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Introduction to Presocratics
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A Thematic Approach to Early Greek Philosophy with Key Readings
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Artikel-Nr:
9780470655023
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.04.2012
Seiten:
176
Autor:
Giannis Stamatellos
Gewicht:
381 g
Format:
235x162x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Giannis Stamatellos is Post Doctoral Researcher at the Center for Neoplatonic Virtue Ethics at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of Plotinus and the Presocratics (2007).
Introduction to Presocratics presents a succinct introduction to Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th century BCE and a thematic exploration of the topics and enquiries opened by these first philosophers and scientists of the Western tradition.
* Offers a concise, thematically organized introduction to the Presocratics
* Includes a previously unpublished translation of the main fragments of the Presocratics by Classics scholar Rosemary Wright
* Covers key figures including Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes of Miletus, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus
* Supplemented with helpful features including a timeline, map of the ancient world, glossary of terms, and index of proper names
* Offers a concise, thematically organized introduction to the Presocratics
* Includes a previously unpublished translation of the main fragments of the Presocratics by Classics scholar Rosemary Wright
* Covers key figures including Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes of Miletus, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus
* Supplemented with helpful features including a timeline, map of the ancient world, glossary of terms, and index of proper names
Preface
Chronology
Map
1. Introduction
2. The Philosophers
3. Principles
4. Cosmos
5. Being
6. Soul
7. Knowledge
8. Ethics
9. Conclusion
Appendix A: Translation of the main fragments
Appendix B: The Presocratic Sources
Appendix C: The Presocratic Legacy
Glossary of Greek terms
Glossary of philosophical terms
Bibliography
Indexes
Chronology
Map
1. Introduction
2. The Philosophers
3. Principles
4. Cosmos
5. Being
6. Soul
7. Knowledge
8. Ethics
9. Conclusion
Appendix A: Translation of the main fragments
Appendix B: The Presocratic Sources
Appendix C: The Presocratic Legacy
Glossary of Greek terms
Glossary of philosophical terms
Bibliography
Indexes