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Critical History of Greek Philosophy

Name: Critical History of Greek Philosophy
Author: Walter Terence Stace

Walter Terence Stace

Read by Jovile, thorolfhammer, Kerry Adams, T. Eggan, benwiggins, George Nissan, inarvi, Kazbek, Rachel Costello, Mathiew, Lucretia B., MoonLylith, KevinS, lauriecampbell, Kantolope, Ian S. Carr and Aaron Cohen · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (12:52)
Chapter 1: The Idea of Philosophy in General (33:29)
Chapter 2: The Ionics | Part 1: Thales (7:34)
Chapter 2: The Ionics | Part 2: Anaximander (7:12)
Chapter 2: The Ionics | Part 3: Anaximenes (4:55)
Chapter 2: The Ionics | Part 4: Other Ionic Thinkers (1:50)
Chapter 3: The Pythagoreans (18:10)
Chapter 4: The Eleatics | Part 1: Xenophanes (6:52)
Chapter 4: The Eleatics | Part 2: Parmenides (19:13)
Chapter 4: The Eleatics | Part 3: Zeno (17:00)
Chapter 4: The Eleatics | Part 4: Critical Remarks on Eleaticism (24:38)
Chapter 5: Heracleitus (17:38)
Chapter 6: Empedocles (9:38)
Chapter 7: The Atomists (14:58)
Chapter 8: Anaxagoras (24:19)
Chapter 9: The Sophists (41:59)
Chapter 10: Socrates, part 1 (20:29)
Chapter 10: Socrates, part 2 (20:34)
Chapter 11: The Semi-Socratics | Part 1: The Cynics (12:00)
Chapter 11: The Semi-Socratics | Part 2: The Cyrenaics (5:02)
Chapter 11: The Semi-Socratics | Part 3: The Megarics (3:31)
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 1: Life and writings (25:52)
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 2: The theory of knowledge (10:41)
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 3: Dialectic, or the theory of Ideas, part 1 (21:57)
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 3: Dialectic, or the theory of Ideas, part 2 (28:16)
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 4: Physics, or the theory of existence (24:51)
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 5: Ethics (26:40)
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 6: Views upon art (6:49)
Chapter 12: Plato | Part 7: Critical estimate of Plato's philosophy (23:00)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 1: Life, Writings, and general character of his work (8:55)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 2: Logic (4:19)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 3: Metaphysics, part 1 (30:02)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 3: Metaphysics, part 2 (31:20)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 4: Physics, or the philosophy of nature, part 1 (22:15)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 4: Physics, or the philosophy of nature, part 2 (38:08)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 5: Ethics (19:05)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 6: Aesthetics, or the theory of art (14:29)
Chapter 13: Aristotle | Part 7: Critical estimate of Aristotle's philosophy (14:01)
Chapter 14: The General Character of Post-Aristotelian Philosophy (8:40)
Chapter 15: The Stoics | Part 1: Logic (4:48)
Chapter 15: The Stoics | Part 2: Physics (6:03)
Chapter 15: The Stoics | Part 3: Ethics (11:32)
Chapter 16: The Epicureans | Part 1: Physics (6:46)
Chapter 16: The Epicureans | Part 2: Ethics (4:49)
Chapter 17: The Sceptics | Part 1: Pyrrho (7:25)
Chapter 17: The Sceptics | Part 2: The New Academy (3:56)
Chapter 17: The Sceptics | Part 3: Later Scepticism (3:18)
Chapter 18: Transition to Neo-Platonism (7:31)
Chapter 19: The Neo-Platonists (11:00)