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Selected Fragments and Testimonia

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An edition of A Presocratics Reader (1996)

A Presocratics Reader

Selected Fragments and Testimonia

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From Thales, who in 585 8.c. successfully predicted an eclipse of the sun, to those contemporaries of Socrates known as the Sophists, A Presocratics Reader offers a rich selection of early Greek philosophical thought on a wide range of topics, including natural philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Impeccable translations by Richard D. McKirahan, Jr., and helpful but unobtrusive editorial material—introduction, headnotes, time line, maps, and concordance—distinguish this collection of judiciously chosen fragments. An ideal introduction to the thought of Socrates’ predecessors in philosophy, A Presocratics Reader also suggests a natural point of departure for study of the history of Western philosophy: its beginning.

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Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Language
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Pre-Socratic philosophers, Sources, Pré-socráticos, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy, ancient

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Table of Contents

Preface vi
On Abbreviations and Notes viii
Maps x
Time Line xiii
Acknowledgments xiv
1. Introduction 1
2. The Milesians 13
2.1. Thales 13
2.2. Anaximander 16
2.3. Anaximenes 19
3. Pythagoras and Early Pythagoreanism 23
4. Xenophanes of Colophon 31
5. Heraclitus of Ephesus 39
6. Parmenides of Elea 55
7. Zeno of Elea 66
8. Empedocles of Acragas 73
9. Anaxagoras of Clazomenae 101
10. Leucippus and Democritus: Fifth-Century Atomism 109
11. Melissus of Samos 127
12. Philolaus of Croton 132
13. Diogenes of Apollonia 138
14. The Sophists 144
14.1. Protagoras 145
14.2. Gorgias 148
14.3. Prodicus 153
14.4. Hippias 154
14.5. Antiphon 155
15. The Derveni Papyrus, Columns IV–XXVI 162
Concordance 173

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Includes bibliographical references.

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182
Library of Congress
B187.5 .P75 2010, B187.5.P75 2010

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xiv, 186p.
Number of pages
186

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OL25022875M
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9781603843058, 9781603843065
LCCN
2010019297

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