About this title: The first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought. Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express simultaneously their sense of wonder and their intuition that the world should be comprehensible. But their enterprise was by no means limited to this proto-scientific task. Through, for instance, Heraclitus' enigmatic sayings, the poetry of Parmenides and Empedocles, and Zeno's paradoxes, the Western world was introduced to metaphysics, ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192824547ISBN:0192824546
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Description: FINE-/Trade pb. New issue of the pre-Plato philosophers, contains their most important writings. With Intro and notes. In fine condition, no marks or tears, straight, bright. 2004, Oxford trade pb, 354 pp. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2009-05-15
ISBN-13:9780199539093ISBN:019953909X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780199539093ISBN:019953909X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (400) these first philosophers paved the way for the work of plato and aristotle-and hence for the whole of western thought. this is a unique and invaluable collection of the works of the presocratics and the sophists. waterfield brings together the works of these early thinkers with brilliant new translation and exceptional commentary. this is the ideal anthology for the student of this increasingly appreciated field of classical philosophy. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2000-11-30
ISBN-13:9780192824547ISBN:0192824546
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