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The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History with a Selection of Texts
G. S. Kirk
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Paperback. This book traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the sixth century BC to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides. Num Pages: 518 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 746. A Critical History with a Selcetion of Texts. 516 pages, 2 b/w illus. This book traces the intellectual revolution initiated by Thales in the sixth century B.C. to its culmination in the metaphysics of Parmenides. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCA. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight: 812.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
514
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
Weight
760g
Number of Pages
518
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521274555
SKU
V9780521274555
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