Early Greek Philosophy
$19.70
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2003
Summary
A key anthology of early Western thought.
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; th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140448153 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140448152 |
| Author: | Jonathan Barnes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2003 |
| Weight: | 226g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Jonathan Barnes
Jonathan Barnes is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Geneva. He has held visiting posts at the University of Chicago, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and at the University of Texas. He was also a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. His publications include The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (1995), and The PreSocreatic Philosophers (1979).
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