The Greek Mode of Thought in Western PhilosophyFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1984 - 340 страници Maintaining that the Greek mode of thought is, in essence, the tendency to establish principles of mediation on rational grounds, the author argues that the course of philosophy from Parmenides to Hegel reveals that reason itself always gives rise to sceptical criticism that overturns whatever principles of mediation have been established. |
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27 Man and the Cosmos | 71 |
The Crisis of Mediation in the Hellenistic Age 28 Collapse of the Aristotelian Rational World | 73 |
29 Stoics and Epicureans | 75 |
a The Stoics | 76 |
b The Epicureans | 83 |
30 Skeptics Gnostics and the Early Church a The Skeptics | 86 |
b The Gnostics | 88 |
c The Early Church | 90 |
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18 The Causes of Reality | 51 |
19 Causality as Logical Mediation | 53 |
20 Substance as a Logical Triad | 56 |
21 Existence as Logical Necessity | 58 |
Existence | 59 |
Space Time and Infinity | 61 |
24 The Eternity of Motion | 64 |
25 The Prime Mover | 66 |
26 Logos and Mythos | 69 |
The Ratiocination of Faith | 94 |
32 Saint Augustines Argument from the Image | 96 |
33 Saint Anselms Argument from the Essence | 100 |
34 Saint Thomas Aquinass Argument from Existence | 104 |
The Ratiocination of Science | 114 |
Mathesis Universalis | 124 |
37 Leibnizs Harmony of Monads and Anaxagorass Homoiomeres | 135 |
Theories of Hypothesis and of Principle | 150 |
The Crisis of Mediation in Modern Times | 172 |
40 Humes Skepticism | 175 |
41 Kants Criticism | 184 |
Culmination of the Principle of Mediation | 215 |
Epilogue | 249 |
Notes | 253 |
Bibliography | 307 |
Index | 319 |
Index of Greek Terms | 339 |
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