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Archetypes of Wisdom An Introduction to Philosophy

by: Soccio, Douglas J.

Archetypes of Wisdom An Introduction to Philosophy

by: Soccio, Douglas J.

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Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 02/16/2006
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Philosophy doesn't need to be set in stone. ARCHETYPES OF WISDOM: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY brings philosophy to life and sets you on a course to search for your own wisdom. With this philosophy textbook, you'll get the best readings from the best philosophers and the explanation you need to understand them. Plus with End-Of-Chapter self-testing questions and other review study tools, ARCHETYPES OF WISDOM: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY is the one you need for the test, too.

Preface

Philosophy and the Search for Wisdom

(22)

What to Expect from This Book

(1)

Areas of Philosophy

(1)

Philosophical Archetypes

(3)

Are Philosophers Always Men?

(1)

Philosophy and the Search for Truth

(1)

``Isn't All This Just a Matter of Opinion?''

(2)

Wisdom, Knowledge, and Belief

(7)

Ignorance Is Not An Option

(1)

Summary of Main Points

(1)

Reflections

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

(2)

Overview of Classical Themes

(2)

Nature and Convention

(1)

Contemporary Lessons from the Past

(2)

The Search for Excellence

(1)

The Search for Happiness

(2)

The Asian Sages: Lao-tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

(38)

The Harmony of Heaven and Earth

(1)

Sagehood

(1)

The Do-Nothing Sage: Lao-tzu

(1)

The Way

(3)

People Cannot Stop Talking About It

(2)

The Way of Reversal

(3)

Prefer Yin to Yang

(1)

The Union of Relative Opposites

(1)

The Way of Inaction

(2)

The Social Sage: Confucius

(2)

The Teacher

(1)

Confucian Humanism and the Golden Mean

(2)

Virtue and Ceremony

(1)

The Example of the Chun-tzu

(1)

The Thread of Humanity

(1)

The Buddha

(3)

Siddhartha the Seeker

(1)

The Long Search

(1)

The Bodhisattva

(3)

The Death of the Buddha

(2)

Unsatisfactoriness and Karma

(2)

The Four Noble Truths

(1)

The Eightfold Path

(3)

The Buddha's Legacy

(1)

What The Buddha Did Not Explain

(2)

Commentary

(4)

Summary of Main Points

(1)

Reflections

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

(1)

The Presocratic Sophos

(18)

From Sophos to Philosopher

(2)

The Search for a Common Principle

(1)

Rational Discourse

(2)

The Problem of Change

(1)

The Logos

(2)

Appearance and Reality

(1)

The One

(3)

Being and Change

(2)

The Many

(2)

Mind

(1)

Atoms and the Void

(2)

Reason and Necessity

(1)

Nature and Convention

(1)

Commentary

(3)

Summary of Main Points

(1)

Reflections

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

(1)

The Sophist: Protagoras

(20)

The Advent of Professional Educators

(1)

The Sophists

(2)

Power and Education

(2)

Relativism

(2)

Protagoras the Pragmatist

(4)

Moral Realism: Might Makes Right

(1)

The Doctrine of the Superior Individual

(2)

Commentary

(5)

Summary of Main Points

(1)

Reflections

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

(2)

The Wise Man: Socrates

(34)

The General Character of Socrates

101

(7)

Barefoot in Athens

103

(2)

A Most Unusual Father and Husband

105

(1)

The Archetypal Individual

105

(3)

The Teacher and His Teachings

108

(1)

The Dialectic

108

(2)

Socratic Irony

109

(1)

Socrates at Work

110

(5)

Sophos versus Sophist

111

(4)

The Unexamined Life

115

(5)

Socratic Ignorance

116

(2)

The Power of Human Wisdom

118

(2)

The Physician of the Soul

120

(4)

No One Knowingly Does Evil

121

(1)

Virtue Is Wisdom

122

(2)

The Trial and Death of Socrates

124

(5)

The Death of Socrates

126

(3)

Commentary

129

(4)

Summary of Main Points

129

(1)

Reflections

130

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

131

(2)

The Philosopher-King: Plato

133

(34)

Plato's Life and Work

135

(4)

The Decline of the Aristocracy

136

(1)

Plato's Disillusionment

137

(2)

The Academy

139

(1)

Plato's Epistemology

139

(2)

Plato's Dualistic Solution

140

(1)

Knowledge and Being

141

(1)

The Theory of Forms

141

(5)

What Are Forms?

