Table of Contents

Introduction

Principal Features in Greek Mythological Thought

Historical Sketch of Greek Philosophy Proper

Characteristic Features of Greek Philosophy Proper

The Question of Archè

  • General observations
  • Thales
  • Anaximander
  • Anaximenes

The One and the Many

  • General observations
  • Heraclitus
  • Parmenides

The Pythagorean Idea of Cosmos

Matter and Mind

  • General observations
  • Empedocles
  • Anaxagoras
  • Atomists

The Problem of Truth

  • General observations
  • The Sophists
  • Socrates

The Problem of Universals

  • General observations
  • Plato
  • Aristotle

The Concept of Happiness (Eudaimonia)

  • Aristotle’s idea of happiness
  • The emergence of new concepts of happiness in conformance with the new forces of the age
  • Stoicism
  • Epicureanism
  • Scepticism

Gnosis-Pistis

  • The nature of gnosis
  • Plotinus
  • Philo and Marcion
  • The nature of pistis
  • Tertullian

Bibliography

Glossary