Early Greek Philosophy
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 papyr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-14-044815-3
- EAN: 9780140448153
- Produktnummer: 9707789
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Masse: H19.5 cm x B13.0 cm x D1.6 cm 232 g
- Gewicht: 232
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
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 and The PreSocreatic Philosophers.
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