142

(2)

Why Plato Needed the Forms

144

(1)

Knowledge and Opinion

144

(1)

What Happens When We Disagree?

145

(1)

The Divided Line

146

(3)

Levels of Awareness

148

(1)

The Simile of the Sun

149

(2)

The Allegory of the Cave

151

(2)

The Rule of the Wise

153

(5)

The Search for Justice

155

(1)

Function and Happiness

155

(1)

The Philosopher's Republic

156

(1)

The Parts of the Soul

156

(1)

The Cardinal Virtues

157

(1)

The Origin of Democracy

158

(4)

The Pendulum of Imbalance

160

(2)

The Tyranny of Excess

162

(1)

Commentary

162

(5)

Summary of Main Points

163

(1)

Reflections

164

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

165

(2)

The Naturalist: Aristotle

167

(28)

Works

168

(1)

Aristotle's Life

169

(1)

The Lyceum

170

(1)

The Naturalist

171

(1)

Natural Changes

172

(3)

Form

172

(2)

Matter

174

(1)

Change

174

(1)

Aristotle's Hierarchy of Explanations

175

(1)

The Four Causes

176

(3)

Material Cause

177

(1)

Formal Cause

177

(1)

Efficient Cause

178

(1)

Final Cause

178

(1)

Entelechy

179

(1)

The Hierarchy of Souls

179

(1)

Natural Happiness

180

(7)

The Good

182

(1)

Teleological Thinking

183

(1)

The Science of the Good

184

(1)

Eudaimonia

185

(1)

The Good Life Is a Process

186

(1)

Hitting the Mark

187

(5)

The Principle of the Mean

188

(1)

Character and Habit

189

(1)

Application of the Mean

190

(2)

Commentary

192

(3)

Summary of Main Points

193

(1)

Reflections

194

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

194

(1)

The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

195

(32)

Hedonism

198

(1)

The Meaning of Life Is Pleasure

198

(1)

Epicureanism

199

(3)

Quality of Life

200

(2)

The Cynical Origins of Stoicism

202

(1)

A Scout For Wisdom

203

(2)

Epictetus: From Slave to Sage

205

(2)

Marcus Aurelius: Philosopher-King

207

(1)

The Fated Life

208

(4)

The Stoic Logos

209

(1)

The Disinterested Rational Will

210

(2)

Stoic Wisdom

212

(9)

Control versus Influence

213

(2)

Some Things Are Not in Our Control

215

(1)

Some Things Are in Our Control

215

(2)

Relationships

217

(1)

Everything Has a Price

218

(1)

Suffering and Courage

219

(2)

The World of Epictetus

221

(2)

Commentary

223

(4)

Summary of Main Points

225

(1)

Reflections

225

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

226

(1)

The Scholar: Thomas Aquinas

227

(34)

The God-Centered Universe

229

(1)

The Seeds of Change

229

(1)

Augustine: Between Two Worlds

230

(4)

Pride and Philosophy

233

(1)

The Life of Thomas Aquinas

234

(4)

The Dominican

235

(1)

The University of Paris

235

(1)

Albertus Magnus: The Universal Teacher

236

(1)

The Task of the Scholar

237

(1)

The Wisdom of the Scholar

238

(1)

Why Do People Argue About Spiritual Matters?

239

(1)

God and Natural Reason

240

(1)

Proving the Existence of God

240

(6)

The First Way: Motion

241

(1)

The Second Way: Cause

242

(1)

The Third Way: Necessity

243

(1)

The Fourth Way: Degree

244

(1)

The Fifth Way: Design

245

(1)

Commentary on the Five Ways

246

(2)

Complications for Natural Theology

248

(4)

The Problem of Evil

249

(3)

Commentary

252

(4)

Summary of Main Points

253

(1)

Reflections

254

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

254

(1)

Overview of Modern Themes

255

(1)

Reason, Reformation, and Revolution

256

(5)

The Reformation

256

(2)

The Copernican Revolution

258

(1)

Where Are We, Then?

