From Parmenides to Wittgenstein, Volume 1

Early work from a leader in analytic philosophy

From Parmenides to Wittgenstein, Volume 1: Collected Philosophical Papers is part of a multi-volume publication of G.E.M. Anscombe's collected works. Writing on philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of language, and philosophical logic, Anscombe is known as one of analytical Thomisms's most prominent figures. This collection includes her writing on the work of her teacher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, with whom she worked closely as co-editor and translator. Parmenides, mystery and contradiction

The early theory of forms

The new theory of forms

Understanding proofs: Meno, 85d₉-86c₂, continued

Aristotle and the sea battle

The principle of individuation

Thought and action in Aristotle

Necessity and truth

Hume and Julius Caesar

"Whatever has a beginning of existence must have a cause": Hume's argument exposed

Will and emotion

Retraction

The question of linguistic idealism

G. E. M. Anscombe (1919-2001) read classics and philosophy at St Hugh's College, Oxford from 1937 to 1941 in which year she married the philosopher Peter Geach. She subsequently researched in philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge where she became a student and friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein. She's considered one of analytical philosophy's most prominent figures and a leader in the field of virtue ethics.