Introduction to Presocratics: A Thematic Approach to Early Greek Philosophy with Key Readings - Hardcover

Stamatellos, Giannis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047065502X ISBN 13: 9780470655023

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

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'...A very good introductory guide for the general public and an invaluable resource for philosophy lecturers struggling to enthuse their undergraduate students." (Classical Review, 1 April 2014) "Anyone who has got his feet wet in the study of ancient philosophy knows that the later hilosophical period one works in, the greater the need is for intimate familiarity with its earlier stages. Since Presocratic philosophy is standardly considered the formative stage of ancient philosophy, tamatellos Introduction to Presocratics offers the best kind of happy marriage in which his expertise, as the author of the aforementioned programmatic study of Presocratic presence in Plotinus thought, places him in the auspicious position of sharing his knowledge of the earliest and latest stages of ancient philosophy. In such introduction, the stakes are high and the book meets them." (The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, 1 January 2013) "Writing an introduction to any subject is a difficult task. Stamatellos does do an admirable job of lucidly explaining alien concepts to the novice. There were frequent moments in reading the book when I wished that I had first approached a topic as Stamatellos presents it." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1 December 2012)

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Introduction to Presocratics presents a succinct introduction to Greek thinkers of the 6th and 5th century BCE and a thematic exploration of the topics and enquiries opened by these first philosophers and scientists of the Western tradition. * Offers a concise, thematically organized introduction to the Presocratics * Includes a previously unpublished translation of the main fragments of the Presocratics by Classics scholar Rosemary Wright * Covers key figures including Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes of Miletus, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Democritus * Supplemented with helpful features including a timeline, map of the ancient world, glossary of terms, and index of proper names

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• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 047065502X
• ISBN 13: 9780470655023
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176