Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History with a Selection of Texts / Edition 2

by G. S. Kirk

Overview

Beginning with a revised introduction surveying the predecessors of the Presocratics, this new edition traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the early 6th century B.C. to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides and the physical theories of Anaxagoras and the Atomists of the fifth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900521274554
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/29/1983
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	518
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 1.10(d)

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.