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1、RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyVolumeIVolumeIoftheRoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophycoversoneofthemostremarkableperiodsinhumanthought.Inthespaceoftwoandahalfcenturies,philosophydevelopedfromquasi-mythologicalspeculationtoastateinwhichmanyofthemostfundamentalquestionsabouttheuniverse,themindandhumanconducth

2、adbeenvigorouslypursuedandsomeofthemostenduringmasterworksofWesternthoughthadbeenwritten.TheessayspresentthefundamentalapproachesandthinkersofGreekphilosophyinchronologicalorder.Eachiswrittenbyarecognizedauthorityintheparticularfield,andtakesaccountofthelargeamountofhigh-qualityworkdoneinthelastfe

3、wdecadesonPlatonicandpre-Platonicphilosophy.Allwriteinanaccessiblestyle,meetingtheneedsofthenon-specialistwithoutlossofscholarlyprecision.TopicscoveredrangefromearlyGreekspeculativethoughtanditsculturalandsocialsetting,totheSophistsandSocrates,culminatinginthreechaptersonPlato’slastingcontribution

4、toallcentralareasofphilosophy.Supplementedwithachronology,aglossaryoftechnicaltermsandanextensivebibliography,thisvolumewillproveaninvaluableandcomprehensiveguidetothebeginningsofphilosophy.C.C.W.TaylorisReaderinPhilosophyintheUniversityofOxfordandaFellowofCorpusChristiCollege.HeistheauthorofPlato

5、,Protagoras(1976)andco-editorofHumanAgency:PhilosophicalEssaysinHonorofJ.O.Urmson(1988).Currently,heistheeditorofOxfordStudiesinAncientPhilosophy.RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyGeneralEditors—G.H.R.ParkinsonandS.G.ShankerTheRoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyprovidesachronologicalsurveyofthehistoryofWestern

6、philosophy,fromitsbeginningsinthesixthcenturyBCtothepresenttime.Itdiscussesallmajorphilosophicaldevelopmentsindepth.Mostspaceisallocatedtothoseindividualswho,bycommonconsent,areregardedasgreatphilosophers.Butlesserfigureshavenotbeenneglected,andtogetherthetenvolumesoftheHistoryincludebasicandcriti

7、calinformationabouteverysignificantphilosopherofthepastandpresent.Thesephilosophersareclearlysituatedwithintheculturaland,inparticular,thescientificcontextoftheirtime.TheHistoryisintendednotonlyforthespecialist,b