Contemporary debates on the status of animals -- Epic and pre-Socratic thought -- Aristotle and the

1. Beginnings : from Pythagoras to Plato -- 2. Schools of thought : from Aristotle to Augustine

subsistens -- The moral order -- Ultimate end in Aristotle -- Ultimate end in Thomas -- Virtuous action

-- Greek and Medieval Sources: Plato, "Meno", "Phaedo", "Republic". "Theaetetus"; Aristotle, Posterior

human life -- Saving Aristotle's appearances -- Rational animals and the explanation of action -- Non

' after Aristotle -- 10. Rome and Greece -- Appendix I. Dynastic chronologies -- Appendix II. Genealogical

-- Persuasive communication: the historical context -- Plato's criticism of rhetoric -- Aristotle's view of

) ; Nicomachean ethics ; Politics / Aristotle -- Letter to Menoeceus ; Principle doctrines / Epicurus

I. Greek Ethics. 1. The Role of Eudaimonia in Aristotle's Ethics. 2. Some Issues in Aristotle's

objective values: ancient and modern strategies / Julia Annas -- 9. Moral responsibility: Aristotle and

Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle, and one of the most important

Social System. I. Antecedents: Aristotle and Augustine.