A critical history of Greek philosophy

Name: A critical history of Greek philosophy
Author: Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Philosophy, Ancient

Marriage, 224.
Material cause, 268.
Materialism;
  origin of, 9-11;
  of Ionics, 23;
  defect of, 66.
Matter;
  indestructibility of, 50;
  Platonic, 208;
  Aristotle's doctrine of, 275-9;
  Plotinus on, 375.
Mechanical theories, 88.
Memory, 300.
Monarchy, 324.
Monism, 62-7.
Monstrosities,29l.
Morality;
  founded on reason, 118.
Motion;
  Zeno on, 54;
  Aristotle on, 29l.
Multiplicity;
  Zeno on, 53.
Mysticism, 12, 171, 371, 372, 374, 376.
Myths, of Plato, 170-71, 208, 209, 210, 211.

N

Necessary Knowledge, 213-15;
  necessary concepts, 242.
Non-sensuous thought, 8-13.
Not-being, 44, 75, 76, 77, 89, 191, 208, 279, 280.
Nous;
  of Anaxagoras, 97-105;
  of Plotinus, 375.
Numbers, as first principle, 36.

O

Object, the right of the, 122.
Objectivity;
  defined, 113;
  of concepts, 183.
Oligarchy, 324.
Opinion, 181-2.
Organic matter, organism, 294-6.

P

Pantheism, 312.
Participation, 194, 236.
Personality, 286.
Pleasure, 161-2, 218-19, 350, 358;
  distinguished from happiness, 221.
Potentiality, 279.
Pragmatism, 121.
Protestantism, 123.

Q

Quality, mechanical explanation of, 87-8.

R

Rarefaction, 28.
Reality;
  distinguished from appearance, 61;
  distinguished from existence, 60-1, 246-7.
Reason;
  distinguished from sense, 45, 79, 112, 113, 115, 239, 290;
  distinguished from cause, 64, 76;
  as universal, 113;
  as concepts, 144;
  supremacy of, 153-4;
  as basis of love, 205-6;
  as Absolute, 240-1;
  passive and active, 300;
  as basis of morals, 118, 317, 349-50.

{381}

Recollection;
  knowledge as, 212-17;
  Aristotle on, 300.
Reincarnation; see Transmigration.
Religion;
  relation to philosophy, 14-15, 207;
  Xenophanes on, 41-2;
  Heracleitus on, 79;
  Democritus on, 92;
  decay of Greek, 107-8.

Rhetoric, 111, 122.

S

Scepticism, 343, 361.
Sensation;
  particularism of, 113;
  distinguished from reason, 45, 79, 112, 113, 115, 239, 290.
Slavery, 225, 321.
Soul;
  Heracleitus on, 78-9;
  Atomists on, 92;
  Plato on, 211-17;
  Aristotle on, 296 et seq;
  Stoics on, 348;
  Epicureans on, 357.
Space, 3-4, 56; see also Empty space.
Sphere, of Empedocles, 84.
State, The;
  Sophists on, 119;
  Plato's, 201-2, 225-29;
  Aristotle on, 320-5.
Subject, the right of the, 122, 152.
Subjectivism, Preface, 340-3, 361, 376.
Subjectivity, defined, 113.
Substance;
  defined, 186-7;
  Ideas as, 186-8;
  Aristotle's doctrine of 265-7.
Suicide, 160, 350.
_Summum Bonum_, 222, 314.
Symbolism, 12.


T

Teleology;
  defined,101;
  of Anaxagoras, 104, 105;
  of Plato, 201-2;
  of Aristotle, 289.
Theosophists, 153-4.
Time, 282, 292.
Timocracy, 324.
Tragedy, 330-1.
Transmigration, 17, 32, 85, 212, 217, 301.
Tyranny, 324.


U

Universals, 188.
Utilitarianism, 220-21, 315.

V

Virtue;
  as knowledge, 147, 157;
  teachable, 149;
  unity of, 149, 223, 351;
  as sole good, 159-60, 350;
  relation to pleasure, 161, 218-19;
  customary and philosophic, 220;
  dianoetic, 316, 317;
  as the mean, 317.
Void, The, 90.
Vortex, 90, 102.


