The Presocratic Philosophers A Critical History with a Selection of Texts
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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 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…
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About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511813375
- Subjects Ancient Philosophy,Classical Philosophy,Classical Studies,Philosophy
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 24 February 1984
- ISBN: 9780521274555
- Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.82kg
- Contains: 2 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 518 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 11 May 2019
- ISBN: 9780511813375
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