259

(2)

The Rationalist: Rene Descartes

261

(28)

The Problem of Authority

262

(1)

Rene Descartes: The Solitary Intellect

263

(2)

Rationalism

265

(3)

Against Disorganized Thinking

265

(3)

The Method of Doubt

268

(3)

The Cartesian ``I'' and Methodic Doubt

269

(1)

Standard of Truth

269

(1)

Innate Ideas

270

(1)

The Cartesian Genesis

271

(5)

Maybe It's All a Dream?

273

(1)

The Evil Genius

274

(1)

Cogito, ergo sum

274

(2)

The Innate Idea of God

276

(5)

The Perfect Idea of Perfection

277

(2)

Descartes' Ontological Argument

279

(1)

Reconstructing the World

280

(1)

The Cartesian Bridge

281

(3)

Cartesian Dualism

282

(1)

The Mind-Body Problem

282

(2)

From Cosmos To Machine

284

(2)

Commentary

286

(3)

Summary of Main Points

287

(1)

Reflections

288

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

288

(1)

The Skeptic: David Hume

289

(34)

John Locke

291

(7)

Experience Is the Origin of All Ideas

293

(1)

Locke's Rejection of Innate Ideas

293

(1)

Locke's Dualism

294

(2)

Primary and Secondary Qualities

296

(1)

Locke's Egocentric Predicament

296

(2)

George Berkeley

298

(2)

David Hume: The Scottish Skeptic

300

(4)

The Skeptical Masterpiece

301

(1)

An Honest Man

302

(2)

Hume's Skeptical Empiricism

304

(4)

Impressions and Ideas

305

(1)

The Empirical Criterion of Meaning

306

(1)

The Self

306

(1)

Personal Immortality

307

(1)

The Limits of Reason

308

(2)

The Limits of Science

310

(1)

The Limits of Theology

311

(2)

The Limits of Ethics

313

(5)

The Facts, Just the Facts

314

(2)

Moral Sentiments

316

(1)

Rejection of Egoism

316

(2)

Commentary

318

(5)

Summary of Main Points

319

(1)

Reflections

320

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

321

(2)

The Universalist: Immanuel Kant

323

(30)

The Professor

325

(1)

The Solitary Writer

326

(1)

A Scandal in Philosophy

327

(2)

Kant's Copernican Revolution

329

(7)

Critical Philosophy

331

(1)

Phenomena and Noumena

332

(1)

Transcendental Ideas

333

(2)

The Objectivity of Experience

335

(1)

The Metaphysics of Morals

336

(4)

The Moral Law Within

337

(1)

The Good Will

338

(1)

Inclinations, Wishes, Acts of Will

339

(1)

Moral Duty

340

(5)

Hypothetical Imperatives

341

(1)

The Categorical Imperative

342

(1)

The Kingdom of Ends

343

(2)

A Kantian Theory of Justice

345

(3)

What About Family Justice?

347

(1)

Commentary

348

(5)

Summary of Main Points

350

(1)

Reflections

351

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

351

(2)

The Utilitarian: John Stuart Mill

353

(26)

Social Hedonism

355

(1)

Philosophy and Social Reform

356

(1)

The Principle of Utility

357

(4)

The Hedonic Calculus

358

(1)

The Egoistic Foundation of Social Concern

359

(1)

The Question Is, Can They Suffer?

360

(1)

John Stuart Mill

361

(3)

Mill's Crisis

362

(1)

Redemption and Balance

363

(1)

Refined Utilitarianism

364

(4)

Higher Pleasures

367

(1)

Lower Pleasures

368

(1)

Altruism and Happiness

368

(4)

Utilitarian Social Logic

370

(1)

Happiness and Mere Contentment

371

(1)

Mill's Persistent Optimism

372

(2)

Commentary

374

(5)

Summary of Main Points

376

(1)

Reflections

376

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

377

(2)

The Materialist: Karl Marx

379

(24)

The Prophet

380

(6)

Marx's Hegelian Roots

381

(1)

Other Influences

382

(1)

The Wanderer

383

(1)

Friedrich Engels

384

(1)

Vindication

385

(1)

Dialectical Materialism

386

(4)

