A History of Greek Philosophy
by John Marshall (London 1891)

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Table of Contents

PLATO

Student and wanderer—The Dialogues—Immortal longings—Art is love—Knowledge through remembrance—Platonic love

The Republic—Denizens of the cave—The Timaeus—A dream of creation

Metaphysics and psychology—Reason and pleasure—Criticism of the ideas—Last ideals

Search for universals—The thoughts of God—God cause and consummation—Dying to earth—The Platonic education

Cf.  Plato Complete Works, Plato Home Page & Anthology

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ARISTOTLE

An unruly pupil—The philosopher’s library—The predominance of Aristotle—Relation to Plato—The highest philosophy—Ideas and things—The true realism 

Realisation and reminiscence—The crux of philosophy—Reason in education—The chief good—Origin of communities

God and necessity—The vital principle—Soul as realisation—Function and capacity—His method

THE SCEPTICS AND EPICUREANS

Greek decay—The praises of Lucretius—Canonics—Physics—The proofs of Lucretius—The atomic soul—Mental pleasures—Natural pleasures—Lower philosophy and higher

THE STOICS

Semitic admixture—Closed fist and open hand—‘Tabula rasa’—Necessity of evil—Hymn of Cleanthes—Things indifferent—Ideal and real—Philosophy and humanity

 

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