A History of Western Philosophy

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Volume I

Foreword / Acknowledgements

• Part I: Presocratic Philosophy
• Chapter I: Before Philosophy
• A. The Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry
• B. The Theological Poets
• C. Greek Primitive Religion
• Chapter II: The Ionians
• A. Thales of Miletus
• B. Anaximander of Miletus
• C. Anaximenes of Miletus
• D. Xenophanes
• E. Heraclitus of Ephesus
• Chapter III: The Italians
• A. The Pythagoreans
• 1) Pythagoras of Samos
• 2) Pythagorean Doctrines
• B. Parmenides of Elea
• C. Zeno of Elea
• D. Melissus of Samos
• Chapter IV: Empedocles of Acragas
• A. On Nature
• B. Purifications
• Chapter V: Anaxagoras of Clazimenae
• Chapter VI: Atomism
• Diogenes of Apollonia
• Chapter VII: The Sophists
• A. Protagoras of Abdera
• B. Gorgias of Leontini
• C. Prodicus of Ceos
• D. Some Other Sophists
• E. Concluding Summary
• Part II: The Classical Period
• Chapter I: Socrates
• A. His Life
• B. The Character of Socrates
• C. The Doctrine of Socrates
• D. The Socratic Schools
• Chapter II: Plato
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. The Doctrine of Forms
• C. The Crisis in Plato's Thought
• D. Plato's Natural Doctrine
• E. Plato's View of Man
• Chapter III: Aristotle
• A. The Man and his Work
• B. The Nature and Division of Philosophy
• C. Aristotle's Logic
• D. Aristotle's Philosophy of Nature
• E. Moral and Political Philosophy
• F. First Philosophy
• Part III: The Hellenistic Period
• Chapter I: Epicureanism
• A. Canonic
• B. Physics
• C. Ethics
• D. The History of the School
• Chapter II: The Stoics
• A. Logic
• B. Physics
• C. Ethics
• D. The Roman Stoics
• Chapter III: Sceptics and the New Academy
• A. Pyrrho of Elis
• B. Timon of Philus
• C. Arcesilaus
• D. Carneades of Cyrene
• E. Some Later Sceptics
• F. The Subsequent History of the Academy
• Chapter IV: Neoplatonism
• A. Revival of Pythagoreanism.
• B. Plotinus
• C. After Plotinus
• Bibliography
• Readings for Part One
• A. Sources
• B. General Studies
• C. Particular Studies
• Readings for Part Two
• A. Sources and Studies: Plato
• B. Sources and Studies: Aristotle
• Readings for Part Three
• Index to Volume I

Volume II

• Part I: The Age of Augustine
• Chapter I: Faith and Philosophy
• Chapter II: Saint Augustine
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. Philosophy and the Arts
• C. Philosophy and Beatitude
• D. Criticism of Platonism
• E. What Is Man?
• F. God
• G. Creation
• H. The City of God
• I. Conclusion
• Chapter III: Denis the Areopagite
• Chapter IV: Boethius
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. Faith and Reason
• C. Division of Philosophy
• D. The Status of Universals
• F. Plato or Aristotle?
• F. Conclusion
• Chapter V: Cassiodorus, Isadore, Bede
• Part II: The Carolingian Renaissance
• Chapter I: Alcuin and Rhabanus Maurus
• A. Charlemagne and the Schools
• B. Alcuin (735-804)
• C. Fredegisus of Tours
• D. Rhabanus Maurus (784-856)
• E. The Carolingian Heritage
• Chapter II: John Scotus Erigena
• A. His Life and Works
• B. Faith and Philosophy
• C. The Division of Nature
• Chapter III: Other Ninth and Tenth Century Figures
• A. Heiric of Auxerre (c.835 - c.887)
• B. Remigius of Auxerre (c.841 - c.908)
• C. Gerbert of Aurillac (c.940-1003)
• Part III: The Twelfth Century
• Chapter I: Introduction
• Chapter II: Saint Anselm of Canterbury
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. Faith and Reason
• C. The Proof of God's Existence
• D. Anselm and Dialectics
• Chapter III: Peter Abelard
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. Abelard's Logic
• C. Faith and Reason
• D. Abelard's Ethics
• Chapter IV: The School of Chartres
• A. From Fulbert to Bernard
• B. Gilbert of Poitiers (1076-1154)
• C. William of Conches (c.1080 - c.ll84)
• D. Thierry of Chartres (died before 1155)
• E. Clarenbald of Arras (died c.1160)
• F. John of Salisbury (1110-1180)
• Chapter V: Monastic Thought
• A. Hugh of St. Victor (1096-1141)
• B. Other Victorines
• C. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
• D. Other Figures
• Chapter VI: Dominicus Gundissilinus
• A. What Is Philosophy?
• B. The Division of Philosophy
• Part IV: The Thirteenth Century
• Chapter I: The Background
• A. The Universities
• B. Translations
• C. Islamic Philosophy
• Chapter II: The Beginnings
• A. William of Auvergne (c.1180-1249)
• B. Alexander of Hales (c.1185-1245)
• C. Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253)
• Chapter III: Albert the Great
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. Faith and Reason
• C. Conclusion
• Chapter IV: Roger Bacon
• A. His Life and Work
• B. The Opus majus
• C. Conclusion
• Chapter V: Saint Bonaventure
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. The Nature of Philosophy
• C. Simultaneity of Knowledge and Belief
• D. Is Philosophy Autonomous?
• E. The Division of Philosophy
• F. The Divine Ideas
• C. The Nature of Illumination
• H. Proofs of God's Existence
• I. Creation and Universal Hylomorphism
• J. Conclusion
• Chapter VI: Saint Thomas Aquinas
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. Philosophy and Theology
• C. The Division of Philosophy
• D. Logic
• E. Natural Philosophy
• F. Metaphysics
• G. Moral Philosophy
• H. Thomas and His Time
• Chapter VII: Conclusion
• Part V: The Fourteenth Century
• Chapter I: Introduction
• Chapter II: John Duns Scotus
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. Being and God
• C. Faith and Reason
• Chapter III: William of Ockham
• A. The Man and His Work
• B. Knowledge
• C. Logic
• D. Metaphysics
• Index to Volume II