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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.

Table of Contents
Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Abbreviations; Introductory note; 1. The forerunners of philosophical cosmogony; 2. The Ionian thinkers; 3. Philosophy in the west; 4. The Ionian response; Selective bibliography; Index of passages; General index.

The Presocratic Philosophers

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 12/29/1983 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780521274555
      978-0521274555
      ISBN-10 0521274559
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      Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Abbreviations; Introductory note; 1. The forerunners of philosophical cosmogony; 2. The Ionian thinkers; 3. Philosophy in the west; 4. The Ionian response; Selective bibliography; Index of passages; General index.

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