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HISTORICALDICTIONARIESOFRELIGIONS,
PHILOSOPHIES,ANDMOVEMENTS
JonWoronoff,SeriesEditor
Orthodox Church, by Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, and Michael D. Peterson,
1996
CivilRightsMovement,byRalphE.Luker,1997
Catholicism,byWilliamJ.Collinge,1997
NorthAmericanEnvironmentalism,byEdwardR.WellsandAlanM.Schwartz,1997
Taoism,byJulianF.PasincooperationwithManKamLeung,1998
GayLiberationMovement,byRonaldJ.Hunt,1999
Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey, by Ahmad S.
Moussalli,1999
CooperativeMovement,byJackShaffer,1999
Kierkegaard’sPhilosophy,byJuliaWatkin,2001
SlaveryandAbolition,byMartinA.Klein,2002
ProphetsinIslamandJudaism,byScottB.NoegelandBrannonM.Wheeler,2002
LesbianLiberationMovement:StilltheRage,byJoAnneMyers,2003
Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy, by Roger Ariew, Dennis Des Chene, Douglas M.
Jesseph,TadM.Schmaltz,andTheoVerbeek,2003
Witchcraft,byMichaelD.Bailey,2003
UnitarianUniversalism,byMarkW.Harris,2004
NewAgeMovements,byMichaelYork,2004
OrganizedLabor,SecondEdition,byJamesC.Docherty,2004
Utopianism,byJamesM.MorrisandAndreaL.Kross,2004
Feminism,SecondEdition,byJanetK.BolesandDianeLongHoeveler,2004
Jainism,byKristiL.Wiley,2004
Wittgenstein’sPhilosophy,byDuncanRichter,2004
Schopenhauer’sPhilosophy,byDavidE.Cartwright,2005
Seventh-dayAdventists,byGaryLand,2005
Methodism,SecondEdition,byCharlesYrigoyenJr.andSusanE.Warrick,2005
Sufism,byJohnRenard,2005
Sikhism,SecondEdition,byW.H.McLeod,2005
KantandKantianism,byHelmutHolzheyandVilemMudroch,2005
OlympicMovement,ThirdEdition,byBillMallonwithIanBuchanan,2006
Anglicanism,byColinBuchanan,2006
WelfareState,SecondEdition,byBentGreve,2006
FeministPhilosophy,byCatherineVillanuevaGardner,2006
Logic,byHarryJ.Gensler,2006
Leibniz’sPhilosophy,byStuartBrownandNicholasJ.Fox,2006
Non-AlignedMovementandThirdWorld,byGuyArnold,2006
SalvationArmy,byMajorJohnG.Merritt,2006
Judaism,SecondEdition,byNormanSolomon,2006
Epistemology,byRalphBaergen,2006
Bahá’íFaith,SecondEdition,byHughC.Adamson,2006
Aesthetics,byDabneyTownsend,2006
Socialism,SecondEdition,byPeterLambandJamesC.Docherty,2007
Marxism,byDavidM.WalkerandDanielGray,2007
Nietzscheanism,SecondEdition,byCarolDiethe,2007
MedievalPhilosophyandTheology,byStephenF.BrownandJuanCarlosFlores,2007
Shamanism,byGrahamHarveyandRobertWallis,2007
AncientGreekPhilosophy,byAnthonyPreus,2007
Puritans,byCharlesPastoorandGalenK.Johnson,2007
GreenMovement,SecondEdition,byMirandaSchreursandElimPapadakis,2007
Husserl’sPhilosophy,byJohnJ.Drummond,2008
Existentialism,byStephenMichelman,2008
Zionism,SecondEdition,byRafaelMedoffandChaimI.Waxman,2008
CopticChurch,byGawdatGabra,2008
Jehovah’sWitnesses,byGeorgeD.Chryssides,2008
Hume’sPhilosophy,byKennethR.Merrill,2008
Shakers,byStephenJ.Paterwic,2008
NativeAmericanMovements,byToddLeahyandRaymondWilson,2008
Mormonism,ThirdEdition,byDavisBittonandThomasG.Alexander,2008
HegelianPhilosophy,SecondEdition,byJohnW.Burbidge,2008
Ethics,byHarryJ.GenslerandEarlW.Spurgin,2008
Environmentalism,byPeterDauvergne,2009
BertrandRussell’sPhilosophy,byRosalindCareyandJohnOngley,2009
Baptists,SecondEdition,byWilliamH.Brackney,2009
Islam,SecondEdition,byLudwigW.Adamec,2009
Homosexuality,byBrentL.Pickett,2009
Buddhism,byCarlOlson,2009
HolinessMovement,SecondEdition,editedbyWilliamKostlevy,2009
ReformedChurches,SecondEdition,byRobertBenedettoandDonaldK.McKim,2010
TheReformationandCounter-Reformation,byMichaelMullett,2010
Heidegger’sPhilosophy,SecondEdition,byFrankSchalowandAlfredDenker,2010
Jesus,byDanielJ.Harrington,S.J.,2010
Metaphysics,byGaryRosenkrantzandJoshuaHoffman,2011
Shinto,SecondEdition,byStuartD.B.Picken,2011
The Friends (Quakers), Second Edition, by Margery Post Abbott, Mary Ellen Chijioke,
PinkDandelion,andJohnWilliamOliverJr.,2011
Hinduism,NewEdition,byJefferyD.Long,2011
Calvinism,byStuartD.B.Picken,2012
Hobbes’sPhilosophy,byJuhanaLemetti,2012
ChineseCommunistParty,byLawrenceR.Sullivan,2012
NewReligiousMovements,SecondEdition,byGeorgeD.Chryssides,2012
Catholicism,SecondEdition,byWilliamJ.Collinge,2012
RadicalChristianity,WilliamH.Brackney,2012
OrganizedLabor,ThirdEdition,byJamesC.DochertyandSjaakvanderVelden,2012
IslamicFundamentalism,byMathieuGuidère,2012
Witchcraft,SecondEdition,byJonathanDurrantandMichaelD.Bailey,2013
LesbianandGayLiberationMovements,byJoAnneMyers,2013
Nietzscheanism,ThirdEdition,byCarolDiethe,2014
HumanRights,byJacquesFomerand,2014
WelfareState,ThirdEdition,byBentGreve,2014
Wittgenstein’sPhilosophy,SecondEdition,byDuncanRichter,2014
Civil Rights Movement, Second Edition, by Christopher M. Richardson and Ralph E.
Luker,2014
Sikhism,ThirdEdition,byLouisE.FenechandW.H.McLeod,2014
Marxism,SecondEdition,byElliottJohnson,DavidWalker,andDanielGray,2014
SlaveryandAbolition,byMartinA.Klein,2014
Seventh-dayAdventists,SecondEdition,byGaryLand,2015
Judaism,ThirdEdition,byNormanSolomon,2015
AncientGreekPhilosophy,SecondEdition,byAnthonyPreus,2015
Historical Dictionary of
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Second Edition
Anthony Preus
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Contents
Editor’sForeword ix
Acknowledgments xi
AcronymsandAbbreviations xiii
Chronology xix
Introduction 1
THEDICTIONARY 27
Glossary 419
Bibliography 439
AbouttheAuthor 515
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Description:The ancient Greeks were not only the founders of western philosophy, but the actual term "philosophy" is Greek in origin, most likely dating back to the late sixth century BC. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Euclid, and Thales are but a few of the better-known philosophers of ancient Greece.
