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24Principles and Praxis in Ancient Greek Philosophy: Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy in Honor of Fred D. Miller, Jr (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2024.This collection of original articles draws from a cross section of distinguished scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. It is focussed primarily on the philosophy of Aristotle but comprises as well studies of the philosophy of Socrates, Plato, and Epicurus. Its authors explore a range of complementary topics in value theory, moral psychology, metaphysics, natural philosophy, political theory, and methodology, highlighting the rich and lasting philosophical contributions of the thinkers investigat…Read more
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24Aristotle: Politics, Books V and Vi (edited book)Clarendon Press. 1999.David Keyt presents a clear and accurate new translation of the the fifth and sixth books of Aristotle's Politics, together with a philosophical and historical commentary. The Politics is a key document in Western political thought; it raises and discusses many political issues, theoretical and practical, which are still widely debated today. The major topics of these two books are equality, democracy, tyranny, revolution, and reform.
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15Reason and analysis in ancient Greek philosophy: essays in honor of David Keyt (edited book)Springer. 2013.This distinctive collection of original articles features contributions from many of the leading scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. They explore the concept of reason and the method of analysis and the central role they play in the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. They engage with salient themes in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political theory, as well as tracing links between each thinker’s ideas on selected topics. The volume contains analyses of Plato’s Socrates, f…Read more
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14Freedom, Reason, and the Polis: Volume 24, Part 2: Essays in Ancient Greek Political Philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2007.What is the nature of law? Does our obligation to obey the law extend to unjust laws? From what source do lawmakers derive legitimate authority? What principles should guide us in the design of political institutions? The essays in this collection, written by prominent contemporary philosophers, explore how these questions were addressed by ancient political thinkers, including the Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics and Epicureans. Classical theories of human nature and their implic…Read more
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12Plato on JusticeIn Hugh H. Benson (ed.), A Companion to Plato, Blackwell. 2006.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Phusis and Nomos Political Justice Psychic Justice Just Action.
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8Deductive LogicIn Georgios Anagnostopoulos (ed.), A Companion to Aristotle, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Statements The Square of Opposition Figure and Mood Deduction Counterexamples Independence Soundness Completeness: Syllogistic Arguments Completeness: Categorical Arguments Completeness: Arguments in General Note Bibliography.
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7Jon Moline, "Plato's Theory of Understanding" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 21 (4): 551. 1983.
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6Aristotle's Political PhilosophyIn Sean D. Kirkland & Eric Sanday (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Philosophy, Northwestern University Press. 2018.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The polis Nature Distributive Justice “The polis of our prayers” Slavery Constitutions The Good Man and the Good Citizen Bibliography.
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6Aristotle on Freedom, Nature, and LawIn Peter Adamson & Christof Rapp (eds.), State and Nature: Studies in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, De Gruyter. pp. 119-134. 2021.
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6Aristotle: Politics, Books V and Vi (edited book)Clarendon Press. 1999.David Keyt presents a clear and accurate new translation of the the fifth and sixth books of Aristotle's Politics, together with a philosophical and historical commentary. The Politics is a key document in Western political thought; it raises and discusses many political issues, theoretical and practical, which are still widely debated today. The major topics of these two books are equality, democracy, tyranny, revolution, and reform.
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5Dealing with Aristotle’s Indefensible IdeasIn David Keyt & Christopher Shields (eds.), Principles and Praxis in Ancient Greek Philosophy: Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy in Honor of Fred D. Miller, Jr, Springer Verlag. pp. 373-397. 2024.The indefensible ideas of Aristotle with which we shall be dealing are ideas such as that eels arise, not from eels, but from mud and slime, that the faculty of reason is not seated in the brain or in any other bodily organ, and that some humans are slaves by nature, ideas that are known, some twenty-three hundred years after they were written down, to be false. These ideas are a problem for a contemporary Aristotelian if they have been validly derived from the general principles of Aristotle’s …Read more
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4Plato on falsity: Sophist 263BIn Gregory Vlastos, Edward N. Lee, Alexander P. D. Mourelatos & Richard Rorty (eds.), Phronesis, Assen, Van Gorcum. pp. 285--305. 1973.
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2Freedom, reason, and the polis: essays in ancient Greek political philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2007.What is the nature of law? Does our obligation to obey the law extend to unjust laws? From what source do lawmakers derive legitimate authority? What principles should guide us in the design of political institutions? These essays by prominent contemporary philosophers explore how these questions were addressed by ancient political thinkers. Classical theories of human nature and their implications for political theory are examined, as is the meaning of freedom and coercion in Plato's thought an…Read more
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1Aristotle's Politics: Critical EssaysRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2005.Aristotle's Politics is widely recognized as one of the classics of the history of political philosophy, and like every other such masterpiece, it is a work about which there is deep division
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1Plato on Falsity: Sophist 263BIn Gregory Vlastos, Edward N. Lee, Alexander P. D. Mourelatos & Richard Rorty (eds.), Exegesis and Argument, Assen, Van Gorcum. pp. 1--285. 1973.
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The Meaning of Bios in Aristotle's Ethics and PoliticsIn Pierre Destrée & Marco Antônio Zingano (eds.), Theoria: Studies on the Status and Meaning of Contemplation in Aristotle's Ethics, Peeters Press. 2014.
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The good man and the upright citizen in Aristotle's ethics and politicsIn David Keyt & Fred Dycus Miller (eds.), Freedom, reason, and the polis: essays in ancient Greek political philosophy, Cambridge University Press. 2007.
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