Economic Determinism

387

(3)

Critique of Capitalism

390

(6)

The Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat

391

(2)

Co-Option and Class Struggle

393

(3)

Alienation

396

(3)

Species-Life

397

(2)

Commentary

399

(4)

Summary of Main Points

400

(1)

Reflections

401

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

401

(2)

The Existentialist: Soren Kierkegaard

403

(30)

Søren Kierkegaard

405

(7)

The Family Curse

406

(1)

The Universal Formula

407

(1)

Kierkegaard's? Works

408

(2)

The Christian

410

(1)

That Individual

410

(2)

Truth as Subjectivity

412

(6)

Objectivity as Untruth

414

(1)

The Present Age

415

(1)

An Age of Virtual Equality

416

(2)

Becoming A Subject

418

(4)

Stages On Life's Way

422

(7)

The Aesthetic Stage

424

(1)

The Ethical Stage

425

(1)

The Religious Stage

426

(3)

Dangerous Stuff

429

(1)

Commentary

430

(3)

Summary of Main Points

431

(1)

Reflections

432

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

432

(1)

The Pragmatist: William James

433

(28)

An American Original

434

(3)

The Education of a Philosopher

435

(2)

The Philosopher as Hero

437

(1)

The Philosopher as Advocate

438

(1)

Charles Sanders Peirce

439

(1)

Peirce's ``Pragmaticism''

439

(1)

Pragmatic Theory of Meaning

440

(1)

Pragmatism

440

(13)

Pragmatic Method and Philosophy

441

(2)

The Temper of Belief

443

(2)

The Will to Believe

445

(1)

Truth Happens to an Idea

445

(2)

The Dilemma of Determinism

447

(2)

The Inner Sense of Freedom

449

(1)

Morality and the Good

450

(1)

The Heroic Life

451

(2)

Pragmatic Religion

453

(2)

A Religious Dilemma

454

(1)

Truth Is Always Personal

455

(2)

Danger Signs

456

(1)

Commentary

457

(4)

Summary of Main Points

459

(1)

Reflections

459

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

460

(1)

The Anti-Philosopher: Friedrich Nietzsche

461

(28)

The Outsider

464

(6)

Beyond the Academy

465

(1)

Tragic Optimism

465

(1)

Zarathustra Speaks

466

(3)

The Last Philosopher

469

(1)

Truth Is a Matter of Perspective

470

(1)

Attack on Objectivity

471

(2)

The Will to Power

473

(1)

The Diseases of Modernity

473

(4)

The Problem of Morality

474

(2)

The Problem of Generalized Accounts

476

(1)

God Is Dead

477

(3)

Overman

480

(1)

Slave Morality

481

(3)

Ressentiment

483

(1)

Master Morality

484

(2)

Amor Fati

486

(1)

Commentary

486

(3)

Summary of Main Points

487

(1)

Reflections

488

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

488

(1)

The Twentieth Century: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger

489

(40)

Two Approaches to Philosophy

492

(1)

Ludwig Wittgenstein

492

(4)

Cambridge and the Tractatus

493

(2)

The Philosophical Investigator

495

(1)

What Are You Talking About?

496

(4)

The Tractatus

497

(3)

Wittgenstein's Turn

500

(1)

Martin Heidegger

501

(8)

Roots and Ground

504

(1)

Thinking Has Come to Life Again

505

(2)

Heidegger's Children

507

(2)

Phenomenology: The Science of Beings

509

(2)

Dasein

511

(2)

What Is the Meaning of Being?

513

(1)

Being With an Attitude

514

(4)

Existence

515

(1)

Ready-to-Hand

516

(1)

Moody Attunement

517

(1)

The Burden of Being Human

518

(4)

Anxiety

518

(2)

The ``They''

520

(1)

Idle Talk

521

(1)

Authenticity

522

(1)

We Are A Conversation

523

(2)

Wither Philosophy? (A Pun)

525

(4)

Summary of Main Points

526

(2)

Reflections

528

(1)

Philosophy Internet Resources

528

(1)

Notes

529

(14)

Glossary

543

(10)

Bibliography of Interesting Sources

553

(8)

Index of margin Quotes

561

(4)

Index

565

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