderson's complete course covered the pre-Socratics extensively before progressing to the Socratic Dialogues and Aristotle. The study of Greek Philosophy for Anderson provided an important corrective to the attitudes and forms of inquiry dominating modern philosophy.
The study of Greek philosophy was essential to Anderson because the Greeks 'are far clearer on many questions than modern philosophers...they avoid many modern errors, and especially... they are not, like the moderns, obsessed with "the problem of knowledge"... they do not set out to discover (that is to say, to know!) how, or how much, we can know, before they are prepared to know anything.'
Modern philosophers need to return to 'the Greek consideration of things,' to finally abandon epistemology as 'an intrusion of mind into logic and of a false logic into psychology' and accept the direct common sense realism of the Greek philosophers.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781920899073
Format: A5 size Tankobon
Year: 2008
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Description:
The Lectures on Greek Philosophy of 1928 are among the earliest lectures we have of John Anderson's, delivered in the year following his arrival in Sydney in 1927. In these teachings he closely and critically followed John Burnet's classic work Early Greek Philosophy.
Anderson's complete course covered the pre-Socratics extensively before progressing to the Socratic Dialogues and Aristotle. The study of Greek Philosophy for Anderson provided an important corrective to the attitudes and forms of inquiry dominating modern philosophy.
The study of Greek philosophy was essential to Anderson because the Greeks 'are far clearer on many questions than modern philosophers...they avoid many modern errors, and especially... they are not, like the moderns, obsessed with "the problem of knowledge"... they do not set out to discover (that is to say, to know!) how, or how much, we can know, before they are prepared to know anything.'
Modern philosophers need to return to 'the Greek consideration of things,' to finally abandon epistemology as 'an intrusion of mind into logic and of a false logic into psychology' and accept the direct common sense realism of the Greek philosophers.