First published in 1961, Forrest E. Baird's revision of Philosophic Classics continues the tradition of providing generations of students with high quality course material. Using the complete works, or where appropriate, complete sections of works, this anthology allows philosophers to speak directly to students. Esteemed for providing the best available translations, Philosophic Classics: Ancient Philosophy, features complete works or complete sections of the most important works by the major thinkers, as well as shorter samples from transitional thinkers.
Table of Contents:
BEFORE SOCRATES
The Milesians.
Thales
Anaximander
Anaximenes
Three Solitary Figures
Pythagoras
Xenophanes
Heraclitus
The Monists
Parmenides
Zeno of Elea
The Pluralists.
Empedocles
Anaxagoras
Democritus (and Leucippus)
Three Sophists.
Protagoras
Gorgias
Critias
Epilogue I: Two Views of Athens
Thucydides
PericlesFuneral Oration
The Melian Conference
Epilogue II: Aspasia
PLATO
Euthyphro
Apology
Crito
Phaedo
Meno
Symposium
Republic
Parmenides
Theaetetus
Timaeus
Laws
ARISTOTLE
Categories
On Interpretation
Posterior Analytics
Physics
Metaphysics
On the Soul
Nichomachean Ethics
Politics
Poestics
HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY
Epicurus.
Letter to Herodotus
Letter to Menoeceus
Principal Doctrines
Lucretius.
On the Nature of Universe
The Early Stoa: Zeno of Citium and Cleanthes
Zeno of Citium
Cleanthes, Hymn to Zeus
Epictetus
Handbook (Encheiridion )
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Pyrrho and Sextus Empiricus
Outlines of Pyrrhonism
Plotinus
Enneads
About the Author :
Forrest Baird has taught at Whitworth since 1978. In addition to teaching a variety of courses in philosophy, most summers he teaches for Fuller Theological Seminary in extension programs throughout the West. Dr. Baird has a B.A. from Westmont, an M.Div. From Fuller, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University. Dr. Baird's most recent scholarly work has been editing the six-volume Philosophic Classics series. His other works include editing the book, Human Thought and Action: Readings in Western Intellectual History, and co-authoring (with Jack Rogers) Introduction to Philosophy: A Case Study Approach.
