A Critical History of Greek Philosophy


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This book contains the substance, and for the most part the words, of a course of public lectures delivered during the first three months of 1919. The original division into lectures has been dropped, the matter being more conveniently redivided into chapters. - Summary by Walter Terence Stace (12 hr 30 min)

Chapters

Preface 12:52 Read by Jovile
Chapter 1: The Idea of Philosophy in General 33:29 Read by thorolfhammer
Chapter 2: The Ionics | Part 1: Thales 7:34 Read by thorolfhammer
Chapter 2: The Ionics | Part 2: Anaximander 7:12 Read by thorolfhammer
Chapter 2: The Ionics | Part 3: Anaximenes 4:55 Read by thorolfhammer
Chapter 2: The Ionics | Part 4: Other Ionic Thinkers 1:50 Read by Kerry Adams
Chapter 3: The Pythagoreans 18:10 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 4: The Eleatics | Part 1: Xenophanes 6:52 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 4: The Eleatics | Part 2: Parmenides 19:13 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 4: The Eleatics | Part 3: Zeno 17:00 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 4: The Eleatics | Part 4: Critical Remarks on Eleaticism 24:38 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 5: Heracleitus 17:38 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 6: Empedocles 9:38 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 7: The Atomists 14:58 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 8: Anaxagoras 24:19 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 9: The Sophists 41:59 Read by T. Eggan
Chapter 10: Socrates, part 1 20:29 Read by benwiggins
Chapter 10: Socrates, part 2 20:34 Read by benwiggins
Chapter 11: The Semi-Socratics | Part 1: The Cynics 12:00 Read by George Nissan
Chapter 11: The Semi-Socratics | Part 2: The Cyrenaics 5:02 Read by George Nissan
Chapter 11: The Semi-Socratics | Part 3: The Megarics 3:31 Read by Kerry Adams
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 1: Life and writings 25:52 Read by inarvi
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 2: The theory of knowledge 10:41 Read by inarvi
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 3: Dialectic, or the theory of Ideas, part 1 21:57 Read by inarvi
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 3: Dialectic, or the theory of Ideas, part 2 28:16 Read by inarvi
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 4: Physics, or the theory of existence 24:51 Read by Kazbek
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 5: Ethics 26:40 Read by Kazbek
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 6: Views upon art 6:49 Read by benwiggins
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 7: Critical estimate of Plato's philosophy 23:00 Read by benwiggins
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 1: Life, Writings, and general character of his wo… 8:55 Read by Rachel Costello
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 2: Logic 4:19 Read by Kerry Adams
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 3: Metaphysics, part 1 30:02 Read by Rachel Costello
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 3: Metaphysics, part 2 31:20 Read by Rachel Costello
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 4: Physics, or the philosophy of nature, part 1 22:12 Read by Mathiew
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 4: Physics, or the philosophy of nature, part 2 38:08 Read by Lucretia B.
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 5: Ethics 19:05 Read by benwiggins
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 6: Aesthetics, or the theory of art 14:29 Read by MoonLylith
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 7: Critical estimate of Aristotle's philosophy 14:01 Read by KevinS
Chapter 14: The General Character of Post-Aristotelian Philosophy 8:40 Read by lauriecampbell
Chapter 15: The Stoics | Part 1: Logic 4:48 Read by Kantolope
Chapter 15: The Stoics | Part 2: Physics 6:03 Read by Kantolope
Chapter 15: The Stoics | Part 3: Ethics 11:32 Read by Kantolope
Chapter 16: The Epicureans | Part 1: Physics 6:46 Read by Ian S. Carr
Chapter 16: The Epicureans | Part 2: Ethics 4:49 Read by Ian S. Carr
Chapter 17: The Sceptics | Part 1: Pyrrho 7:25 Read by Kantolope
Chapter 17: The Sceptics | Part 2: The New Academy 3:56 Read by Kantolope
Chapter 17: The Sceptics | Part 3: Later Scepticism 3:18 Read by Kantolope
Chapter 18: Transition to Neo-Platonism 7:31 Read by Aaron Cohen
Chapter 19: The Neo-Platonists 11:00 Read by Aaron Cohen

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(5 stars)

very good book to understand history of Greek philosophy.