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A History Of Greek Philosophy Ii The Presocratic Tradition From Parmenides To Democritus
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Author :William Keith Chambers Guthrie Publisher :Cambridge University Press ISBN 13 :9780521294218 Total Pages :582 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (942 download)
Book Synopsis A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 2, The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus by : William Keith Chambers Guthrie
Download or read book A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 2, The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus written by William Keith Chambers Guthrie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1962 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship.
Author :William Keith Chambers Guthrie Publisher :Cambridge University Press ISBN 13 :9780521294201 Total Pages :560 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (942 download)
Book Synopsis A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 1, The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans by : William Keith Chambers Guthrie
Download or read book A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 1, The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans written by William Keith Chambers Guthrie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship.
Book Synopsis A History of Greek Philosophy by : W. K. C. Guthrie
Download or read book A History of Greek Philosophy written by W. K. C. Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Presocratics written by James Warren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest phase of philosophy in Europe saw the beginnings of cosmology and rational theology, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethical and political theory. It saw the development of a wide range of radical and challenging ideas: from Thales' claim that magnets have souls and Parmenides' account that there is only one unchanging existent to the development of an atomist theory of the physical world. This general account of the Presocratics introduces the major Greek philosophical thinkers from the sixth to the middle of the fifth century BC. It explores how we might go about reconstructing their views and understanding the motivation and context for their work as well as highlighting the ongoing philosophical interest of their often surprising claims. Separate chapters are devoted to each of the major Presocratic thinkers, including Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Leucippus and Democritus, and an introductory chapter sets the scene by describing their intellectual world and the tradition through which their philosophy has been transmitted and interpreted. With a useful chronology and guide to further reading, the book is an ideal introduction for the student and general reader.
Book Synopsis The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy by : André Laks
Download or read book The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy written by André Laks and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we talk about Presocratic philosophy, we are speaking about the origins of Greek philosophy and Western rationality itself. But what exactly does it mean to talk about “Presocratic philosophy” in the first place? How did early Greek thinkers come to be considered collectively as Presocratic philosophers? In this brief book, André Laks provides a history of the influential idea of Presocratic philosophy, tracing its historical and philosophical significance and consequences, from its ancient antecedents to its full crystallization in the modern period and its continuing effects today. Laks examines ancient Greek and Roman views about the birth of philosophy before turning to the eighteenth-century emergence of the term “Presocratics” and the debates about it that spanned the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He analyzes the intellectual circumstances that led to the idea of Presocratic philosophy—and what was and is at stake in the construction of the notion. The book closes by comparing two models of the history of philosophy—the phenomenological, represented by Hans-Georg Gadamer, and the rationalist, represented by Ernst Cassirer—and their implications for Presocratic philosophy, as well as other categories of philosophical history. Other figures discussed include Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Diogenes Laertius, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Nietzsche, Max Weber, and J.-P. Vernant. Challenging standard histories of Presocratic philosophy, the book calls for a reconsideration of the conventional story of early Greek philosophy and Western rationality.
Book Synopsis A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 6, Aristotle: An Encounter by : W. K. C. Guthrie
Download or read book A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 6, Aristotle: An Encounter written by W. K. C. Guthrie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-03-29 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All volumes of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness.
Book Synopsis The Sophists by : William Keith Chambers Guthrie
Download or read book The Sophists written by William Keith Chambers Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 3, The Fifth Century Enlightenment, Part 2, Socrates by : W. K. C. Guthrie
Download or read book A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 3, The Fifth Century Enlightenment, Part 2, Socrates written by W. K. C. Guthrie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1971-10-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek thought, entitled The Fifth-Century Enlightenment, deals in two parts with the Sophists and Socrates, the key figures in the dramatic and fundamental shift of philosophical interest from the physical universe to man. Each of the two parts is available as a paperback with the text, bibliography and indexes amended where necessary so that each part is self-contained. Socrates dominated the controversies of this period, as he has dominated the subsequent history of western philosophy. He was the first to identify and grapple with some of the most intractable and persistent logical and philosophical problems; but he was also and has remained a highly controversial figure because of his extraordinary personal qualities and his remarkable career. Professor Guthrie offers a balanced and comprehensive picture of the man, his life, and his thought.
Book Synopsis The Greek Philosophers by : W.K.C. Guthrie
Download or read book The Greek Philosophers written by W.K.C. Guthrie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W.K.C. Guthrie has written a survey of the great age of Greek philosophy - from Thales to Aristotle - which combines comprehensiveness with brevity. Without pre-supposing a knowledge of Greek or the Classics, he sets out to explain the ideas of Plato and Aristotle in the light of their predecessors rather than their successors, and to describe the characteristic features of the Greek way of thinking and outlook on the world. Thus The Greek Philosophers provides excellent background material for the general reader - as well as providing a firm basis for specialist studies.
Book Synopsis The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy by : Daniel W. Graham
Download or read book The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy written by Daniel W. Graham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1035 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-part volume collects the complete fragments and most important testimonies for the leading presocratic philosophers. The Greek and Latin texts are translated on facing pages and accompanied by a brief commentary for each philosopher.
