Early Greek Philosophy
Synopsis
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; the haunting and enigmatic epigrams of Heraclitus; and the maxims of Alcmaeon: fragmentary as they often are, the thoughts of these philosophers seem strikingly modern in their concern to forge a truly scientific vocabulary and way of reasoning.
- प्रतिलिपि अधिकार:
- 2002 Jonathan Barnes
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780140448153
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 2015-07-23T23:42:23Z
- भाषा:
- English
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- This is a copyrighted book.