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Excerpt from The Elements of Greek Philosophy: From Thales to Aristotle
We shall expect, then, to find that philosophy is concerned with viewing things in their context and with assigning a right value to them in relation to the whole of that context. Plato defined it as a speculation upon all time and all existence - Oewpia 1rav1''6s pév xpdvou mims 82 eddies Republic, It is concerned with our knowledge as a whole; but before we can define it more precisely we must brie?y consider how we come to have any knowledge at all. For man and beast alike the senses are the avenues through which comes know ledge of the external world. Sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell are senses which we share with the lower animals. But man alone can draw general and universal conclusions from the data thus provided. Some animals - dogs, for example - are endowed with a further faculty beyond the sense-perception (aiaenois) which is common to the whole animal kingdom. They remember that the whip smarts, and are capable of visualizing the effects of turning the handle of a door. Roughly Speaking, we may say that, in the scale of animal life.
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We shall expect, then, to find that philosophy is concerned with viewing things in their context and with assigning a right value to them in relation to the whole of that context. Plato defined it as a speculation upon all time and all existence - Oewpia 1rav1''6s pév xpdvou mims 82 eddies Republic, It is concerned with our knowledge as a whole; but before we can define it more precisely we must brie?y consider how we come to have any knowledge at all. For man and beast alike the senses are the avenues through which comes know ledge of the external world. Sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell are senses which we share with the lower animals. But man alone can draw general and universal conclusions from the data thus provided. Some animals - dogs, for example - are endowed with a further faculty beyond the sense-perception (aiaenois) which is common to the whole animal kingdom. They remember that the whip smarts, and are capable of visualizing the effects of turning the handle of a door. Roughly Speaking, we may say that, in the scale of animal life.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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