The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophyprovides a comprehensive treatment of the principal figures and movements of philosophy from its origins before Socrates, through the towering achievements of Plato and Aristotle, and into its final developments in late antiquity.

• Provides a comprehensive guide to ancient philosophy from the pre-Socratics to late antiquity.

• Written by a cast of distinguished philosophers.

• Covers the pre-Socratics, the sophistic movement, Epicureanism, academic skepticism, stoicism, and the neo-Platonists.

• Features an index and a comprehensive bibliography of both primary and secondary works.

Christopher Shieldsis Professor of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is author of Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle(1999).

Notes on Contributors.

Editor’s Introduction.

Part I: Philosophy Before Socrates: Introduction.

1. Presocratic Philosophy.(Richard McKirahan).

2. The Sophists. (John Gibert).

Part II: Socrates: Introduction.

3. Socrates: (Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith).

Part III: Plato: Introduction.

4. Plato: Metaphysics.(Daniel Devereux).

5. Plato: Epistemology.(Nicholas White).

6. Plato: Ethics. (Gerisimos Santas).

7. Plato: Psychology. (Allan Silverman).

Part IV: Aristotle: Introduction.

8. Aristotle: Epistemology and Methodology. (Robert Bolton).

9. Aristotle: Metaphysics. (Michael Loux).

10. Aristotle: Ethics and Politics. (Fred D. Miller, Jr.).

11. Aristotle: Psychology. (Gareth Matthews).

Part V: Hellenistic Philosophy: Introduction.

12. Epicureanism. (David Konstan).

13. Stoicism. (Phillip Mitsis).

14. Academics and Pyrrhonists. (R. J. Hankinson).

Part VI: Late Abtique Philosophy: Introduction.

15. Neoplatonism. (Lloyd P. Gerson).

Bibliography.

Index.