, Acknowledgments vii List of Sources viii Chronology xi Map 1 The Greek World (6th-5th centuries BCE) xx Map 2 The Hellenistic Period (323-31 BCE) xxi Map 3 The Late Roman Empire xxii General Introduction 1(10) Part I The Presocratics and Sophists 11(46) The Milesians: Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes 13(7) Xenophanes of Colophon, Heracleitus of Ephesus, and Pythagoras of Samos 20(10) The Eleatics: Parmenides and Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos 30(11) The Pluralists: Empedocles of Acragas and Anaxagoras of Clazomenae 41(6) The Atomists: Leucippus of Elea (or Miletus) and Democritus of Abdera 47(4) The Sophists: Protagoras of Abdera, Gorgias of Leontini, and Antiphon 51(6) Part II Xenophon 57(8) Introduction 57(2) Memorabilia 59(6) Part III Plato 65(146) Introduction 65(4) Euthyphro 69(15) Apology 84(19) Crito 103(11) Meno 114(9) Phaedo 123(16) Symposium 139(9) Republic 148(50) Parmenides 198(8) Timaeus 206(5) Part IV Aristotle 211(90) Introduction 211(4) Categories 215(6) On Interpretation 221(3) Physics 224(10) On the Soul 234(9) Metaphysics 243(25) Nicomachean Ethics 268(19) Politics 287(14) Part V Diogenes the Cynic 301(6) Introduction 301(2) Diogenes Laertius, Life of Diogenes 303(4) Part VI Epicurus and Epicureanism 307(38) Introduction 307(2) Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus; Letter to Menoeceus; Principal Doctrines 309(13) Lucretius, On the Nature of Things 322(23) Part VII Stoics and Stoicism 345(22) Introduction 345(2) Diogenes Laertius on Stoicism 347(8) Epictetus, Manual 355(12) Part VIII Skeptics and Skepticism 367(22) Introduction 367(2) Diogenes Laertius, Life of Pyrrho 369(8) Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism 377(8) Sextus Empiricus, Against the Professors 385(4) Part IX Neoplatonism 389(38) Introduction 389(2) Plotinus, Enneads 391(27) Proclus, On Evil 418(9) Bibliography of Translations Used 427(1) Recommended Further Reading (English-Language Sources) 428(5) Index 433 , Part of The Blackwell Readings in Philosophy Series, this survey of ancient philosophy explores the scope of ancient philosophy, focusing on the key philosophers and their texts, examining how the foundations of philosophy as we know it were laid.
