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Retrieving the Ancients is amuch-needed primer for teaching undergraduates the value of earlyphilosophy.

Retrieving the Ancients is amuch-needed primer for teaching undergraduates the value of earlyphilosophy. Daryl McGowan Tress, Fordham University. Journalof Classics Teaching.

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This book is a great introduction to Greek philosophy. That said, this book is ONLY an introduction to the topic. This book is a great introduction to Greek philosophy. I have little formal education in the subject, but from my own previous reading and knowledge I was able to easily grasp the concepts the author presented.

David Roochnik (born 1951) is an American philosopher and the Maria . Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004).

David Roochnik (born 1951) is an American philosopher and the Maria Stata professor of philosophy at Boston University. After completing his doctorate degree at Pennsylvania State University in 1995, Professor Roochnik taught at Iowa State University and Williams College. In his 1991 book, The Tragedy of Reason, Professor Roochnik presents an interpretation of the historical evolution of reason, or logos, as an ongoing quarrel. One camp, represented by Cleitophon, is impatient with reason's failure to culminate in a teachable techne.

Retrieving the Ancients tells the story of the first philosophers in the West. A clear and engaging introduction to ancient Greek philosophy. Tells the story of the first philosophers in the West, from Thales to Aristotle. Has a strong sense of narrative drive. Treats the history of ancient Greek philosophy dialectically, as a conversation in which each thinker responds to and moves beyond his predecessors. Argues that the works of the ancients are as valuable today as ever.

Books: Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis. Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy.

Roochnik is the author of thirty-five articles on Greek philosophy, Greek literature, rhetoric ancient and modern, post-modernism, and the nature of philosophy. He is the recipient of grants and fellowships from the NEH and the Earhart Foundation. He is also invited to give the inaugeral lecture of the Ancient Philosophy Society in Eugene, Oregon, October 7, 1999. Books: Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis. State University of New York Press, 2013. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato’s Republic. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. David Roochnik is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. His previous publications Of Art and Wisdom: Plato’s Understanding of Techne (1996) and Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato’s Republic (2003). In addition to his scholarly work in the field of ancient Greek philosophy, he has also published a short story and has recently completed a novel.

Retrieving the Ancients : An Introduction to Greek Philosophy. By (author) David Roochnik. His previous publications Of Art and Wisdom: Plato's Understanding of Techne (1996) and Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato's Republic (2003).

A clear and engaging introduction to ancient Greek philosophy.