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Talks about the invention of Western philosophy, and the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. This book invites readers to understand the fragmentary remains of thinkers from Thales to Pythagoras, Heraclitus, to Protagoras.

Table of Contents
1. Lost words, forgotten worlds ; 2. Puzzles about first principles ; 3. Zeno's tortoise ; 4. Reality and appearance: more adventures in Metaphysics ; 5. Heraclitus ; 6. Pythagoras and other mysteries ; 7. Spin doctors of the fifth century ; Epilogue: a story about origins

Presocratic Philosophy

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 22 April 2004
      ISBN-13 9780192840943
      978-0192840943
      ISBN-10 0192840940
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      Politics, Philosophy & Society Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Talks about the invention of Western philosophy, and the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. This book invites readers to understand the fragmentary remains of thinkers from Thales to Pythagoras, Heraclitus, to Protagoras.

      Table of Contents
      1. Lost words, forgotten worlds ; 2. Puzzles about first principles ; 3. Zeno's tortoise ; 4. Reality and appearance: more adventures in Metaphysics ; 5. Heraclitus ; 6. Pythagoras and other mysteries ; 7. Spin doctors of the fifth century ; Epilogue: a story about origins

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