Early Greek Philosophy

Collects works that form the true foundation of Western philosophy - the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. 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.

• | Author: Jonathan Barnes
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2002
• | Number of Pages:
• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780140448153
• | ISBN-10: 0140448152