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Providing a succinct but informative historical sketch of Greek philosophy, B. C. Burt’s work introduces readers to all of the major figures in Greek philosophy and includes preeminent figures such as Plato and Aristotle, and other figures such as Diogenes Laertius, Zeno, and Epictetus.

.—Regarding the spirit of the Socratic philosophizing, it is to be remarked, in the first place, that it was, as has been already stated, in an important sense and a marked degree, sceptical. He freely criticised prevailing beliefs, customs, and institutions. He discredited the early physical speculation on the ground that it was unprofitable, and even impious.1 He encouraged the study of geometry and astronomy, for example, only in so far as they served the most
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