Ancient Relativity: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics

by Matthew Duncombe

Ideas about relativity underlie much ancient Greek philosophy, from Protagorean relativism, to Plato's theory of Forms, Aristotle's category scheme, and relational logic. In Ancient Relativity Matthew Duncombe explores how ancient philosophers, particularly Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and Sextus Empiricus, understood the phenomenon and how their theories of relativity affected, and were affected by, their broader philosophical outlooks. He argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198846185
• ISBN13: 9780198846185
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"