A Short History of Greek PhilosophyMarshall, J. (John)
Philosophy
A Short History of Greek Philosophy
Marshall, J. (John)
Philosophy, Ancient
Justice, a cheating device, 95; one form of ideal or universal, 110;
related to law and to utility, 120; the fairest wisdom, 139; dialogue
on, 146; only interest of stronger, 147; writ large in state, 147;
perfection of whole man, and of state, 169; a civic quality
restraining, 198; Epicurean theory of, 225
Kant, his _Critic_ referred to, 158; maxim of, 236
Knowledge, _v._ Opinion, 33, 35, 51; impossible, 93; really exists,
164; first causes pertain to, 179; must have real object, 183;
potential and actual, 203
'Know thyself,' 113; dialogue on, 137
Laches, dialogue, 136
Lampsacus, place of death of Anaxagoras, 57
Laughing philosopher, 74
Law, in universe, 112; relation to Freewill, 113; relation to Justice,
120; fulfilled through Love, 122; Laws, dialogue, 160; potential and
actual, 192
Leontini, birthplace of Gorgias, 92
Leucippus, 74
Life, death of the soul, 19; a prison, 28; a sentinel-post, _ib._; a
union of contradictories, 66; a dwelling in cave, 148; organic idea of,
185; an entelechy, 190; different kinds of, 194; Aristotle's
definition, 203
Listeners, in Pythagorean system, 23
Logic, Parmenides founder of, 39; Zeno inventor of, 42; contributions
of Plato and Aristotle to, 159; governing idea of Aristotle's, 184; of
Epicurus, 215; Stoic divisions of, 230
Love, motive force in Nature, 38; one of two principles, 38, 63;
fulfilling of the law, 122; dialogues on, 137, 144; pure and impure, 145
Lucretius, praises Empedocles, 59; Epicurus, 212; proofs by, of
Epicurus' theory, 217; exponent of Roman Epicureanism, 242
Lyceum, school of Aristotle, 174
Lycurgus, praised, 140
Lysis, dialogue, 136
Magnet, soul of, 6
Male and Female, Pythagorean view of, 24; principles in Nature, 38;
equality of, 148; correlative, 167; basis of State, 197
Man, measure of truth, 87; working with Eternal Mind, 155; Does Man
partake in God's ideas? 158; differentia of, possession of reason, 191;
function of, 193; a political animal, 197; wisest of animals, why? 200
Materialism, ancient and modern, 57; of Epicureans, 220; of Stoics, 233
Mathematicians, in system of Pythagoras, 23
Mathematics, based on indefinables, 10; function of, in Pythagorean
philosophy, 25; and in Platonic, 170
Matter (see _Mind_), _v._ Thought, 48; another name for the formless,
151, 167; correlative of Mind, 167; what it symbolises, 184; relation
to Form, 203
Mechanical theory, of universe, 56, 78; of virtue, 195
Megara, birthplace of Euclides, 132; influence of school on Plato, 154
Melissus, 46
Menexenus, dialogue, 137
Meno, dialogue, 136; relation to Aristotle's doctrine, 191
Midwifery of Socrates, 104
Might, without Right is weak, 147; is Right in tyrant, 149
Miletus, birthplace of Thales, 1; of Anaximander, 7; of Anaximenes, 14
Mind, _v._ Matter, 51, 167; function of, in the universe, 54; God's
mind working on matter, 151; ruler of universe, 155; must rule
pleasure, 156; home of ideas, 164; correlative of matter, 167; passive
and creative, 207
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