Title: The evolution of philosophy : an overview of Western thought as it relates to Judeo-Christian tradition /
Authors: Gilles, Anthony E.
Publisher: Alba House,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Philosophy History; Philosophy and religion.; Philosophical theology.; Christianity Philosophy
Contents: Chapter One: Origins -- The Milesian School -- The Pythagoreans -- Heraclitus -- The One and the Many -- The Sophists -- Protagoras -- Socrates -- Chapter Two: Plato and Aristotle -- Plato -- Plato's Theory of Knowledge: How Do We Know And What Do We Know? -- Theory of Forms -- Growth in Knowledge -- Is "The Good" God? -- Plato's Legacy -- Aristotle -- His Philosophy in Relation to Plato's -- His Categories -- Substance -- Potential and Actual Existence -- God -- The Soul -- Unanswered Questions -- Chapter Three: Between the Times: Philosophy in the Hellenistic World -- Stoicism and Epicureanism -- Platonism Makes a Comeback -- Plutarch and Philo -- Plotinus and Neo-Platonism -- From The One to the Human Soul and Back Again -- The Bridge to Christianity -- Aristotle's Momentary Demise -- Chapter Four: The Origins of Christian Philosophy -- Early Patristic Philosophy -- Augustine: The Soul's Ascent to Truth -- Pseudo-Dionysius -- John Scotus Erigena --^