The Greek Philosophers, Volumul 2

K. Paul, Trench, & Company, 1882

Chrysippus 9Encyclopaedic character of the Stoic teaching 9The great	14

formal logic 16New importance attributed to judgment as distinguished from	24

of progress from folly to wisdom 27and iv of imperfect duties 27Ciceros	30

the empire 36iii The idea of humanity 36Its connexion with the idea	38

pitying and forgiving 42Humility produced by their doctrine of universal	44

Modern attacks on Nature 48Evolution as an ethical sanction 49The vicious	52

Aristippus 60Pessimism of Hegesias 61Hedonism	65

for the general interest 70The motives for abstaining from aggression purely	74

of an Epicurean 229The fightingcock of Tanagra 229Piety displayed	232

Epitaphs testifying to the popular belief in a future life 235Articles found	240

Seneca 241Complete substi	249

Great extent of its influence 250The Platonist daemonology 251Conflicting	259

Analysis of the points on which they differ 262Growth and influence	265

departure from the method of Plato 289Aristotelian influences 290His	293

philosophy 295Criticism of the Aristotelian doctrine 296Weakness of Greek	299

in the Nous 304 Descent of the soul into the material world 305The triad	310

attacks on supernaturalism directed less against the old Polytheism than against	81

binations 83Limited number of chances required by the modern theory of evo	87

How the prospect of death adds to our enjoyment of life 93Its stimulating	95

of the Epicurean ethics 103In what the difference between Lucretius	108

supernaturalism 114His theory of ethics 115His contributions to the science	119

ally of orthodoxy 125Vein of doubt running through Greek mythology 126	126

theses of Gorgias 130Sceptical idealism of the Cyrenaic school 132Scepticism	136

Illogical compromise of Epicurus 143Parasitic character of the sceptical	143

infinitesimal transitions 147Systematic development and application of	153

Philo	163

Panaetius and Posidonius 168It is temporarily checked by	169

principles of Socrates 171Natural instinct as the common ground of philosophy	175

Influence exercised by the younger Cato in favour of Stoicism 179 The philo	183

Return to the standpoint of Protagoras 184Critical analysis of causation	190

dices formerly entertained by its historians 196The literary bias 197Evidence	200

and credulity of the centurions 207Everincreasing influence exercised	211

Mithras and the worship of the heavenly bodies 215Spread of Judaism	220

philosophy of Plotinus 317Three aspects of the supreme principle 317	317

Creative power of the One 318Influence of false physical analogies on meta	323

and of accounting for the existence of Matter 323Return to the Platonic	330

considered 334Inferiority of NeoPlatonism to the older schools of Greek	336

religious revival of the empire 342Nor a mystical reaction against Scepticism	343

a part of the great classical revival	349

spiritualism due to his teaching 350He secures the supremacy of Plato	355

religion 356Continued vitality of polytheism 357Increased study of	362

the West 367Platonic reaction of the Renaissance 368Its influence	371

Bacons method of arrangement taken from Aristotle 374Origin of his con	380

Giordano Bruno 382How it led to a revival of Atomism 383Common pan	387

analogy of Extension 393Revival of the Stoic and Epicurean materialism	394

infinite to the finite in Greek philosophy 398Contrast offered by the illimit	400

idealism 402Their tendency to coalesce in a single conception 403Similar	406

intellect of God 410Contingency as a common property of extension	417

of Locke 421The idea of Nature and the revival of teleology 422New	425

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Titlu	The Greek Philosophers, Volumul 2 The Greek Philosophers, Alfred William Benn
Autor	Alfred William Benn
Editor	K. Paul, Trench, & Company, 1882
Exemplar original de la	Universitatea de Stat din Michigan
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