Book Synopsis Legacy of Parmenides by : Patricia Curd
Download or read book Legacy of Parmenides written by Patricia Curd and published by Parmenides Publishing. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parmenides of Elea was the most important and influential philosopher before Plato. He rejected as impossible the scientific inquiry practiced by the earlier Presocratic philosophers and held that generation, destruction, and change are unreal and that only one thing exists. In this book, Patricia Curd argues that Parmenides sought to reform rather than to reject scientific inquiry, and she offers a more coherent account of his influence on later philosophers.The Legacy of Parmenides examines Parmenides' arguments, considering his connection to earlier Greek thought and how his account of what-is could have served as a model for later philosophers. Curd also explores the theories of his successors, including the Pluralists (Anaxagoras and Empedocles), the Atomists (Leucippus and Democritus), the later Eleatics (Zeno and Melissus), and the later Presocratics (Philolaus of Croton and Diogenes of Apollonia). She concludes with a discussion of the importance of Parmenides' work to Plato's Theory of Forms.The Legacy of Parmenides challenges traditional views of early Greek philosophy and provides new insights into the work of Parmenides.
Book Synopsis The World of Parmenides by : Karl Popper
Download or read book The World of Parmenides written by Karl Popper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of essays, published together for the first time, not only elucidates the complexity of ancient Greek thought, but also reveals Karl Popper's engagement with Presocratic philosophy and the enlightenment he experienced in his reading of Parmenides. As Karl Popper himself states himself in his introduction, he was inspired to write about Presocratic philosophy for two reasons - firstly to illustrate the thesis that all history is the history of problem situations and secondly, to show the greatness of the early Greek philosophers, who gave Europe its philosophy, its science and its humanism.
Author :William Keith Chambers Guthrie Publisher :Cambridge University Press ISBN 13 :9780521311021 Total Pages :560 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (11 download)
Book Synopsis A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 5, The Later Plato and the Academy by : William Keith Chambers Guthrie
Download or read book A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 5, The Later Plato and the Academy written by William Keith Chambers Guthrie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-04-24 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume Professor Guthrie continues and completes his account of Plato's philosophy.
Book Synopsis Introduction to Presocratics by : Giannis Stamatellos
Download or read book Introduction to Presocratics written by Giannis Stamatellos and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION TO PRESOCRATICS “The general public and scholars alike will find Introduction to Presocratics stimulating, engaging and exceptionally useful. Stamatellos’ intriguing and illuminating theme-based approach to this subject and his inclusion of a fresh translation of all the major fragments make this book a ‘must have’ for anyone interested in Presocratic philosophy.” Robert D. Luginbill, University of Louisville “An excellent introduction to early Greek philosophy – full of information, yet eminently readable and clearly organised. The thematic treatment brings new perspectives and fresh philosophical insights.” Andrew Smith, University College Dublin “Surveying the key surviving texts theme by theme sooner than man by man, Stamatellos offers the beginner clear and comprehensive insight into the compelling inquiries of the early Greek thinkers.” Susan Prince, University of Cincinnati “Giannis Stamatellos’ book is a very elegant and finely structured introduction to the fascinating beginnings of Western thought. He has succeeded in making a rather difficult and complex topic extremely accessible and stimulating.” Mark Beck, University of South Carolina Despite what is commonly taught, Western philosophy did not begin with Socrates. The roots of Western philosophy and science, in fact, run much deeper than this watershed philosophical figure – to a series of innovative Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th century BCE. Introduction to Presocratics presents a succinct overview of early Greek thought by following a thematic exposition of the topics and enquiries explored by the first philosophers of the Western tradition. Ionian figures such as Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, and Pythagoras are covered; Eleatics such as Parmenides and Zeno; and Pluralists or Neo-Ionians such as Empedocles, Anaxagoras, and Democritus. Key areas of Presocratic philosophy are addressed, including principles, cosmos, being, soul, knowledge, and ethics. A brief account of the legacy and reception of the Presocratics in later philosophical traditions is also included. Also featured is an original translation of the main Presocratic fragments by renowned classics professor Rosemary Wright. Introduction to Presocratics offers illuminating insights into the true pioneers of philosophical thought in the Western tradition.
Book Synopsis Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers by : Kathleen Freeman
Download or read book Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers written by Kathleen Freeman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a complete translation of the fragments of the pre-Socratic philosophers given in the fifth edition of Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy by : A. A. Long
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy written by A. A. Long and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-28 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1999 Companion to Greek philosophy, invaluable for new readers, and for specialists.
Book Synopsis Plotinus and the Presocratics by : Giannis Stamatellos
Download or read book Plotinus and the Presocratics written by Giannis Stamatellos and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling the void in the current scholarship, Giannis Stamatellos provides the first book-length study of the Presocratic influences in Plotinus' Enneads. Widely regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism, Plotinus (204–270 AD) assimilated eight centuries of Greek thought into his work. In this book Stamatellos focuses on eminent Presocratic thinkers who are significant in Plotinus' thought, including Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the early Pythagoreans, and the early Atomists. The Presocratic references found in the Enneads are studied in connection with Plotinus' fundamental theories of the One and the unity of being, intellect and the structure of the intelligible world, the nature of eternity and time, the formation of the material world, and the nature of the ensouled body. Stamatellos concludes that, contrary to modern scholarship's dismissal of Presocratic influence in the Enneads, Presocratic philosophy is in fact an important source for Plotinus, which he recognized as valuable in its own right and adapted for key topics in his thought.
