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The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History With a Selection of Texts - 2nd Edition

Door G.S. Kirk e.a.

Categorie
Filosofie
Boeknummer
#351651-ZB16
Titel
The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History With a Selection of Texts - 2nd Edition
Auteur
Kirk, G.S. & J.E. Raven & M. Schofield
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave
1985
ISBN10
0521274559
ISBN13
9780521274555
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
This book traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the sixth century B. C. to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides.
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 it is based on a selection of some six hundred texts, in Greek and a close English translation which in this edition is given more prominence. These provide the basis for a detailed critical study of the principal individual thinkers of the time. Besides serving as an essential text for undergraduate and graduate cou
... (Lees verder)rses in Greek philosophy and in the history of science, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers with interests in philosophy, theology, the history of ideas and of the ancient world, and indeed to anyone who wants an authoritative account of the Presocratics.
Pagina's
501
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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