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9780140448153

Early Greek Philosophy

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    9780140448153

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    0140448152

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-11-26
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

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Summary

This anthology presents the early sages of Western philosophy and science who paved the way for Plato and Aristotle and their successors. Democritus's atomic theory of matter, Zeno's dazzling "proofs" that motion is impossible, Pythagorean insights into mathematics, Heraclitus's haunting and enigmatic epigrams-all form part of a revolution in human thought that relied on reasoning, forged the first scientific vocabulary, and laid the foundations of Western philosophy. Jonathan Barnes has painstakingly brought together the surviving Presocratic fragments in their original contexts, utilizing the latest research and a newly discovered major papyrus of Empedocles.

Author Biography

Jonathan Barnes is professor of ancient philosophy at the University of Geneva. He has also taught at the University of Chicago, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Texas. His publications include The Presocratic Philosophers.

Table of Contents

Map
vii
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Introduction xi
Synopsis xxxvi
Note to the Reader xlix
PART I
Precursors
3(6)
Thales
9(9)
Anaximander
18(6)
Anaximenes
24(4)
Pythagoras
28(8)
Alcmaeon
36(4)
Xenophanes
40(8)
Heraclitus
48(29)
PART II
Parmenides
77(15)
Melissus
92(7)
Zeno
99(12)
PART III
Empedocles
111(51)
Fifth-century Pythagoreanism
162(12)
Hippasus
174(2)
Philolaus
176(6)
Ion of Chios
182(1)
Hippo
183(2)
Anaxagoras
185(14)
Archelaus
199(2)
Leucippus
201(2)
Democritus
203(51)
Diogenes of Apollonia
254(7)
Appendix: The Sources 261(6)
Further Reading 267(2)
Subject Index 269(5)
Index of Quoted Texts 274(7)
Index to Diels-Kranz B-Texts 281

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