Introduction to Presocratics A Thematic Approach to Early Greek Philosophy with Key Readings

by Stamatellos, Giannis

• ISBN13: 9780470655030
• ISBN10: 0470655038
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Introduction to Presocratics presents a succinct introduction to Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th century BCE and a thematic exploration of the topics and enquiries opened by these first philosophers and scientists of the Western tradition. Offers a concise, thematically organized introduction to the Presocratics Includes a previously unpublished translation of the main fragments of the Presocratics by Classics scholar Rosemary Wright Covers key figures including Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes of Miletus, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus Supplemented with helpful features including a timeline, map of the ancient world, glossary of terms, and index of proper names

Author Biography

Giannis Stamatellos is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Neoplatonic Virtue Ethics at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of Plotinus and the Presocratics (2007).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Chronology	p. xi
Reference Guide to the Presocratics	p. xii
Map: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Sixth and Fifth Century BCE	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
The Philosophers	p. 9
Principles	p. 19
Cosmos	p. 31
Being	p. 41
Soul	p. 52
Knowledge	p. 62
Ethics	p. 71
Conclusion	p. 80
Translation of the Main Fragments	p. 82
The Presocratic Sources	p. 116
The Presocratic Legacy	p. 119
Glossary of Greek Terms	p. 131
Glossary of Philosophical Terms	p. 134
Bibliography	p. 141
Index	p. 151
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