From Protagoras To Aristotle: Essays In Ancient Moral Philosophy
by Heda Segvic /
2008 / English / EPUB
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This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient
moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in
2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important
figure in ancient philosophy, making bold new arguments about the
nature of Socratic intellectualism and the intellectual
influences that shaped Aristotle's ideas. Segvic had been working
for some time on a monograph on practical knowledge that would
interpret Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras.
The essays collected here are those on which her reputation
rests, including some that were intended to form the backbone of
her projected monograph. The papers range from a literary study
of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of
Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Most of
the papers reflect directly or indirectly Segvic's idea that both
Socrates' and Aristotle's universalism and objectivism in ethics
could be traced back to their opposition to Protagorean
relativism. The book represents the considerable achievements of
one of the most talented scholars of ancient philosophy of her
generation.
This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient
moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in
2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important
figure in ancient philosophy, making bold new arguments about the
nature of Socratic intellectualism and the intellectual
influences that shaped Aristotle's ideas. Segvic had been working
for some time on a monograph on practical knowledge that would
interpret Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras.
The essays collected here are those on which her reputation
rests, including some that were intended to form the backbone of
her projected monograph. The papers range from a literary study
of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of
Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Most of
the papers reflect directly or indirectly Segvic's idea that both
Socrates' and Aristotle's universalism and objectivism in ethics
could be traced back to their opposition to Protagorean
relativism. The book represents the considerable achievements of
one of the most talented scholars of ancient philosophy of her
generation.