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Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy IJohn P. Anton – Editor and George L. Kustas – Editor, 1971&#160;The essays in this volume treat a wide variety of fundamental topics and problems in ancient Greek philosophy. The scope of the section on pre-Socratic thought ranges over the views which these thinkers have on such areas of concern as religion, natural philosophy and science, cosmic periods, the nature of elements, theory of names, the concept of plurality, and the philosophy of mind.The papers dealing with the Platonic dialogues examine with unusual care a great number of central themes and discuss them in considerable depth: problems in language and logic, myth, reason, hypothesis, eros, friendship, reason, morality, society, art, the nature of soul, and immortality; in addition, they offer fresh discussions on a number of basic morphological, methodological, and philological issues related to philosophical arguments and introduce new aspects for a critical reexamination of controversies surrounding the doctrines and the authenticity of certain Platonic works.The essays on the philosophy of Aristotle are closely reasoned analyses of such basic themes as the universality of the sensible, the nature of kinesis, the problem of future contingencies, the meaning of qualitative change, the doctrine of phantasia, the essence of intelligence and the metaphysical foundations for the ethical life.The essays on post-Aristotelian developments in ancient philosophy offer challenging and well-documented discussions on topics in the history of ancient logic, categorical thought, the ethical doctrines of ancient Scepticism, epistemological issues in the physical theory of the Epicureans, and basic concepts in the metaphysics of the neo-platonists.&#160;Contents&#160;IntroductionJournal Abbreviations&#160; Pre-SocraticsReligion and Natural Philosophy in Empedocle’s Doctrine of the Soul – Charles H. KahnCosmic Periods in the Philosophy of Empedocles – Edwin L. and Minar, Fr.Mind’s Commitment to the Real: Parmenides B8. 34-41 – Alexander P. D. MourelatosThe Problem of Anaxagoras – Margaret E. ReesorEmpirical Aspects of Xenophanes’ Theology – H. A. T. ReicheAnaximander and the Problem of the Earth’s Immobility – John RobinsonA Zenonian Argument Against Plurality – Gregory VlastosParmenides on Names – Leonard Woodbury&#160;2. PlatoThe Argument from Opposities in Republic V – R. E. AllenGorgias and the Socratic Principle Nemo Sua Sponte Peccat – Guido CalogeroDreaming and Waking in Plato – David GallopTechne and Morality in the Gorgias – Robert W. HallOn the “Gold-Example” in Plato’s Timaeus (50A5-B5) – Edward N. LeeSome Observations Concerning Plato’s Lysis – Donald Norman LevinLanguage, Plato, and Logic – Ronald B. LevinsonReason and Eros in the “Ascent”-Passage of the Symposium – J. M. E. MoravcsikThe Unity of the Laches – Michael J. O’BrienThe Two States in Plato’s Republic – Martin OstwaldSupporting Themes in the Symposium – George Kimball PlochmannThe Argument for Immortality in Plato’s Phaedrus – Thomas M. RobinsonPlato’s Hypothesis and the Upward Path – Thomas G. RosenmeyerReply to Dr. Levinson – Rosamond Kent SpragueThe Creation Myth in Plato’s Timaeus – Leonardo TaránThe Philosophical Passage in the Seventh Platonic Letter and the Problem of Plato’s “Esoteric” Philosophy – Kurt von Fritz&#160;3. AristotleThe Metaphysical Foundations for Aristotle’s Ethics – Thomas GouldThe Universality of the Sensible in the Aristotelian Noetic – Joseph OwensAristotle on κίνησις – Arthur L. PeckAristotle’s Treatment of φαντασία – D. A. ReesNotes on Aristotle De anima 3.5 – John M. RistAristotle’s Doctrine of Future Contingencies – Richard TaylorThe Aristotelian Doctrine of Qualitative Change in Physics VII, 3 – G. Verbeke&#160;4. Post- Aristotelian PhilosophyAncient Interpretations of Aristotle’s Doctrine of Homonyma – John P. AntonΟὐ μᾶλλον and the Antecedents of Ancient Scepticism – Phillip DeLacyKnowledge of Atoms and Void in Epicureanism – David J. FurleyBody and Soul in the Philsophy of Plotinus – A. N. M. RichSubject IndexName Index