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Ancient Greek Philosophy: An Introduction

11/25/2017

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Ancient Greek Philosophy: An Introduction
by Tom Griffith and Hugh Griffith
Published in 2007
8 hours (audiobook only)
Thibault’s score: 3/5


This audiobook only introduction to Greek philosophy isn’t great but it isn’t terrible. I do not recommend this as an introduction to Greek philosophy.


This review is my first written on an iPhone so the format is a bit different 
Things I liked:
-Well produced audiobook 
-A lot more ink is spent on more obscure Greek philosophers instead of the usual Plato Aristotle Socrates 
- A lot of interesting exposure to new authors and ideas I was not familiar with 
- Almost the entire audiobook is excerpts from Greek texts 


Things I disliked:
-Only available as an audiobook, no paper books available 
- There wasn’t enough commentary to explain what the Greek text meant 
- There wasn’t enough historical background information about the authors lives and the periods during which they wrote 
- Certain chapters were boring and repetitive 
 Overall I do not recommend this audiobook.  It is too complicated for people who do not know very much about Greek philosophy but too simple for people who are already acquainted with the ideas.  That being said it was certainly interesting and had many good things about it 
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