The Greek Cosmologists

David Furley

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511552540

This first volume takes the story from its beginnings in Ionian philosophy as far as the formation of the Atomic Theory and the first criticisms of it by Plato and Aristotle. The second volume will describe the cosmology of Plato and Aristotle, the attempt by Epicurean opponents to revive Atomism and later developments of the debate in classical philosophy and science up to the sixth century of our era. Both are accessible to anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy, even if they have no specialized knowledge of Greek philosophy and no Greek; but professional scholars too will find much of importance to them.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-viii

1 - Two pictures of the world
pp 1-8

2 - The judgement of Socrates
pp 9-15

3 - The beginning in Miletus
pp 16-30

4 - Two philosophical critics: Heraclitus and Parmenides
pp 31-48

5 - Pythagoras, Parmenides, and later cosmology
pp 49-60

6 - Anaxagoras
pp 61-78

7 - Empedocles and the invention of elements
pp 79-104

8 - Later Eleatic critics
pp 105-114

9 - Leucippus and Democritus
pp 115-135

10 - The cosmos of the Atomists
pp 136-151

11 - The anthropology of the Atomists
pp 152-168

12 - Plato's criticisms of the materialists
pp 169-176

13 - Aristotle's criticisms of the materialists
pp 177-200

Bibliography
pp 201-210

Index of passages
pp 211-217

General index
pp 218-220

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