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Presocratic Philosophers : A Critical History with a Selcetion of Texts by G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven and M. Schofield (1983, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521274559

ISBN-139780521274555

eBay Product ID (ePID)1031403

Product Key Features

Number of Pages518 Pages

Publication NamePresocratic Philosophers : a Critical History with a Selcetion of Texts

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1983

SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy

AuthorG. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven, M. Schofield

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight29 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN82-023505

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentPreface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Abbreviations; Introductory note; 1. The forerunners of philosophical cosmogony; 2. The Ionian thinkers; 3. Philosophy in the west; 4. The Ionian response; Selective bibliography; Index of passages; General index.

SynopsisBeginning with a long and extensively rewritten introduction surveying the predecessors of the Presocratics, this book traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the sixth century BC to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides and the complex physical theories of Anaxagoras and the Atomists in the fifth century it is based on a selection of some six hundred texts, in Greek and a close English translation which in this edition is given more prominence. These provide the basis for a detailed critical study of the principal individual thinkers of the time. Besides serving as an essential text for undergraduate and graduate courses in Greek philosophy and in the history of science, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers with interests in philosophy, theology, the history of ideas and of the ancient world, and indeed to anyone who wants an authoritative account of the Presocratics., Beginning with a long and extensively rewritten introduction surveying the predecessors of the Presocratics, this book traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the sixth century BC to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides and the complex physical theories of Anaxagoras and the Atomists in the fifth century.

LC Classification NumberB188 .K5 1983