Ancient and Medieval Philosophy 2024

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy 2024

Vedic Worldview

The Evolution of Vedic Literature

The main problems and categories of the Vedic worldview

The Origins of the World (Geo-Cosmogonies)

The Structure of the Universe (Theocosmology)

Anthropology

Conceptions of Knowledge

The Worldview of the “Classical Books” and the Philosophy of the School of Naturalists (Yin-Yang Jia)

Master Mozi and His School (Mozi)

The Social Philosophy of the Legalist School

Logical-Epistemological Views of the School of Names (Míng Jiā)

Early Greek Philosophy: Ionian Physics (Natural Philosophy). The Milesians and Heraclitus of Ephesus

The Emergence of Ancient Greek Philosophy

Ionian Cosmogonies: The Doctrine of the Origins of the World

The Doctrine of the Cosmic Law

Natural Philosophical Explanation of the World’s Components

Mythological Component of Ionian Natural Philosophy

Early Greek Philosophy: Italic Metaphysics — The Eleatics and Pythagoreans

Completion of Natural Philosophical Concepts in Cosmology: The Teachings of Empedocles and Anaxagoras

A Shift to Social-Ethical Issues in the Classical Period: Socrates and His Followers (Socratics)

The Cynics

Cyrenaics

Pre-Christian Platonism: Philo of Alexandria

The Formation of Christian Philosophy in Apologetics

The Emergence of Philosophical Divergence in Christianity: The Gnostic Teachings

Development of Christian Philosophical Doctrine in the Alexandrian School

The Foundations of Christian Philosophy in Eastern Patristics of the 4th Century: The Cappadocian Circle

Christian Neoplatonism: The Areopagite

The Philosophy of History and Sociology in Augustine of Hippo

Early Byzantine Philosophy

Philosophy in Early Medieval Europe: Peter Damian and Anselm of Canterbury

Peter Damian's Treatise Against the Dialecticians

Scholastic Philosophy of Anselm of Canterbury