The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy

includes index and biblioraphy

Contradiction and Aporia in Early Greek philosophy .............9 Socrates and the Benefits of Puzzlement ......29 Aporia and Sceptical argument in Plato`s Early Dialogues...........48 Aporia in Plato`s Parmenides .........67 Aporia in Plato`s Theaetetus and Sophist ......91 Aporia and Dialectical Method in Aristotle .........112 Aporia in Aristotle`s Metaphysics Beta .........137 Uses of Aporiai in Aristotle`s Generation of Animals ...........155 Aporia and the New Academy ......172 Aporetic Elements in Plutarch`s Philosophy ........192 Aporia and Enquiry in Ancient Pyrrhonism ........205 Aporia and Exegesis : Alexander of Aphrodisias ........228 The aporetic Character of Plotinus Philosophy ......248 Aporia and the Limits of Reason and of Language in Damascius ............269