Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 54

Download or read book Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 54 written by Victor Caston and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Volume LIV contains: an article on the equal sticks argument for Forms in Plato's Phaedo; an article on why Plato abandoned the Socratic method; and another on the cognition of the world soul in the Timaeus; two articles on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, one on the prohibition against 'kind-crossing', the other on the requirements for a middle term's being an explanatory cause; an article on the mixture of elemental qualities in Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption 2. 7, and another on First Philosophy in Metaphysics Lambda; and an article on Alexander of Aphrodisias' use of dialectical method in his treatises On Fate and On Providence"--