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GRIFFITH, T.: ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY - An Introduction (Unabridged)

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GRIFFITH, T.: ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY - An Introduction (Unabridged)

The philosophy of Ancient Greece provides the background of Western ethical thought and politics. In this approachable introduction, Tom Griffith, a leading translator of Plato, covers the main ground from the Pre-Socratics through Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and the Epicureans. In each case, the figures are introduced before a compilation of key texts in lively translations.

Disc 1

Ancient Greek Philosophy - An Introduction

1.	Narrator: Philosophy arises out of two fundamental questions: 00:06:00

2.	Diogenes: After engaging in politics he became a student of nature. 00:06:16

3.	From Book IX, on Heraclitus 00:04:58

4.	From Book II, on Anaxagoras 00:03:22

5.	From Book VIII, on Pythagoras 00:04:59

6.	From Book IX, on Democritus 00:03:14

7.	Narrator: In general, it is probably fair to say … 00:03:24

8.	Meno: There will be no difficulty, Socrates … 00:07:41

9.	Socrates: That would be your mode of speaking 00:06:11

10.	Meno: Well then, Socrates, virtue, as I take it … 00:04:44

11.	So, the man proposes the death penalty 00:05:12

12.	I can imagine someone saying … 00:05:03

13.	I am now departing … 00:04:39

14.	Suppose it's a total absence … 00:06:53

Disc 2

Ancient Greek Philosophy - An Introduction

1.	Meno: And how will you enquire, Socrates … 00:05:58

2.	I now want to know whether you still … 00:06:38

3.	Narrator: There is an exact parallel here … 00:05:31

4.	So, in his desire to create … 00:06:24

5.	Narrator: Plato 00:07:37

6.	Is not thirst the desire which the soul has … 00:08:01

7.	Suppose that a man thinks he has done wrong 00:06:49

8.	Narrator: So in the ideal city or state … 00:06:36

9.	I dare say that you remember … 00:06:36

10.	Narrator: Ideally, then, philosophers should … 00:07:04

11.	Narrator: Not democracy, then … 00:04:47

Disc 3

Ancient Greek Philosophy - An Introduction

1.	Narrator: Before we say that no - one … 00:07:50

2.	The body is more like the other … 00:06:48

3.	Narrator: The final selection from Plato … 00:06:45

4.	By all means, he said, tell us … 00:06:48

5.	You would say, would you not … 00:07:59

6.	This entire allegory … 00:04:26

7.	Narrator: It may be that, for Anglo Saxon … 00:07:00

8.	Aristotle: All men by nature desire to know … 00:05:31

9.	We have said in the Ethics … 00:06:23

10.	The Nicimecion Ethics 00:03:42

11.	Aristotle: And now let us revert to the good … 00:06:48

12.	We must now enquire, concerning happiness … 00:05:50

Disc 4

Ancient Greek Philosophy - An Introduction

1.	Book II, 1 - 3 00:06:06

2.	Thus it is therefore … 00:05:54

3.	Book VIII, 1 - 3 00:06:19

4.	But must they not add that the feeling … 00:06:31

5.	Book X, 1 - 3 00:04:39

6.	What is there then of such a nature 00:07:36

7.	Book X, 6 - 7 00:04:34

8.	Now, if Happiness … 00:05:45

9.	Narrator: The Politics 00:05:31

10.	Now, if in this particular science … 00:07:11

11.	Book III, 6 - 7 00:06:31

Disc 5

Ancient Greek Philosophy - An Introduction

1.	Book III, 11 and 13 00:07:47

2.	Now, in general, a citizen is one who … 00:05:21

3.	Book IV, 4 00:06:20

4.	If, then, these things are necessary … 00:05:55

5.	Book IV, 11 - 13 00:06:19

6.	Those who made conquests in Greece … 00:05:50

7.	Book VIII, 1 - 3 00:03:48

8.	There are four things … 00:04:20

9.	Narrator: The Stoics annd the Epicureans 00:03:20

10.	Diogenes: The ethical branch of philosophy … 00:06:19

11.	Virtue, in the first place … 00:05:43

12.	Of mental goods, some are habits … 00:06:10

13.	The term 'indifferent' has two meanings 00:06:32

Disc 6

Ancient Greek Philosophy - An Introduction

1.	According to the Stoics … 00:05:46

2.	Also they say there are three emotional … 00:05:10

3.	But Hericlaedes of Tarsus … 00:06:21

4.	Narrator: Stoicism became very influential … 00:03:39

5.	In the first place … 00:07:05

6.	The repetition at such length … 00:05:48

7.	Falsehood and error always depend … 00:07:27

8.	We must consider the minimum … 00:05:39

9.	Next, keeping in view our perceptions … 00:03:59

10.	There is the further point to be considered … 00:06:01

11.	There is yet one more point … 00:08:00

12.	And, when once we have attained all this … 00:07:41

13.	Narrator: So, is that it then 00:02:24

Total Playing Time: 07:15:48

Author(s):
Griffith, Tom

Reader(s):
Alexander, Bruce; Davies, Oliver Ford; Logan, Crawford

Label: Naxos AudioBooks

Genre: Philosophy

Period: Contemporary

Catalogue No: NA644412

Barcode: 9789626344446

Physical Release: 06/2007


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