First published in 2007 by ATINER

List of Contributors                                                                                                    i

Introduction                                                                                                               1

Hoppe, E & Weed, R..

PART I

ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY

1.

Pre-Socratic Influences on Socratic Capacities (Dunameis)

Paleologou, M.

7

2.

The World According to Plato

Hoppe, E.

21

3.

Aristotle’s Theory of Principles: A Rationalistic - Empirical Ambiguity

Romano, J.J.

37

4.

Aristotle’s Metaphysics and Quantum Physics

Glazebrook, T.

51

5.

The Ergon - Energeia Perspective in the Interpretation of Aristotle’s Eudaimonia

Festin, J.M.L.M.

69

6.

Virtuous Character: An Approachable Ideal

Homiak, M.

85

7.

Democratic Envy in Aristotle: An Other-Centered Vice?

Weed, R.

101

8.

Aristotle and Brain Death: What Happens When the Master meets Modern Medicine?

McEvoy, L. A.

113

9.

The Providential Tourist: Epictetus on How a Stoic Travels

Stephens, W.O. 

127

10.

‘Who am I?’ The Platonic Dialogues and the Upanishads on the Self

Schiltz, E.

141

PART II

COMPARATIVE AND ASIAN PHILOSOPHY

11.

Maya and Dike and the Principles of Eco-Justice

Giancola, D.

157

                12.

The Position of Logic in the Principle of Islamic Jurisprudence: An Analysis of Al-Ghazzali’s thought on his Book, Al-Mustasfa Min ‘Ilm

Al-Usul (The Quintessence of the Principle of Islamic Jurisprudence)

Hamat, F. M.

169

13.

Indian Yoni-Linga and Chinese Yin Yang: Conceptual Comparisons

Ding, Z.J.

183

14.

Discoveries of the Original Meaning of the Tao Te Ching

Wang, L.

195

15.

Fumbling the Flywhisk: the ‘Hidden’ Complexities of Buddho-Daoist Debate

Thompson, M.J.

211

16.

The Politics of Philosophy: Mou Zongsan, the Kyoto School, and their Critics

Tu, X.

223