{"product_id":"retrieving-the-ancients-isbn-9781119892038","title":"Retrieving the Ancients","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides an accessible introduction to ancient Greek philosophy, enhanced with new features and content\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRetrieving the Ancients\u003c\/i\u003e offers a clear and engaging narrative of one of the most fertile periods in the history of human thought, beginning with the Ionian Philosophers of the sixth century and concluding with the works of Aristotle. Organized chronologically, this student-friendly textbook approaches Greek philosophy as an illuminating conversation in which each key thinker—including Thales, Pythagoras, Democritus, Socrates, and Plato—engages with, responds to, and moves beyond his predecessor. Throughout the text, author David Roochnik highlights how this conversation remains as relevant and urgent to modern readers as ever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its second edition, \u003ci\u003eRetrieving the Ancients \u003c\/i\u003efeatures an entirely new epilogue that introduces Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism, Cynicism, and various schools of thought that emerged after Aristotle, as well as a useful appendix designed to help students write philosophically. This edition offers expanded online teaching resources for instructors, including a downloadable web pack with sample syllabi. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a compelling, readable, and humorous introduction to ancient Greek philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApproaches the history of ancient Greek philosophy dialectically\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates how the works of the ancients are as valuable today as ever\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an accessible, modern introduction to Hellenistic philosophers, new to this edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a sophisticated yet accessible account of the first philosophers of the West, \u003ci\u003eRetrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy, Second Edition \u003c\/i\u003eis an ideal textbook for introductory and intermediate undergraduate courses in Ancient Greek Philosophy, as well as general courses in Ancient Philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Reasons to Study Ancient Greek Philosophy 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Organization and Strategy of This Book 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Presocratics 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreliminaries 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore the Beginning: Hesiod 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ionian Philosophers of the Sixth Century 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The Beginning: Thales of Miletus 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) The First Debate: Anaximander v. Anaximenes 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec) Sixth-Century Rationalism: Xenophanes and Pythagoras 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ed) The Crisis of Sixth-Century Philosophy 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeraclitus and Parmenides: Extreme Solutions 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) Heraclitus: Lover of Flux 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Parmenides: Champion of Being 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifth-Century Elementalism 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) Democritus: Atomic Theory 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Empedocles: Evolution 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec) Anaxagoras 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Sophists and Socrates 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Beginning: The Sophists 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtagoras 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGorgias 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocrates 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Plato 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreliminaries 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato’s Critique of the Presocratics 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlato’s Critique of the Sophists 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The “Self-Reference” Argument 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) The Reductio ad Absurdum 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec) “What is it?” 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ed) “The Old Quarrel”: Philosophy v. Sophistry 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecollection 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The Phaedo 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) The Meno 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Divided Line and the Form of the Good 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The Divided Line 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) The Form of the Good 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEros 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political Implications of the Forms 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Aristotle 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreliminaries 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle’s Conception of Nature 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) “By Nature” 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Form and Matter 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec) The Four Causes 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle’s Psychology 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeleological Ethics 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) Moral Virtue 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Intellectual Virtue 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Politics 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea) The Political Animal 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb) Best Life; Best City 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 275\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID ROOCHNIK\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. He has published numerous books and articles on ancient Greek philosophy and literature, rhetoric, post-modernism, and the nature of philosophy. His books include \u003ci\u003eRetrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis, Thinking Philosophically: An Introduction to the Great Debates, Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato’s Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEat, Drink, Think: What Ancient Greece Can Tell Us About Food and Wine\u003c\/i\u003e.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRetrieving the Ancients\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor David Roochnik presents a compelling, readable, and often humorous introduction to ancient Greek philosophy. Written in an engaging narrative style, this reader-friendly textbook approaches Greek philosophy dialectically—placing key thinkers such as Thales, Pythagoras, Democritus, Socrates, and Plato in discourse with each other to synthesize a sophisticated yet accessible overview of ancient Greek thought. Throughout the book, the author highlights how the concepts and ideas of the first philosophers of the West remain as relevant and urgent as ever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpdated and expanded with new features and content, this second edition features an entirely new epilogue that introduces Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism, Cynicism, and various schools of thought that emerged after Aristotle. 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