The presocratic philosophers : a critical history with a selection of texts / by G. S. Kirk & J. E. Raven.

By: Kirk, G. S. (Geoffrey Stephen), 1921-2003Contributor(s): Raven, J. E. (John Earle) [joint author.] | Raven, J. E. (John Earle)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1962. Description: xi, 486 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): Philosophy, AncientAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Presocratic philosophers; a critical history with a selection of texts.LOC classification: B188 | .K5 1962NLM classification: WZ 292
Contents:
Introductory note: The sources for presocratic philosophy. -- The forerunners of philosophical cosmogony -- The Ionian thinkers. Thales of Miletus ; Anaximander of Miletus ; Anaximenes of Miletus ; Xenophanes of Colophon ; Heraclitus of Ephesus -- The Italian schools. Pythagoras of Samos ; Alcmaeon of Croton ; Pre-Parmenidean Pythagoreanism ; Parmenides of Elea ; Zeno of Elea ; Melissus of Samos ; Philolaus of Croton and Eurytus of Croton -- The post-Parmenidean systems. Empedocles of Acragas ; Anaxagoras of Clazomenae ; Archelaus of Athens ; The Atomists: Leucippus of Miletus and Democritus of Abdera ; Diogenes of Apollonia.
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"First printed, 1957; reprinted 1960, 1962."

In third impression "Part of the account of Zeno, pp. 287-92, has been substantially altered; otherwise there are minor corrections ... "

Includes bibliography and index.

Introductory note: The sources for presocratic philosophy. -- The forerunners of philosophical cosmogony -- The Ionian thinkers. Thales of Miletus ; Anaximander of Miletus ; Anaximenes of Miletus ; Xenophanes of Colophon ; Heraclitus of Ephesus -- The Italian schools. Pythagoras of Samos ; Alcmaeon of Croton ; Pre-Parmenidean Pythagoreanism ; Parmenides of Elea ; Zeno of Elea ; Melissus of Samos ; Philolaus of Croton and Eurytus of Croton -- The post-Parmenidean systems. Empedocles of Acragas ; Anaxagoras of Clazomenae ; Archelaus of Athens ; The Atomists: Leucippus of Miletus and Democritus of Abdera ; Diogenes of Apollonia.