This first volume in the series traces the development of philosophy over two-and-a-half centuries, from Thales at the beginning of the sixth century BC to the death of Plato in 347 BC.

Was Plato a Platonist? While ancient disciples of Plato would have answered this question in the affirmative, modern scholars have generally denied that Plato’s own philosophy was in substantial agreement with that of the Platonists of succeeding centuries. In From Plato to Platonism, Lloyd P. Gerson argues that the ancients were correct in their assessment. He arrives at this ...(展开全部)

约翰·麦克莱兰(John S.McClelland)，英国政治学家，曾在英美几所大学执教，著有《西方政治思想史》、《群众与暴民：从柏拉图到卡内蒂》、《法国的右派》等。其《西方政治思想史》已推出中文简、繁两种版本，在中国知识界、思想界享有盛誉。

约翰·麦克莱兰(John S.McClelland)，英国政治学家，曾在英美几所大学执教，著有《西方政治思想史》、《群众与暴民：从柏拉图到卡内蒂》、《法国的右派》等。其《西方政治思想史》已推出中文简、繁两种版本，在中国知识界、思想界享有盛誉。

约翰·麦克莱兰(John S.McClelland)，英国政治学家，曾在英美几所大学执教，著有《西方政治思想史》、《群众与暴民：从柏拉图到卡内蒂》、《法国的右派》等。其《西方政治思想史》已推出中文简、繁两种版本，在中国知识界、思想界享有盛誉。

约翰·麦克莱兰(John S.McClelland)，英国政治学家，曾在英美几所大学执教，著有《西方政治思想史》、《群众与暴民：从柏拉图到卡内蒂》、《法国的右派》等。其《西方政治思想史》已推出中文简、繁两种版本，在中国知识界、思想界享有盛誉。

This book explores the dynamic relationship between myth and philosophy in the Presocratics, the Sophists, and in Plato - a relationship which is found to be more extensive and programmatic than has been recognized. The story of philosophy's relationship with myth is that of its relationship with literary and social convention. The intellectuals studied here wanted to reformula...(展开全部)

This book explores the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals between the late-sixth and mid-fourth centuries BC. Although philosophy may seem far removed from mythological stories, closer examination reveals that Plato and others realized that philosophic accounts too were "stories" about reality. Kathryn Morgan shows how these phil...(展开全部)