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    Early Greek Philosophy

    Author Various
    Translated by Jonathan Barnes
    Paperback
    $18.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
    On sale Nov 26, 2002 | 336 Pages | 9780140448153
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    The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy—the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence—great though that was—than in their astonishing intellectual ambition and imaginative reach. Zeno's dizzying 'proofs' that motion is impossible; the extraordinary atomic theories of Democritus; the haunting and enigmatic epigrams of Heraclitus; and the maxims of Alcmaeon: fragmentary as they often are, the thoughts of these philosophers seem strikingly modern in their concern to forge a truly scientific vocabulary and way of reasoning.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
    Early Greek PhilosophyMap
    Preface to the Second Edition
    Introduction
    Synopsis
    Note to the Reader
    Part I
    1. Precursors
    2. Thales
    3. Anaximander
    4. Anaximenes
    5. Pythagoras
    6. Alcmaeon
    7. Xenophanes
    8. Heraclitus

    Part II
    9. Parmenides
    10. Melissus
    11. Zeno

    Part III
    12. Empedocles
    13. Fifth-century Pythagoreanism
    14. Hippasus
    15. Philolaus
    16. Ion of Chios
    17. Hippo
    18. Anaxagoras
    19. Archelaus
    20. Leucippus
    21. Democritus
    22. Diogenes of Apollonia

    Appendix: The Sources
    Further Reading
    Subject Index
    Index of Quoted Texts
    Index to Diels-Kranz B-Texts

    The improbable life story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) included a peculiarly gothic childhood in Ireland during which he was successively abandoned by his mother, his father and his guardian; two decades in the United States, where he worked as a journalist and was sacked for marrying a former slave; and a long period in Japan, where he married a Japanese woman and wrote about Japanese society and aesthetics for a Western readership. His ghost stories, which were drawn from Japanese folklore and influenced by Buddhist beliefs, appeared in collections throughout the 1890s and 1900s. He is a much celebrated figure in Japan. View titles by Various

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    The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy—the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence—great though that was—than in their astonishing intellectual ambition and imaginative reach. Zeno's dizzying 'proofs' that motion is impossible; the extraordinary atomic theories of Democritus; the haunting and enigmatic epigrams of Heraclitus; and the maxims of Alcmaeon: fragmentary as they often are, the thoughts of these philosophers seem strikingly modern in their concern to forge a truly scientific vocabulary and way of reasoning.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    Table of Contents

    Early Greek PhilosophyMap
    Preface to the Second Edition
    Introduction
    Synopsis
    Note to the Reader
    Part I
    1. Precursors
    2. Thales
    3. Anaximander
    4. Anaximenes
    5. Pythagoras
    6. Alcmaeon
    7. Xenophanes
    8. Heraclitus

    Part II
    9. Parmenides
    10. Melissus
    11. Zeno

    Part III
    12. Empedocles
    13. Fifth-century Pythagoreanism
    14. Hippasus
    15. Philolaus
    16. Ion of Chios
    17. Hippo
    18. Anaxagoras
    19. Archelaus
    20. Leucippus
    21. Democritus
    22. Diogenes of Apollonia

    Appendix: The Sources
    Further Reading
    Subject Index
    Index of Quoted Texts
    Index to Diels-Kranz B-Texts

    Author

    The improbable life story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) included a peculiarly gothic childhood in Ireland during which he was successively abandoned by his mother, his father and his guardian; two decades in the United States, where he worked as a journalist and was sacked for marrying a former slave; and a long period in Japan, where he married a Japanese woman and wrote about Japanese society and aesthetics for a Western readership. His ghost stories, which were drawn from Japanese folklore and influenced by Buddhist beliefs, appeared in collections throughout the 1890s and 1900s. He is a much celebrated figure in Japan. View titles by Various

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