A Critical History of Greek Philosophy
time of Socrates, but only fragments now remain. The foundation of the philosophy of Anaxagoras is the same as that of Empedocle ...
It is called Nous, that is, mind or intelligence. It is intelli- gence which produces the movement in things which brings about ...
non-physical ideas. Then as regards the Nous occupying space, it is not true that greater and smaller are necessar- ily spatial ...
side from eternity. It does not create matter, but only ar- ranges it. “All things were together,” says Anaxagoras, “in- finitel ...
The origin of life upon the earth is accounted for by germs which existed in the atmosphere, and which were brought down into th ...
not otherwise explain the origin of movement. It is only the first movement of things, the formation of the vortex, which he exp ...
Chapter 22 CHAPTER IX THE SOPHISTS The first period of Greek philosophy closes with Anaxago- ras. His doctrine of the world-form ...
interests of the State in the interests of party, and this ended in men forgetting the interests of their party in their own int ...
for such spurious learning as would lead to worldly, and es- pecially political, success. The triumph of democracy had brought i ...
of their ability to make the worse appear the better reason, to prove that black is white. Some of them, like Gorgias, asserted ...
sensation incommunicable. My sensations and feelings are personal to myself, and cannot be imparted to other peo- ple. For examp ...
To deny the distinction between objective truth and sub- jective impression is the same as to deny the distinction between reaso ...
by emphasizing only the negative element in his philosophy, it is possible to use his antinomies as powerful weapons in the caus ...
right to do so. The Sophists were thus the first, but not the last, to preach the doctrine that might is right. And, in similar ...
must conform. On the contrary, the truth must conform itself to mankind. Whatever it is useful to believe, what- ever belief “wo ...
ern democracy. Protestantism, it is often said, is founded upon the right of private judgment, and this is simply the right of t ...
demned. Now it is important to know these facts. They should serve as a warning to us against dogmatic narrow- mindedness in mor ...
Chapter 23 CHAPTER X SOCRATES Amid the destruction of all ideals of truth and morality, which was brought about by the Sophists, ...
no philosophy, that is to say, no system of philosophy. He was the author of philosophical tendencies, and of a philo- sophic me ...
In this passage we can see, too, the supposed origin of an- other peculiar Socratic feature, the Socratic “irony.” In any discus ...
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