Philosophic Classics: Ancient Philosophy, Volume I

Forrest Baird has taught at Whitworth since 1978. In addition to teaching a variety of courses in philosophy, most summers he teaches for Fuller Theological Seminary in extension programs throughout the West. Dr. Baird has a B.A. from Westmont, an M.Div. From Fuller, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University. In his time at Whitworth, Dr. Baird has been selected by five graduating classes as the "Most Influential Professor" and has also been voted "Teacher of the Year" by his colleagues. Dr. Baird has studied the problem of evil while a Resident Fellow at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's University and Abbey in Collegeville, MN, and more recently has been studying Chinese philosophy. Dr. Baird's most recent scholarly work has been editing the six-volume Philosophic Classics series for Prentice Hall. His other works include editing the book, Human Thought and Action: Readings in Western Intellectual History, and co-authoring (with Jack Rogers) the HarperCollins textbook, Introduction to Philosophy: A Case Study Approach.

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BEFORE SOCRATES

Thales Anaximander Anaximenes  

Pythagoras Xenophanes Heraclitus  

Parmenides Zeno of Elea  

Empedocles Anaxagoras Democritus (and Leucippus)  

Protagoras Gorgias Critias  

Pericles Funeral Oration  The Melian Conference  

Euthyphro Apology Crito Phaedo Meno Symposium (189c-193d; 201d-end (223d)) Republic  (Book I, 336b-349b; 350d-354b; Book II, 357a-362c; 367e-376e; Book III, 386b-d; 387b-388e; 412b-417b; Book IV, 427d-445e; Book V, complete: 449-480a; Book VI-VII, 502c-521b Book VIII 562a-563-e) Parmenides (127-135) Theaetetus (selections)  PLEASE NOTE THIS SECTION MAY BE CUT DUE TO PAGE COUNT, PLEASE CHECK AFTER BOOK HAS PUBLISHED AND CORRECT ACCORDINGLY Timaeus (27d-34b) Laws (selections)  

ARISTOTLE

Categories (Chapters 1-5) On Interpretation (Chapters 1-9) Posterior Analytics (Book I, 1-2; Book II, 19) Physics (Book II complete) Metaphysics (Books I and XII complete) On the Soul (Book II, 1-3; Book III, 4-5) Nichomachean Ethics (Book I-II; Book III, 1-5; Book IV, 3; Books VI-VII; Book X,6-8, 9) Politics (Book I, 1-2; Book III, 6-9; Book IV, 11-12; Book VII, 3b-4, 9) Poestics (Chapter 6)  

HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY

Letter to Herodotus Letter to Menoeceus Principal Doctrines  

On the Nature of Universe (Book II, 216-284; Book III, tselections through 831)  

Zeno of Citium (selections from Diogenes Laertius) Cleanthes, Hymn to Zeus  

Handbook (Encheiridion )  

Meditations (Book IV)  

Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Book I, 1-15) THIS MAY CHANGE TO 1-13 DEPENDING ON PAGE COUNT PLEASE CHECK UPON PUBLICATION  

Enneads (I, Tractate 6; V, Tractate 1, 1-12; V, Tractate 3, 12,9-end)-THE BOLDED SECTION MAY BE DELETED DEPENDING ON FINAL PAGE COUNT

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