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Philosophy

A critical history of Greek philosophy

Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

Philosophy, Ancient

Marriage, 224.
Material cause, 268.
Materialism;
  origin of, 9-11;
  of Ionics, 23;
  defect of, 66.
Matter;
  indestructibility of, 50;
  Platonic, 208;
  Aristotle's doctrine of, 275-9;
  Plotinus on, 375.
Mechanical theories, 88.
Memory, 300.
Monarchy, 324.
Monism, 62-7.
Monstrosities,29l.
Morality;
  founded on reason, 118.
Motion;
  Zeno on, 54;
  Aristotle on, 29l.
Multiplicity;
  Zeno on, 53.
Mysticism, 12, 171, 371, 372, 374, 376.
Myths, of Plato, 170-71, 208, 209, 210, 211.

N

Necessary Knowledge, 213-15;
  necessary concepts, 242.
Non-sensuous thought, 8-13.
Not-being, 44, 75, 76, 77, 89, 191, 208, 279, 280.
Nous;
  of Anaxagoras, 97-105;
  of Plotinus, 375.
Numbers, as first principle, 36.

O

Object, the right of the, 122.
Objectivity;
  defined, 113;
  of concepts, 183.
Oligarchy, 324.
Opinion, 181-2.
Organic matter, organism, 294-6.

P

Pantheism, 312.
Participation, 194, 236.
Personality, 286.
Pleasure, 161-2, 218-19, 350, 358;
  distinguished from happiness, 221.
Potentiality, 279.
Pragmatism, 121.
Protestantism, 123.

Q

Quality, mechanical explanation of, 87-8.

R

Rarefaction, 28.
Reality;
  distinguished from appearance, 61;
  distinguished from existence, 60-1, 246-7.
Reason;
  distinguished from sense, 45, 79, 112, 113, 115, 239, 290;
  distinguished from cause, 64, 76;
  as universal, 113;
  as concepts, 144;
  supremacy of, 153-4;
  as basis of love, 205-6;
  as Absolute, 240-1;
  passive and active, 300;
  as basis of morals, 118, 317, 349-50.

{381}

Recollection;
  knowledge as, 212-17;
  Aristotle on, 300.
Reincarnation; see Transmigration.
Religion;
  relation to philosophy, 14-15, 207;
  Xenophanes on, 41-2;
  Heracleitus on, 79;
  Democritus on, 92;
  decay of Greek, 107-8.

Rhetoric, 111, 122.

S

Scepticism, 343, 361.
Sensation;
  particularism of, 113;
  distinguished from reason, 45, 79, 112, 113, 115, 239, 290.
Slavery, 225, 321.
Soul;
  Heracleitus on, 78-9;
  Atomists on, 92;
  Plato on, 211-17;
  Aristotle on, 296 et seq;
  Stoics on, 348;
  Epicureans on, 357.
Space, 3-4, 56; see also Empty space.
Sphere, of Empedocles, 84.
State, The;
  Sophists on, 119;
  Plato's, 201-2, 225-29;
  Aristotle on, 320-5.
Subject, the right of the, 122, 152.
Subjectivism, Preface, 340-3, 361, 376.
Subjectivity, defined, 113.
Substance;
  defined, 186-7;
  Ideas as, 186-8;
  Aristotle's doctrine of 265-7.
Suicide, 160, 350.
_Summum Bonum_, 222, 314.
Symbolism, 12.


T

Teleology;
  defined,101;
  of Anaxagoras, 104, 105;
  of Plato, 201-2;
  of Aristotle, 289.
Theosophists, 153-4.
Time, 282, 292.
Timocracy, 324.
Tragedy, 330-1.
Transmigration, 17, 32, 85, 212, 217, 301.
Tyranny, 324.


U

Universals, 188.
Utilitarianism, 220-21, 315.

V

Virtue;
  as knowledge, 147, 157;
  teachable, 149;
  unity of, 149, 223, 351;
  as sole good, 159-60, 350;
  relation to pleasure, 161, 218-19;
  customary and philosophic, 220;
  dianoetic, 316, 317;
  as the mean, 317.
Void, The, 90.
Vortex, 90, 102.


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