History of hellenistcs philosophy

the cambridge history of

Hellenistic Philosophy

Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008

Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008

TH E C A M B RI D GE H I S T O RY OF

Hellenistic Philosophy
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Edited by
KE I M P E A L G RA
lecturer in ancient philosophy, university of utrecht

J O NAT H A N BA RN E S
professor of ancientphilosophy, university of geneva

JA A P M A N S F E LD
professor of ancient and medieval philosophy, university of utrecht

M A L C O LM S C H O F I E LD
professor of ancient philosophy, university of cambridge

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A catalogue record for this book is available from theBritish Library Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data The Cambridge history of Hellenistic philosophy / edited by Keimpe Algra . . . [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. i s b n 0 521 25028 5 (hardback) 1. Philosophy, Ancient. i. Algra, Keimpe, 1959–. b171.c36 1999 180–dc21 98–36033 cip isbn 0 521 25028 5 hardback

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Contents
Preface xi

part i I N T RO D U C T I O N 21 . Sources
by Jaap Mansfeld, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, University of Utrecht

i Why so much has been lost ii Primary sources iii Secondary sources iv Quellenforschung v Genres vi Doxography vii On sects viii Successions ix Biography x Fragments xi Tradition and reception

3 5 6 13 16 17 19 23 25 2629

22 . Chronology
by Tiziano Dorandi , Chercheur at the CNRS, Paris

i Introduction ii The Academy iii The Peripatos iv The Stoa v The Garden vi Pyrrhonists vii Minor Socratics viii Survey Appendix: Successions of scholarchs

31 31 35 37 43 46 47 48 53

23 . Organization and structure of the philosophical schools
by Tiziano Dorandi

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pa rt ii LO G I C A N D LA N G UAGE 24 . Introduction
by Jonathan Barnes, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Geneva

i A map of logic ii The value of logic iii The history of Hellenistic logic

65 67 69

25 . Logic
by Jonathan Barnes, Susanne Bobzien, Lecturer in Philosophy in the University of Oxford and Mario Mignucci , formerlyProfessor of Philosophy, University of Padua

i The Peripatetics ii The ‘Megarics’ iii The Stoics

77 83 92

26 . Language
by Dirk M. Schenkeveld, Professor Emeritus of Ancient Greek, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and Jonathan Barnes

i Linguistics ii Rhetoric iii Poetics

177 216 221

part iii EPISTEMOLOGY 27 . Introduction: the beginnings of Hellenistic epistemology
by JacquesBrunschwig, Professor Emeritus of Ancient Philosophy, University of Paris

i The epistemological turn ii Pyrrho iii Cyrenaic epistemology

229 241 251

28 . Epicurean epistemology
by Elizabeth Asmis, Professor, Department of Classics, University of Chicago

i Canonic ii Perceptions iii Preconceptions iv Beliefs

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264 276 283

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