Explorations In Ancient And Modern Philosophy (volume 1)
by M. F. Burnyeat /
2012 / English / PDF
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M.F. Burnyeat taught for 14 years in the Philosophy Department of
University College London, then for 18 years in the Classics
Faculty at Cambridge, 12 of them as the Laurence Professor of
Ancient Philosophy, before migrating to Oxford in 1996 to become a
Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College. The
studies, articles and reviews collected in these two volumes of
Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy were all written, and
all but two published, before that decisive change. Whether
designed for a scholarly audience or for a wider public, they range
from the Presocratics to Augustine, from Descartes and Bishop
Berkeley to Wittgenstein and G.E. Moore. Their subject-matter falls
under four main headings: Part I on Logic and Dialectic, Part II on
Scepticism Ancient and Modern, Part III on Knowledge, Part IV on
Philosophy and the Good Life. The title 'Explorations' well
expresses Burnyeat's ability to discover new aspects of familiar
texts, new ways of solving old problems. In his hands the history
of philosophy becomes itself a philosophical activity.
M.F. Burnyeat taught for 14 years in the Philosophy Department of
University College London, then for 18 years in the Classics
Faculty at Cambridge, 12 of them as the Laurence Professor of
Ancient Philosophy, before migrating to Oxford in 1996 to become a
Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College. The
studies, articles and reviews collected in these two volumes of
Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy were all written, and
all but two published, before that decisive change. Whether
designed for a scholarly audience or for a wider public, they range
from the Presocratics to Augustine, from Descartes and Bishop
Berkeley to Wittgenstein and G.E. Moore. Their subject-matter falls
under four main headings: Part I on Logic and Dialectic, Part II on
Scepticism Ancient and Modern, Part III on Knowledge, Part IV on
Philosophy and the Good Life. The title 'Explorations' well
expresses Burnyeat's ability to discover new aspects of familiar
texts, new ways of solving old problems. In his hands the history
of philosophy becomes itself a philosophical activity.