Ancient Concepts of Philosophy

By Dr William Jordan, William Jordan

Price: $36.95

ISBN: 978-0-415-08940-1
Binding: Paperback
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 7th January 1993
Pages: 224

About the Book

For Socrates, philosophy, was the study of how to lead one's life, and for Wittgenstein, `philosophy leaves everything as it is.'
Throughout this book, the work of the ancients is set in the context of the most recent thinking about the nature and value of philosophy, and the author questions how much there is to be learnt from the ancient philosophers' differing conceptions of the ideal life.