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Loading... The author Jonathan Barnes, Professor of Ancient Philosophy in Oxford University and in the University of Geneva, is undeniably an expert in the Greek philosophy. In 300 pages, Barnes presents ideas of famous pre-Socratic philosophers like Thales, Parmenides, Heraclitus, Leucippus, and Democritus.
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Abstract. This anthology looks at the early sages of Western philosophy and science who paved the way for Plato and Aristotle and their successors.
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.
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The following abbreviations have been used throughout.
Letters for manuscripts are drawn from standard editions (the Index of Sources gives editors for more commonly cited editions). Ancient authors and works are abbreviated according to usage of LSJ (most Greek sources) or The Oxford Classical Dictionary ( 3rd edn.) (most Latin sources), except in a few cases where the abbreviations might cause confus...
Everyone who has done serious work in the Presocratics knows that the field has suffered for lack of a decent sourcebook. Well, almost everyone. When I floated the idea for this work some years ago to an editor who thought the project would be met with enthusiasm, he heard back from his referees that scholars in the field did not need such a work b...
Jun 2, 1987 · In this book, Barnes presents an insightful and scholarly account of the different views of the philosophers which preceded the Athenian trio. These works range from the predecessors of Greek philosophy to Diogenes of Apollonia, including many of the greatest thinkers of the era.
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Zeno's extraordinary and disturbing paradoxes, the atomic theories of Democritus that so strikingly anticipate contemporary physics, the enigmatic and haunting epigrams of Heraclitus - these are...
In this book, Barnes presents an insightful and scholarly account of the different views of the philosophers which preceded the Athenian trio. These works range from the predecessors of Greek philosophy to Diogenes of Apollonia, including many of the greatest thinkers of the era.
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