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Early Greek philosophy / Jonathan Barnes.

By: Barnes, Jonathan.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Penguin classics.Publisher: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1987Description: 318 p. : 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140444610 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Philosophy, AncientDDC classification: 182
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This anthology presents the early sages of Western philosophy and science who paved the way for Plato and Aristotle and their successors. Democritus's atomic theory of matter, Zeno's dazzling "proofs" that motion is impossible, Pythagorean insights into mathematics, Heraclitus's haunting and enigmatic epigrams-all form part of a revolution in human thought that relied on reasoning, forged the first scientific vocabulary, and laid the foundations of Western philosophy. Jonathan Barnes has painstakingly brought together the surviving Presocratic fragments in their original contexts, utilizing the latest research and a newly discovered major papyrus of Empedocles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Map (p. vii)
  • Preface to the Second Edition (p. ix)
  • Introduction (p. xi)
  • Synopsis (p. xxxvi)
  • Note to the Reader (p. xlix)
  • Part I
  • 1 Precursors (p. 3)
  • 2 Thales (p. 9)
  • 3 Anaximander (p. 18)
  • 4 Anaximenes (p. 24)
  • 5 Pythagoras (p. 28)
  • 6 Alcmaeon (p. 36)
  • 7 Xenophanes (p. 40)
  • 8 Heraclitus (p. 48)
  • Part II
  • 9 Parmenides (p. 77)
  • 10 Melissus (p. 92)
  • 11 Zeno (p. 99)
  • Part III
  • 12 Empedocles (p. 111)
  • 13 Fifth-century Pythagoreanism (p. 162)
  • 14 Hippasus (p. 174)
  • 15 Philolaus (p. 176)
  • 16 Ion of Chios (p. 182)
  • 17 Hippo (p. 183)
  • 18 Anaxagoras (p. 185)
  • 19 Archelaus (p. 199)
  • 20 Leucippus (p. 201)
  • 21 Democritus (p. 203)
  • 22 Diogenes of Apollonia (p. 254)
  • Appendix The Sources (p. 261)
  • Further Reading (p. 267)
  • Subject Index (p. 269)
  • Index of Quoted Texts (p. 274)
  • Index to Diels-Kranz B-Texts (p. 281)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jonathan Barnes is a biologist by training and an author by occupation. He came across the Bates method by chance in 1983 and was intrigued by its contradiction of orthodox science. He decided to investigate the subject from a biologist's standpoint and found it logical and consistent.

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