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This book is for anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy, even if they have no specialized knowledge of Greek philosophy.

Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Two pictures of the world; 2. The judgement of Socrates; 3. The beginning in Miletus; 4. Two philosophical critics: Heraclitus and Parmenides; 5. Pythagoras, Parmenides, and later cosmology; 6. Anaxagoras; 7. Empedocles and the invention of elements; 8. Later Eleatic critics; 9. Leucippus and Democritus; 10. The cosmos of the Atomists; 11. The anthropology of the Atomists; 12. Plato's criticisms of the materialists; 13. Aristotle's criticisms of the materialists; Bibliography; Index of passages; General index.

The Greek Cosmologists

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 3/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521333283, 978-0521333283
      ISBN10: 0521333288
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      Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is for anyone interested in the history of science and philosophy, even if they have no specialized knowledge of Greek philosophy.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. Two pictures of the world; 2. The judgement of Socrates; 3. The beginning in Miletus; 4. Two philosophical critics: Heraclitus and Parmenides; 5. Pythagoras, Parmenides, and later cosmology; 6. Anaxagoras; 7. Empedocles and the invention of elements; 8. Later Eleatic critics; 9. Leucippus and Democritus; 10. The cosmos of the Atomists; 11. The anthropology of the Atomists; 12. Plato's criticisms of the materialists; 13. Aristotle's criticisms of the materialists; Bibliography; Index of passages; General index.

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