A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 1: Ancient and Mediæval PhilosophyCushman, Herbert Ernest
Philosophy
A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 1: Ancient and Mediæval Philosophy
Cushman, Herbert Ernest
Philosophy -- History
Anaxagoras
his life, 43;
his philosophy, 45–47.
Anaximander
24, 25.
Anaximenes
25.
Ancient Philosophy
length of, 1;
underlying character of, 2;
divisions of, 4, 5;
literary sources of, 6.
Animism
19.
Anselm
life and position in mediæval philosophy, 359–361;
his arguments for the existence of God, 361;
on reason and dogma, 365.
Anthropological period of Greek philosophy
12, 13;
discussion of, 55–97;
historical summary of, 55.
Anthropologists
103.
Anthropology
defined, 13.
Antiochus of Ascalon
270, 271.
Antisthenes
founder of the Cynic school, 93, 95.
Apathy
Stoic, 251.
Apollonius
neo-Pythagorean, 285.
Apologists, the
307–309.
Aquinas, Thomas
on the problem of reason and faith, 369, 377;
the predecessors of, 379, 380;
life of (founder of the Dominican tradition), 380, 381;
the central principle of his doctrine, 381–383;
the problem of individuality according to, 383–385;
on the will and the intellect, 385, 386.
Arabian
schools, 371, 372;
translations of Greek works, 372, 373.
Arcesilaus
267.
ἀρετή
meaning of, 84.
Aristippus
founder of the Cyrenaic school, 93, 96;
and Epicurus, 229, 230.
Aristophanes
opposed the Sophists, 74.
Aristotle
his place in Greek history, 98–100, 103;
conceptualist, 104;
advanced age at which he finished his education, 125;
in the Academy and Lyceum, 166–168;
chronological sketch of his life, 168, 169;
his biography in detail, 169–173;
the writings of, 173–176;
his starting-point, 176, 177;
the fundamental principle in his philosophy, 177–180;
his logic, 180–185;
his metaphysics, 185–194;
development is purposeful, 185–187;
his two different conceptions of purpose, 187–190;
his conception of God, 190, 191;
his conception of matter, 191, 192;
his conception of nature, 192–194;
his theory of physics, 194–196;
his psychology, 196–199;
his ethics, 199–202;
his political philosophy, 202, 203;
in the Middle Ages, 332, 363, 368, 369;
Arabic versions of his works, 372, 373;
works of, introduced into Western Europe, 375–378;
the strength and burden of, to the church, 378, 379;
and Thomas Aquinas, 380, 381.
Arnold, Matthew
43 n.
Astronomy
of the Pythagoreans, 49–52, 53;
Ptolemaic, 322–325.
_Ataraxia_
of Epicurus, 231, 233;
of the Skeptics, 266.
Athenian school of neo-Platonism
290, 299–301.
Athens
rise of, 57, 58;
and Socrates, 91;
and Abdera, 119;
a centre of Hellenism, 213–215.
Atomism of Epicurus, the
238–240.
Atomistic school, the
107.
Atomists, the
philosophy of, 47, 48.
Atoms of Democritus, the
109–114, 116, 117.
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