Description: Presocratic Philosophers : A Critical History With a Selection of Texts, Paperback by Kirk, G. S.; Raven, J. E.; Schofield, Malcolm, ISBN 0521274559, ISBN-13 9780521274555, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 . 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 courses 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.
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Book Title: Presocratic Philosophers : A Critical History With a Selection of
Number of Pages: 518 Pages
Publication Name: Presocratic Philosophers : a Critical History with a Selcetion of Texts
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 1983
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Features: Revised
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 29 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Philosophy
Author: G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven, M. Schofield
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
