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Title Statement | The Gang of Three: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle : ancient wisdom / Neel Burton. |
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Author | Burton, Neel L |
Publication | Oxford: Acheron Press,[2023]©2023 |
Extent of Item | xviii, 361 pages |
ISBN | 9781913260422 (paperback) |
Other Number | pr07287379 |
Contents | Part I. The Pre-Socratics and Sophists --Part II. Socrates --Part III. Plato --Part IV. Aristotle. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle engineered the Western mind. Above all, they formed part of a movement that stood at the crossroads of mythological and scientific-rational thought, at the crossroads of mythos and logos. Although the path of logos had already been beaten by the pre-Socratics, and would be paved by the Stoics, it is they, the Gang of Three, who forced the carriage to turn. This book sets out to do three things: trace the journey from mythos to logos; outline the lives and thought of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; and consider their legacy, and what can still be gained from them, especially in the universal fields of mental health and human flourishing. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were not philosophers in the narrow sense that we understand today, but in the broader, historical, etymological sense of being lovers of wisdom. They knew logic and dialectic, but they also knew how to live, and how to die--and it is in this, perhaps, that their greater strength lies. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Philosophers--Greece |
Philosophy, Ancient | |
By Name | Aristotle |
Plato | |
Socrates |