6th Edition

Philosophic Classics Ancient Philosophy, Volume I

By Forrest E. Baird Copyright 2010
    576 Pages
    by Routledge

    576 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1961, Forrest E. Baird's revision of Philosophic Classics continues the tradition of providing generations of students with high quality course material. Using the complete works, or where appropriate, complete sections of works, this anthology allows philosophers to speak directly to students. Esteemed for providing the best available translations, Philosophic Classics: Ancient Philosophy, features complete works or complete sections of the most important works by the major thinkers, as well as shorter samples from transitional thinkers.

    BEFORE SOCRATES



    The Milesians.



    Thales
    Anaximander
    Anaximenes



    Three Solitary Figures



    Pythagoras
    Xenophanes
    Heraclitus



    The Monists



    Parmenides
    Zeno of Elea



    The Pluralists.



    Empedocles
    Anaxagoras
    Democritus (and Leucippus)



    Three Sophists.



    Protagoras
    Gorgias
    Critias



    Epilogue I: Two Views of Athens
    Thucydides



    PericlesFuneral Oration
    The Melian Conference



    Epilogue II: Aspasia
    PLATO



    Euthyphro
    Apology
    Crito
    Phaedo
    Meno
    Symposium
    Republic 
    Parmenides
    Theaetetus  
    Timaeus
    Laws



    ARISTOTLE



    Categories
    On Interpretation
    Posterior Analytics
    Physics
    Metaphysics
    On the Soul
    Nichomachean Ethics
    Politics
    Poestics



    HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY



    Epicurus.



    Letter to Herodotus
    Letter to Menoeceus
    Principal Doctrines



    Lucretius.



    On the Nature of Universe



    The Early Stoa: Zeno of Citium and Cleanthes



    Zeno of Citium
    Cleanthes, Hymn to Zeus



    Epictetus



    Handbook (Encheiridion )



    Marcus Aurelius



    Meditations



    Pyrrho and Sextus Empiricus



    Outlines of Pyrrhonism 



    Plotinus



    Enneads

    Biography

    Forrest Baird has taught at Whitworth since 1978. In addition to teaching a variety of courses in philosophy, most summers he teaches for Fuller Theological Seminary in extension programs throughout the West. Dr. Baird has a B.A. from Westmont, an M.Div. From Fuller, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Baird's most recent scholarly work has been editing the six-volume Philosophic Classics series. His other works include editing the book, Human Thought and Action: Readings in Western Intellectual History, and co-authoring (with Jack Rogers) Introduction to Philosophy: A Case Study Approach.